HEAR FROM THE CO-HOSTS!

The third India-focused implementation research conference “Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from Implementation Research” is co-hosted by a group of 19 organizations. Hear what some of the organizational heads and senior leadership members had to say about how nutrition implementation research can help support India’s efforts to deliver nutrition interventions at scale:

Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research (AI CPR)

Avani Kapur, Director, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research

Alive & Thrive (A&T)

Thomas Forissier, Director Programs, Asia, Alive & Thrive, FHI 360

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Alok Ranjan, Country Lead, Nutrition, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

IDinsight

Divya Nair, Director, IDinsight

Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)

Ajit Mishra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Marie Gaarder, Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

 National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Anemia Control (NCEAR-A)

Shashi Kant, Professor and Head, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets (NCEARD)

Anupa Siddhu, Chairperson and Director, National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets

National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)

R Hemalatha, Director, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition

Nutrition International (NI)

Mini Varghese, Country Director, Nutrition International

Society for Applied Studies (SAS)

Sarmila Mazumder, Senior Scientist & Senior Deputy Director, Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies

The India Nutrition Initiative (TINI)

Dr Rajan Sankar, Founding Director, The India Nutrition Initiative

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Arjan de Wagt, Chief of Nutrition, UNICEF India