Andrew McDonald is an associate professor in the Soil and Crop Science Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. As a cropping systems ecologist, he addresses global challenges to agricultural sustainability and food security through process-based agronomy, integrated systems analysis, development of decision frameworks, and by fostering alliances for technology scaling. Much of Andy’s…

Terry provides administrative support to TCI. She first began working at Cornell University in 1988 and has held a number of positions in various departments and colleges since then. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music/business/marketing (music merchandising). She has moonlighted as a DJ on Ithaca-area radio and has played various musical instruments in local…

Sumedha Minocha is a PhD student in the field of applied economics and management. She is interested in studying the complex ways in which food systems work in developing countries, particularly their impact on nutrition and health-related outcomes and the role of public policies in shaping these outcomes. Her research interest is motivated by five…

Dr. Bhaskar Mittra is the associate director of TCI and teaches at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He is responsible for managing India-based operations for TCI and is the TISS Representative to the Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA) Steering Committee. Dr. Mittra’s work focuses on a variety of…

Rebecca Nelson is a professor at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science. She serves as scientific director for The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program. Rebecca serves as co-chair of the Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative at the United Nations. She also…

Chandra S. Nuthalapati is a professor of economics at the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi, India. His research interests include food value chains, the economics of technological change, natural resource management, and the social sector. He believes in the game-changing nature of technologies for optimizing social welfare, especially for smallholders and poor consumers….

Amrutha Jose Pampackal is a PhD student in the field of development sociology. She is interested in studying the sociology of access to food, particularly among marginalized communities in India. Prior to joining Cornell, Amrutha worked with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in their Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division. The work she did…

Dr. Prabhu Pingali is the founding director of TCI and a professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, with an appointment in the Department of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. Before moving to Ithaca in June 2013, he was the deputy director…

Dr. Milorad (Misha) Plavsic is TCI’s manager for strategic initiatives. While most of TCI’s activities are focused on India, Misha’s main role is to lead the Institute’s expansion to other countries. Before joining TCI, Misha worked as a food system challenge manager at the Global Challenges Research Fund at UK Research and Innovation. His work…

Raghav is a research associate at the Tata-Cornell Institute. His research broadly examines the implementation and impact of health and nutrition policies in India. Raghav received his PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. His dissertation examines the effectiveness of demand-side health policies (conditional cash transfers…