Tag: Shubh Swain
Op-Ed Urges India to Adapt to Aging Population
India’s falling birth rate will necessitate some policy changes to effectively manage the fiscal and health-related challenges associated with aging populations, TCI Director Prabhu Pingali and gender and nutrition specialist Shubh Swain argue in an op-ed published in The Financial…
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in Bihar: Getting to Zero Hunger
TCI’s 2022 report on Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in Bihar (FAN-Bihar) provides a detailed reassessment of the food system approach for achieving the 2nd Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2) — zero hunger by 2030 — in Bihar. The report emphasizes the high rates of malnutrition in...
TCI to Co-Host Webinar on Production Diversity and Farmers’ Income
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) is co-hosting a webinar on “Production Diversity and Farmers’ Income” on Friday, June 25, at 8 a.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. IST. The event is the fourth in a series of policy discussions on…
TCI Calls Attention to Rising Obesity in India
Tackling the obesity crises in urban and rural India will require a push for healthier behaviors anchored by policy changes designed to improve access to diverse, nutritious foods, say researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI).
Writing in the Financial Express,…
Dr. Shubh Swain
Shubh Swain was the assistant director for TARINA and a gender and nutrition specialist at TCI. He is a demographer by training and has nearly a decade of work experience in gender, nutrition, and public health in India and Africa.…