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.…

Anna David Thottappilly earned her PhD in applied economics and management in 2023. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Economic Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Her research centers on the intersection of agriculture and…

Sonali Uppal earned her MPA in International Development Studies at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. Her primary research interests lie in the intersection of development economics and agricultural livelihood. She is also interested in exploring mechanisms for improving agricultural…

Maureen Valentine completed her PhD in animal science at Cornell University in August 2018. Her research focused on enhancements to the productivity of goat production systems in rural India through improved animal nutrition. Livestock production in India faces a widespread…

Shiuli Vanaja earned her PhD in applied economics and management in 2020. She is now an assistant professor of economics at Azim Premji University in Bangalore. Her research interests lie in the field of development and resource economics, specifically the…

Vidya Vemireddy completed her PhD in applied economics and management at Cornell’s Dyson School in May 2019. After graduating, she joined the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). Vidya is interested in development economics and, in particular, exploring the linkages…

Dr. Anthony Wenndt is a technical specialist in food safety research at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. He earned his PhD in the field of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology in 2020. His research interests are the biology and…