HUNGaMA Report

First 1,000 days critical for a child's nutrition profile

Rohini Mukherjee

Designation: Survey team leader of Hungama Report, Naandi Foundation; manages Global Partnerships, Institutional Learning & Education at Naandi

Education: Master's degree in social work from Delhi University

Career: Joined Naandi in 2005 as manager, Global Partnerships; prior to that she worked in remote rural areas of Bengal, where she was also the founding member of a grassroots not-for-profit advocacy group that took up democracy and governance issues on behalf of the rural underprivileged...more    

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