The Nutrition Story

While behavior change is the buzzword, the science of behavior change itself is an innovation, influencing consumer choices and patterns. In this episode we catch up with Sayan Kundu, a behavioral economist at the World Bank’s Mind Behavior and Development (eMBeD) team to understand the mechanics behind behavior change. Sayan has a decade-long experience applying economic principles to innovative policymaking. Do you have an innovation in the space of malnutrition and maternal health that you want to tell us about? Talk to us and tell us how you are also a Leader of Change. We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

In this episode, we explore how innovation has changed the game with regards to nutritional inequity with significant impact on the ground. We are joined by Shruthi Iyer, Cofounder and CEO at Foundation for Mother and Child Health - India, an organization working to address issues of malnutrition. Shruthi is an engineer turned development professional with over 15 years in the sector with experience across education, livelihood and health.  In this season of The Nutrition Story, we speak to innovators, incubators and other organisations in the sector to understand why innovation is the necessity of the hour and how innovation in maternal and child health can help improve nutritional equity for all.  Do you have an innovation in the space of malnutrition and maternal health that you want to tell us about? Talk to us and tell us how you are also a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

On Season 2 of The Nutrition Story podcast, we speak to innovators, incubators, and other organizations in the sector to understand why innovation is the necessity of the hour and how innovation in maternal and child health can help improve nutritional equity for all. On today's episode, we catch up with Dr. Roshan Yedery, Sector Lead - Healthcare, Villgro Innovations Foundation, on what innovation in public health entails and how they can have a positive large-scale impact on the ground. Do you have an innovation in the space of malnutrition and maternal health that you want to tell us about? Talk to us and tell us how you are also a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

In this episode we speak to people who work extensively in the field. Vitamin Angels’ program partners who look at innovative solutions to address nutritional inequity. Joining us in this conversation is Dr Asha Katoch the Founder and CEO of Developing Indigenous Resource, or DIR.  We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

Today we look at nutrition from the lens of our relationship with food and whether we have enough information on how, why and when. Joining us in this conversation is Krish Ashok, techie, musician, author of bestseller 'Masala Lab' the science of Indian cooking, which looks at home cooking less as an art form and more as a crisp, kitchen 101 popular science book.  We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

In this episode we catch up with Siddharth Shreshtha, Chief, Social and Behavior Change at UNICEF India to look at how organizations like UNICEF are leveraging various kinds of social and behavior change communication models that have made a difference to addressing barriers to malnutrition like gender, inequity, culture, caste, religious, socio-cultural etc. at the household unit level We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

In this episode we explore nutrition financing and the multisectoral efforts required to combat nutrition challenges in the country. We are joined today by Sanjaya Mariwala,  Executive Chairman and Managing Director at OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in the natural food and supplement ingredients space and a key ally of Vitamin Angels India  We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

In our first episode we catch up with Sunish Jauhari, President of Vitamin Angels in India, to understand the extent of the problem of malnutrition and the role all of you can play.  We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  We would love to hear from you, write to us at [email protected]

This is The Nutrition Story, a podcast by Vitamin Angels, a global organization working in the field of public health. At Vitamin Angels, we believe nothing should stand between a mother and her dream for her child's healthy future. Through this podcast we bring you conversations with our partners and people who help us make this dream come true.  We want to focus on how you too can join the fight against malnutrition. And be a Leader of Change.  Write to us at [email protected]