The Nutrition Story - S02 Ep. 2: Game changing innovations to address malnutrition with Shruthi Iyer, CEO, Foundation for Mother and Child Health - India

S02 Ep. 2: Game changing innovations to address malnutrition with Shruthi Iyer, CEO, Foundation for Mother and Child Health - India

09/14/23 • 17 min

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]

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]

Previous Episode

S02 Ep. 1: Role of innovation in addressing nutritional inequity in India with Dr Roshan Yedery from Villgro Innovations Foundation

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]

Next Episode

S02 Ep 3: The mechanics behind innovation & behavior change with Sayan Kundu, Behavioral Economist, The World Bank

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]