Rita Bhatia is a Senior Public Health Nutrition expert with extensive three decades of global experience in humanitarian and development operations. Rita’s work has focused on maternal, child, and adolescent girls’ nutrition and education while engaging closely with governments, academic institutions, and a range of development partners.

Rita had held key positions with non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies dedicated to public health, education, nutrition and food security. Her career has emphasized the conceptualization, planning, management, and evaluation of large-scale programs that address critical public health and nutrition challenges.

Rita is currently undertaking consultancies with multi-partners, taking the lead in public nutrition & food security.

Rita serves on the board of several non-profit organisations in India and is a member of technical advisory panels with international development agencies, providing pro bono support to several organisations in India & abroad.