A graduate in biotechnology, Monalisa Padhee's team works in Tilonia, Rajasthan to improve nutrition awareness amongst women to combat other ills
Monalisa Padhee was born and bred in Sambalpur, Odisha. The pursuit of a 바카라well settled life바카라, emphasised by her father, led her to graduate in biotechnology, after which she moved to Australia for higher studies. During her PhD, Monalisa worked on a project looking for any link between what mothers eat around the time of conception and adult diseases in babies.
Gradually, her interests widened into greater practicality. 바카라It바카라s not that I did not enjoy research, but I wanted to see the relevance of my lab work and research in people바카라s lives,바카라 says Monalisa. It was then that she decided to take a 바카라leap of faith바카라바카라return to India and work on a rural development fellowship. 바카라During my time on the field, I realised that health issues in these communities could not be isolated from interconnected problems of education, discrimination against women, financial dependence and poor understanding of rights.바카라
Monalisa now heads the 바카라women wellness and enriche바카라 programme at Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan. Her team works to fight malnutrition in rural women through awareness, research, and reviving indigenous products. 바카라The real challenge lies in getting women understand the vicious cycle of poor nutrition and educating them about the need to take care of nutritional choices, however limited they might be,바카라 she says.
Her team spreads awareness using simple, practical and interactive tools to improve dietary practices. In addition, they try to ensure timely and correct diagnosis of anaemia among women. 바카라Our approach is to train women from the communities so that they become nutrition champions within their communities,바카라 says Monalisa, who is also a trained folk dancer.
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