Dr. Ratna Verma

Dr. Ratna Verma

Associate Professor

Dr. Ratna Verma is a Development Specialist, and researcher having more than 18 years experience of in managing development Programmes, high-quality research, evaluation, training, and capacity-building programmes with a focus on SDGs- Gender, Social Inclusion, Child Rights and education, Women Empowerment & Governance, Health & Nutrition, Rural Livelihood, Agriculture Value chain, and Food & Nutrition Security. Ratna possesses thorough experience of working with multidisciplinary teams & communities in India and South Asia. As a lead evaluator, she has conducted several evaluations & assessments for the projects supported by the Government Ministry, UNDP, World Bank, WHO, NHSRC, UNICEF, UNFPA, Room to Read, Aga Khan Foundation, Child Fund Alliance etc. As a research fellow and alumni of Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands and The Japan Foundation Asia Centre she did research on Global issues of Inclusive Agri-Value Chain, Food & Nutrition Security for small and marginalized farmers, Human Mobility and Diversity. Her research work on ‘Early Literacy and Language Pedagogy’ with Digantar, Jaipur and Leeds University UK was one of the significant contributions to quality education. She has published significant policy documents, reports, articles and books based on her research and evaluations.


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