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Dr. Nandita Rao

Early Childhood & Public Systems Specialist · Public Systems Foundation
Availability · Consulting · 2 days / weekPhD Public Health, TISSFulbright Fellow

20 years designing ECD systems with state governments. Led the ICDS quality mission across three states and now advises district ECD labs.

Themes
Early ChildhoodPublic SystemsMaternal Health
Geographies
AssamOdishaBihar
Skills & methodologies
  • — ICDS design
  • — Anganwadi capacity
  • — Programme evaluation
  • — State-government partnership
Activity
24 publications
6 OPIF sessions
Endorsements
3 verified colleagues from Public Systems Foundation, ImpactLens Research and Meridian CSR.
Recent assignments

Selected engagements

Assam ECD supervisor mentoring evaluation
Lead evaluator · 2024–2025
State CSR portfolio strategy — Meridian
Advisor · 2023
Adolescent girls transition programme baseline
Research lead · 2022–2023
OPIF 2026 track chair · ECD district labs
Chair · 2026