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Capacity building of State, District and Block Convergence Committees: Multi-sectoral planning and monitoring of nutrition actions in Bihar

The World Bank

Capacity building of state, district and block convergence committees: Multi-sectoral planning and monitoring of nutrition actions in Bihar

The World Bank

Aimed at converging various nutrition-related schemes, Government of India’s National Nutrition Mission (NNM) brought under one framework key interventions, indicators and targets to be monitored and achieved by relevant line departments implementing these schemes.

Aimed at converging various nutrition-related schemes, the Government of India’s National Nutrition Mission (NNM) brought under one framework key interventions, indicators, and targets being monitored and achieved by relevant line departments implementing these schemes. For this, the convergence committees were constituted to facilitate the operationalisation of this framework. 

We supported the Convergence Committees in two districts of Bihar – Sitamarhi and Gaya, by building their capacity to provide an unparalleled opportunity to facilitate a lasting and shared understanding amongst key ministries and stakeholders on the importance of nutrition and its centrality in determining overall human development.

Key Activities

  • Identification of gaps and potential interventions to address these gaps
  • Supporting the development, implementation and monitoring of concrete action plans by the convergence committees at different levels
  • Defining multi-sector nutrition convergence actions and assisting the committees in implementation and monitoring of the action plans.

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Arti Ahuja

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Retired from the Indian Administrative Services, Ms Ahuja has over 34 years of experience in administration, policy formulation, project management, and leadership across the public sector. Her expertise spans health systems, nutrition, women’s workforce participation, vulnerable populations, petrochemicals, and social sector programs. She has held several senior positions in the Government of India, including Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, where she led reforms to strengthen worker welfare and represented India at the G20 Employment Working Group; Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, where she initiated the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme; and Secretary, Women & Child Development, where she directed large-scale nutrition and empowerment initiatives, strengthening the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). As Secretary of Health, Government of India she played a pivotal role in India’s COVID-19 response, launched the National Digital Health Mission, and advanced national programs on TB and AIDS control. She continues to advise on gender, climate change, and nutrition, contributes to national and international publications, and teaches public policy and nutrition at leading academic institutions. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health; Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University; Master’s in Economics (Gold Medallist) from Panjab University, and is a Bachelor of Law from the University of Delhi.

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