Our Journal: Team Insights & Expositions

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Linear Programming (LP) is seldom applied to formulating energy-dense foods for malnourished children. Even when used, these tools do not account for metabolite contents of ingredients. This paper explores an effective LP method to develop cheaper and more nutritious foods for acutely malnourished Indian children.

Amith Umesh, Varun Mahadevan, Rohan Mangal

Malnutrition is a silent crisis in South Asia. Without adequate resources to ensure proper health education nor to purchase life-saving treatments, many South Asian countries - such as India and Bangladesh - often fail to recognize that malnutrition afflicts its children.

Amith Umesh, Varun Mahadevan

This article is the first of a four-part blog post series that follows our founders Amith Umesh and Varun Mahadevan's grassroots-level research of the local government sector responsible for running the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in the Khandaghosh Block of rural West Bengal.

Varun Mahadevan

This article is the second of a four-part blog post series that follows our founders Amith Umesh and Varun Mahadevan's grassroots-level research of the local government sector responsible for running the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in the Khandaghosh Block of rural West Bengal.

Amith Umesh

This article is the third of a four-part blog post series that follows our founders Amith Umesh and Varun Mahadevan's grassroots-level research of the local government sector responsible for running the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in the Khandaghosh Block of rural West Bengal.

Varun Mahadevan

This article is the fourth of a four-part blog post series that follows our founders Amith Umesh and Varun Mahadevan's grassroots-level research of the local government sector responsible for running the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in the Khandaghosh Block of rural West Bengal.

Varun Mahadevan

 With nearly 104 million Indigenous People and 705 ethnic groups recognized as Scheduled Tribes (STs) in India, tribal malnutrition has been coined ‘India’s hidden epidemic'. According to a study conducted with India's third National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in 2016, results show trends of stunted growth, wasting, and underweight among tribal children under three years of age was 41%, 30%, and 43% respectively. When attempting to understand these rates, it’s important to recognize the history and continued prevalence of scheduled tribes, castes, and the caste system in India.  

Aashi Mendpara

 At dinner time, a scene that has become an emblem across many South Asian households unfolds: the women of the family gather around the stove, enduring the heat and working tirelessly to prepare a feast, often with little expectation of receiving a full plate themselves after serving everyone else. Meanwhile, the men of the family wait eagerly, ready to devour plate after plate. This norm is just one part of a deeply ingrained cultural idea which has long prioritized the needs of men over women. Under these roofs, it is an unspoken rule that seemingly everyone seems to know: Women eat last. 

Mariam Ashraf