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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian humanist}}<br />
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| image = Poonam-Muttreja.png<br />
| name = Poonam Muttreja<br />
| title= Executive Director of [[Population Foundation of India]]<br />
|education = Master's in [[Public Administration]], Bachelor's in [[Psychology]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]], [[Harvard Kennedy School]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Poonam Muttreja''' is the executive director of the [[Population Foundation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/better-income-education-family-planning-access-will-control-population-poonam-muttreja-1827242-2021-07-12|title=Better income, education, family planning access will control population, says Poonam Muttreja|date=12 July 2021 |agency=[[India Today]]}}</ref> She has more than 35 years of experience in the socio-development sector. Before joining PFI, she worked with the [[MacArthur Foundation]] as Country Director where she was responsible for the Foundation's grants in India.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/opinion-integrate-family-planning-and-sexual-and-reproductive-health-services-in-nutrition-programming-62405/|title=Integrate Family Planning And Sexual And Reproductive Health Services In Nutrition Programming<br />
|date=8 September 2021<br />
|agency=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><br />
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Ms Muttreja has made an active contribution to the NGO sector in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/increasing-marriage-age-of-women-is-treating-symptom-rather-than-cause-says-poonam-muttreja-11840862.htm|title=Increasing marriage age of women is treating symptom rather than cause<br />
|date=16 December 2021<br />
|agency=[[CNBC TV18]]}}</ref> She is associated with several national and international organizations in the capacity of a member of the governing board and advisory council. She has also founded organisations working in the area of social justice (SRUTI), craft (DASTKAR), and leadership (Founder Director of the Ashoka Foundation in India), specifically focusing in the field of women's health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/public-health-does-not-seem-to-be-a-priority-in-the-budget-7752673/|title=Public health does not seem to be a priority in the budget|date=2 February 2022 |agency=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><br />
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She has also co-conceived the popular, transmedia initiative, [[Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon]] (MKBKSH - I, A Woman, Can Achieve Anything) which has been a change-maker through three successful seasons - with 183 episodes and overall TV viewership of approximately 150 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/tv-show-main-kuch-bhi-kar-sakti-hoon-on-women-with-overall-tv-viewership-of-150-million-win-3153788.html |title=TV Show 'Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon' on Women with Overall TV Viewership of 150 Million Win<br />
|date=7 December 2020<br />
|agency=[[News18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/mkbksh-women-empowerment-show-entertainment-i-can-achieve-anything-i-want-4717887/ |title=I can achieve anything I want|date=23 June 2017 |agency=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><br />
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Ms Muttreja has a [[Master's Degree]] in [[Public Administration]] from the Kennedy School of Government, [[Harvard University]] and a [[Bachelor's Degree]] in [[Psychology]] from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/to-tackle-covid-in-rural-india-enable-at-home-care-involve-panchayats-121051500571_1.html|title=To tackle covid in rural india, enable at-home care, involve panchayats<br />
|date=15 May 2021<br />
|agency=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> She worked with UNDP as Advisor to the Country Representative. In Cambridge, Massachusetts she directed an environmental program concerned with orienting policy makers from developing countries on issues of development, environment and poverty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/133699/menstruation-health-stigma/|title=Experts Speak: After Padman, It's Time for a State Menstruation Policy<br />
|date=8 March 2018<br />
|agency=[[The Better India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://niti.gov.in/planningcommission.gov.in/docs/aboutus/committee/Presentation/PoonamMuttreja/Poonam_Profile.pdf|title=Poonam Muttreja<br />
|agency=[[NITI Ayog]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://populationfoundation.in/ Population Foundation of India Official Site]<br />
*[https://www.actionaidindia.org/who-we-are/governing-board-members/ ActionAid India - Governing Board Members]<br />
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