About
Purvi Mehta is the Senior Advisor of the Global Growth and Opportunities division at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.
Her formal education, up to her Ph.D., is from M.S. University (India), Tokyo University (Japan), and North Carolina State University (USA). Dr. Mehta has worked with leading international organizations like the CGIAR as head of Asia for the International Livestock Research Institute and International Food Policy Research Institute (USAID) as head of South Asia Biosafety program.
She is on the board of several organizations, including the International Alliance for Ecology and Health, the International Centre for Rural Agriculture, the Board of National Commodity Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), and the Advisory Council for the World Food Prize. She is also an honorary professor at Amity University in India. She has been closely associated with several agriculture and nutrition policy platforms in India, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa. She serves on several committees and advisory panels, bringing a blend of experience from Asia and Africa.
Dr. Mehta has two books and over 50 publications to her credit. She is also a regular contributor as invited columnist for media houses like Economic Times, Financial Express, CNBC, etc.
