Archana Sinha, Influencer and CEO Of Nourishing Schools Foundation

Archana Sinha is a nutrition and food safety specialist, writer, influencer, and worldwide voice. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Nourishing Schools Foundation, an Ashoka South Asia programme aimed at developing young changemakers who can improve their own and their communities’ nutrition.

In 2015, the SELCO Foundation appointed Archana as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Kowdi Kutumba initiative, which aims to make the traditional North Karnataka handicraft of Kowdi a sustainable source of life for low-income women. She worked as a management consultant for i3 Consulting, a firm created by ex-McKinsey personnel, before joining Ashoka.
She oversaw engagements in which she advised clients in industries such as financial services and e-commerce on business development, strategy, and the establishment of new businesses.

She has been acknowledged as a contributor to the Yellow Books, which are produced by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), an autonomous organization within the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Indian government. These books are intended to engage youngsters in discussions about nutrition and food safety. She believes that today’s youth must take the lead in effecting change, and she worked on a project in which children in rural Maharashtra took care of their own nutrition by opening a school canteen that only provided healthy snacks.

She has worked as a journalist for The Asian Age and has contributed to outlets like Your Story, Huffington Post, and Forbes. The Aspen Ideas Festival in the United States has granted her the Spotlight:Health scholarship, and the SELCO Foundation has named her an Entrepreneur-in-Residence