With over 35 years of experience in promoting women’s rights, rural livelihoods, public advocacy, communications and behaviour change, Poonam Muttreja is the founder of several NGOs and focuses on women's health, leadership, rights, and livelihood.
Poonam Muttreja, has been contributing toward the implementation of gender-sensitive population policies, sexual and reproductive health, and development strategies through the organisation - Population Foundation of India. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
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.
