Nutritional Awareness - Celebrating POSHAN MAAH 2021
04 Sep 2021
The week's National webinar coincided with “ Rashtriya POSHAN Maah’2021” which aims to intensify behaviour change efforts required to comprehensively address the problem of malnutrition as envisaged under POSHAN Abhiyaan. As Theme 1 of POSHAN MAAH includes Plantation Activity as “Poshan Vatika” which will be celebrated from 1st – 7th September which broadly focussed on Plantation Drive for POSHAN VATIKA by all the stakeholders in the space available at Anganwadis, School Premises, Gram Panchayats and other places. Our expert panelist focussed on planting of saplings of nutritious fruit trees, local vegetables and medicinal plants and herbs.
Participants joining through Zoom were encouraged to share their thoughts and discuss their problems also for the benefit of others.
Esteemed Guests:
1. Mr. Basanta Kumar Kar - Recipient of global nutrition leadership award and also known as 'Nutrition Man'
2. Ms. Kanwaki Patwari - Ph.D. Food Processing Technology, Plant Protein Researcher.