VEENA S RAO

Veena S Rao is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service, with a distinguished career in Karnataka and Government of India.

She is a post-graduate in Political Science from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, and Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Before joining the IAS, she taught Political Science in Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

She is an expert on development issues and governance, particularly malnutrition, and writes extensively in national and international publications. She works closely with the Government of Karnataka, the World Bank, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK.

Her pioneering work in addressing India's malnutrition can be seen in www. karnutmission.org

Her first work of fiction, ‘Charlotte’s End’ inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca” was published in 2016.

Veena S Rao lives in Bangalore, India, and can be contacted through e-mail at nobel_6@hotmail.com