Dr. P.K. Joshi is the Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute's South Asia branch. Prior to that, Dr. Joshi was Director of the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management in Hyderabad and the Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research in New Delhi. Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA) is a consortium that connects policy-focused academics from diverse disciplinary perspectives with impact-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and development partners to combat malnutrition in India.