Amrita Ahuja

Douglas B. Marshall Jr Family Foundation

Amrita Ahuja is a founder of Evidence Action.  An accidental social-entrepreneur, she led the the start-up of Dispensers for Safe Water, and chaired the board of Deworm the World as it grew to reach 30 million children. She leads the Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Family Foundation, an innovative funder of international education. Ahuja also worked as a Management Consultant for the Monitor Group where she led projects to evaluate market-based approaches to delivering products and services to the poor. There she developed consumer marketing strategies, distribution models, and best practices for health and other products. Ahuja brings experience in marketing and distribution of consumer goods in the public and private sectors in India and Africa as well as significant experience with innovation and evidence in international development.  She  holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University.

 

Chapters Authored

Child and Adolescent Health and Development