has an MA in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and a post-graduate diploma in Journalism and Mass Communications from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Savitri has over 25 years’ experience in strategic communications, stakeholder outreach, science writing, storytelling and content development related to agricultural research-for-development across Africa and India. She contributed to public awareness at ICRISAT from 1996 to 2002 and led strategic communications at AfricaRice from 2002 to 2019. Savitri is keenly interested in sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition security, gender inclusiveness and farmer empowerment.