OUR TEAM
OUR TEAM
Meet the team working to
reduce anaemia at scale
Meet the team working to
reduce anaemia at scale
Meet the team working to
reduce anaemia at scale
From food technologists to public health specialists, our 90+ strong team is united by the belief that better flour can change millions of lives.
From food technologists to public health specialists, our 90+ strong team is united by the belief that better flour can change millions of lives.
From food technologists to public health specialists, our 90+ strong team is united by the belief that better flour can change millions of lives.
WHO ARE WE?
A nonprofit built on evidence, scale, and cost-effectiveness.
A nonprofit built on evidence, scale, and cost-effectiveness.
A nonprofit built on evidence, scale, and cost-effectiveness.
A simple change to flour can prevent iron-deficiency anaemia. Fortify Health makes it possible. Wheat flour is consumed daily by hundreds of millions of people across India, making it the ideal vehicle for preventing anaemia and other vitamin deficiencies at scale.
A simple change to flour can prevent iron-deficiency anaemia. Fortify Health makes it possible. Wheat flour is consumed daily by hundreds of millions of people across India, making it the ideal vehicle for preventing anaemia and other vitamin deficiencies at scale.
A simple change to flour can prevent iron-deficiency anaemia. Fortify Health makes it possible. Wheat flour is consumed daily by hundreds of millions of people across India, making it the ideal vehicle for preventing anaemia and other vitamin deficiencies at scale.
Simple by design
Our fortification model is simple, proven, and requires no behaviour change from consumers or extra cost to mills.
Our fortification model is simple, proven, and requires no behaviour change from consumers or extra cost to mills.
Our fortification model is simple, proven, and requires no behaviour change from consumers or extra cost to mills.
Built to scale
We work with mills, public health partners, and governments to reach millions of people through the flour they already eat.
We work with mills, public health partners, and governments to reach millions of people through the flour they already eat.
Future forward
Our mission is to fully ingrain fortified flour into India’s food system so that one day, we’re no longer needed.
Our mission is to fully ingrain fortified flour into India’s food system so that one day, we’re no longer needed.
Meet Our Leadership Team
Meet Our Leadership Team
Meet Our Leadership Team
Tony Senanayake
Chief Executive Officer
Aditya Brahmabhatt
Chief Operating Officer
Janani Rajashekar
Chief of Staff
Shakun Sharma
Senior Director of Programs
Dr Prasad Bogam
Senior Director of Monitoring & Evaluation
Ashwin M Balu
Director of Partnerships
Dr Joshita Lamba
Director of Partnerships
Aditya Mallya
Director of Operations
Vaibhav Patil
Director of Programs
Shriya Agarwal
Associate Director of Monitoring & Evaluation
INSIDE FORTIFY HEALTH
INSIDE FORTIFY HEALTH
Four teams, one goal
Four teams, one goal
Fortification at scale takes mills equipped, governments engaged, systems running and strategy set. Here is how our 90-plus people are organised to do it.
Fortification at scale takes mills equipped, governments engaged, systems running and strategy set. Here is how our 90-plus people are organised to do it.
Implementation
Policy
Operations
Executive
Implementation
Our Implementation division partners with wheat flour mills across India, providing the equipment, premix and training they need to fortify their flour in line with FSSAI standards. The team also runs our quality assurance and monitoring systems, ensuring every partner mill produces fortified flour that is safe, consistent and cost-effective at scale.
Implementation
Implementation
Policy
Operations
Executive
Our Story
Our Story
Our Story
Fortify Health began in 2017 with a simple question: what is the most cost-effective way to improve public health at scale?
The answer, after rigorous research and extensive conversations with nutrition experts, pointed clearly to one intervention: wheat flour fortification to address anaemia in India.
The answer, after rigorous research and extensive conversations with nutrition experts, pointed clearly to one intervention: wheat flour fortification to address anaemia in India.
With founding support from Charity Entrepreneurship and an initial incubation grant from GiveWell, we built our first programmes in Maharashtra and West Bengal in 2018. By 2022, we had proven the model worked, and secured an $8.2 million grant from GiveWell to scale it.
With founding support from Charity Entrepreneurship and an initial incubation grant from GiveWell, we built our first programmes in Maharashtra and West Bengal in 2018. By 2022, we had proven the model worked, and secured an $8.2 million grant from GiveWell to scale it.
Since then, Fortify Health has secured additional funding from GiveWell, Coefficient Giving, and Founder’s Pledge, as well as recognition and support from Giving What We Can, The Mulago Foundation, and Rippleworks.
Since then, Fortify Health has secured additional funding from GiveWell, Coefficient Giving, and Founder’s Pledge, as well as recognition and support from Giving What We Can, The Mulago Foundation, and Rippleworks.
This support has allowed us to scale to over 300 mill partners across 16 states, with our partners’ fortified flour reaching approximately 20 million people every month (as of 2026).
This support has allowed us to scale to over 300 mill partners across 16 states, with our partners’ fortified flour reaching approximately 20 million people every month (as of 2026).
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LIVE IMPACT DASHBOARD
Today we’re asking a new question: how do we make fortified flour so ingrained in India’s food system that we’re no longer needed?
Today we’re asking a new question: how do we make fortified flour so ingrained in India’s food system that we’re no longer needed?
Our focus now turns to scale. The next chapter of our work centres on deeper engagement with government to fortify the flour distributed through schemes such as the Public Distribution System and PM POSHAN, which already reach over 400 million people every day.
Our focus now turns to scale. The next chapter of our work centres on deeper engagement with government to fortify the flour distributed through schemes such as the Public Distribution System and PM POSHAN, which already reach over 400 million people every day.
By 2030, we expect to fortify 60% of India’s packaged wheat flour, reach over 100 million people directly, and avert more than 250,000 years lived with anaemia annually.
By 2030, we expect to fortify 60% of India’s packaged wheat flour, reach over 100 million people directly, and avert more than 250,000 years lived with anaemia annually.
Beyond that, our ambition is to reach all 600 million people in India who regularly consume wheat flour, and to help make iron deficiency anaemia a problem of the past.
Beyond that, our ambition is to reach all 600 million people in India who regularly consume wheat flour, and to help make iron deficiency anaemia a problem of the past.
JOIN OUR TEAM
Looking for a career with impact?
Looking for a career with impact?
Looking for a career with impact?
We’re always looking for talented people who want to change lives. Join a team where every role contributes to better health for millions of people.
We’re always looking for talented people who want to change lives. Join a team where every role contributes to better health for millions of people.
We’re always looking for talented people who want to change lives. Join a team where every role contributes to better health for millions of people.
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