Nitya is a veterinarian with a specialization in veterinary surgery. She has been working on issues related to development and the environment since 1986. She is one of the founders of Anthra and presently its Director. Her work includes research, training and policy advocacy on different aspects of livestock development, especially on systems of health care as well as planning for gender-sensitive and sustainable ways of farming and livestock rearing.
Anthra was founded in 1992 by a team of women veterinarians to reach out, connect, and address the problems faced by communities who reared animals, particularly small farmers and peasants, pastoralists, adivasis, dalits, women and others who remained hidden from the gaze of mainstream development.
http://www.anthra.org/