Dr. PriyakshiBorkotoky is a public health and nutrition specialist with extensive experience in programme design, implementation, capacity building, and multisectoral coordination across government, academic, and development sectors. She has served in senior technical and leadership roles with AIIMS Bhopal, PATH India, National Health Mission (Assam), PiramalSwasthya, and academic institutions. Her expertise spans maternal, child, and adolescent nutrition; fortified rice ecosystem strengthening; Take-Home Ration (THR) improvement; community-based management of malnutrition; SBCC; and large-scale training and monitoring frameworks. Dr. Borkotoky has led optimization and formulation of improved THR products. She has played a pivotal role in advancing government nutrition programmes, including Anemia Mukt Bharat, MAA, NRCs, HBYC, IDCF, Vitamin A supplementation, and school- and community-based IFA initiatives in Assam. Her work with PATH contributed significantly to scaling fortified rice across Assam through technical support, stakeholder engagement, private-sector partnerships, supply-chain strengthening, and policy dialogues. A researcher and academic contributor, Dr. Borkotoky has published multiple peer-reviewed papers and presented at national and international conferences. She has also been a resource person for NIPCCD, SAATHI, WCD, and various national training platforms. She holds a Ph.D. in Allied Health Sciences (Nutrition) and an M.Sc. in Food & Nutrition (Distinction), with a strong foundation in clinical nutrition, public health systems, capacity-building, and programme management.