I was a career bureaucrat (IAS in Odisha Cadre , 1980). Retired as Secretary to Government of India and then came back to my alma mater IIT Bombay, as a full time faculty – a very agreeable Ghar Waapsi!

From January 2025, I am a visiting professor at C-TARA. I coordinate the health and nutrition group at CTARA and the RuTAG (Rural Technology Action Group) activities.

I write satire, both prose and poetry, in Hindi and English. These chronicle our times. I also prepare cross words in Hindi, which I intend doing more regularly (one of the many new year resolutions!). 

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On 14th January, participated  in a panel discussion on “Harnessing AI for Child Survival and Wellness" at IIT Delhi. It was curated by UNICEF Delhi. The panel was part of a Winter Dialogue organised by the NIMS Institute of Public Health and Governance at IIT Delhi Research Park.
Good opportunity to collect one's thoughts around the subject. 

Strongly recommended the book AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor to the audience. Suggest the same to all the viewers interested in emerging developments in AI.

Together for Nutrition 2014

My talk in 2014 in the 'Together for Nutrition' conference. I was Secretary Coordination in the Cabinet Secretariat then. Some of the views remain relevant even today.

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Latest Academic Publications

Marian Abraham & Satish Agnihotri

Barriers to Completion of Facility-based Nutrition Rehabilitation and Treatment of Complicated Cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition Among Pre-school Tribal Children: A Case of Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India

Published: 01 November 2026 | Sage Journals

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Sanap V, Sahay S, Martinez-Vega R and Agnihotri S

Informational challenges of dengue surveillance and response. A case study from India.

Published: 20 May 2026 | Frontiers In Public Health, Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention, Volume 14 - 2026

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Majhi, A., Agnihotri, S. B., Mondal, A., 2024.

Mapping Child Malnutrition and Measuring Efficiency of Community Healthcare Workers through Location Based Games in India. International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT ’24, Bremen,Germany)

Published: 04 September, 2024 | ACM Digital Library

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Majhi, A., Agnihotri, S. B., Mondal, A., 2024.

Replay, Revise, and Refresh: Smartphone-Based Refresher Training for Community Healthcare Workers in India?; HCI International 2024, Washington DC, USA

Published: 01 June, 2024 | Springer

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