Sri Aurobindo Society
Veena Rao's work experience includes holding the position of Director at AuroCentre for Public Nutrition, Public Health, and Public Policy at Sri Aurobindo Society since October 2021. Previously, they served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from the Karnataka Cadre and retired as Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry for the Development of the North East Region. VEENA has also worked as an Advisor for the Karnataka Comprehensive Nutrition Mission, overseeing successful pilot projects funded by the World Bank to address undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency in Karnataka. From 2007 to 2009, they served as Secretary to the Government of India for the Development of the North Eastern Region.
Veena Rao has a post-graduate degree in Political Science - Development Studies from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, India. VEENA also has an additional degree from the University of Cambridge, UK. No specific start or end dates for their education were provided.
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Sri Aurobindo Society
Sri Aurobindo Society seeks to bring a dynamic spirituality into material life and all its activities, so that the global problems can find a true solution, and the dreams of humanity, through the ages, can be realized. The Society is a not-for-profit NGO, working throughout the world for individual perfection, social transformation, and human unity in diversity. It invites participation from all who want to work together for a better tomorrow, with no distinction of nationality, religion, caste or gender. The Society was founded in 1960 by the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, India, “To make known to the members and people in general the aims and ideals of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, their system of Integral Yoga and to work for its fulfilment in all possible ways and for the attainment of a spiritualised society as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo.”