Ms. Poonam Muttreja is Executive Director of Population Foundation of India (PFI). She has over 40 years of experience in development – setting up and heading NGOs, contributing to policy and advocacy, creatively building a field, improving organizational capacity, strengthening communications for social good, promoting innovations and scaling up pilots, making grants, teaching, advising, and mentoring.
Ms. Muttreja has co-conceived the popular, transmedia initiative, Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon – (I, A Woman, Can Achieve Anything) launched by PFI in 2014. In its third season, the program has introduced an Artificial Intelligence Intelligence-powered chatbot – SnehAI, a first of its kind behavior change communication initiative in India. Poonam holds an undergraduate degree from Delhi University and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. Poonam serves on the governing council of several non-governmental organizations and is a regular commentator in India and globally for television and the print media.