Savita Kulkarni is Programme Officer in the Marketing, Outreach and Reporting Team at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), where she has worked in different capacities in the Land and Water Development, Agriculture Operations and Economic and Social Policy Divisions. In the Technical Cooperation Department, where she presently works, she was responsible for setting up and coordinating the National Capacity Building through Fellowships Programme and the Reports Group, of which she is the Group Leader. Prior to joining FAO, she held positions in the private sector in India, as well as in Sardinia and Rome, Italy. She is a graduate in English Literature from Fergusson College, Pune, followed by MBA studies at John Cabot University, Rome and a Masters in International Journalism for Media Professionals from Napier University, Edinburgh.