Dr Neetu Sharma has her training in political science, human rights and regional cooperation. She has been working with national and international development organizations working on child labour and right to food prior to joining CCL NLSIU 13 years ago.
She has served the Centre in various capacities, as Projects Manager, Researcher and also as its Coordinator. She has been engaging with research, field action, on the issue of right to food, livelihood and its impact on food security for the past eighteen years. She is currently closely engaged in the research on the implementation of National Food Security Act 2013.. She has conducted many studies on right to food for children and has several publications on issues related to food security, livelihood and child rights to her credit. She is a member of the core group on Legislation for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), member of Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN) and an academic member of the Extra-Territorial Obligations (ETO) Consortium (an international network working on economic social and cultural rights, a member of the Alliance for Sustainable Societies (ASS) (formerly Forum on Ethics and Responsibility).