Dr. Priti Joshi has completed her Ph.D in Botany from Nagpur University in 1992. She is working in the field of biodegradation of organic materials, waste management (composting techniques) and promotion of organic farming amongst farmers in different villages after completing her Ph.D.
She has worked with various NGOs (Center of Science for Villages Wardha, Vikas Mitra Baster and Dharamitra Wardha ) and Government Organizations (IIT Delhi, Khadi and Village Industries Commission Mumbai and Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization WARDHA) during her Professional Carrier from 1992-2009.
From 2009 onward, she has started working independently. She is now devoting her full time for rural development and working in the area of kitchen garden development with rural women and children to overcome the problem of malnutrition and anemia. She is also working for Anemia Free Vidharbh Forum which is a network of NGOs working in different districts of Vidarbha to solve the problem of nutrition deficient anemia in rural women by encouraging and training them to grow organic nutrition gardens at home or on farm. Besides this, her organization is working on vocational training for rural students specially school dropouts and training on organic farming and sustainable development involving village farmers. She is at present working in 26 villages of Wardha district with participation of local people for holistic rural development.