Manasa Mantravadi

Dr. Manasa Mantravadi is a pediatrician-turned-entrepreneur leading a national movement to prevent disease before it starts through healthier food systems at home, at school and wherever children dine. As the founder of Ahimsa, the Conscious Cafeteria Program and The Pediatrician Kitchen, Dr. Mantravadi is proving that food is health and transforming the way the next generation is nourished.

Shifting from treating disease to preventing it, Dr. Mantravadi replaces plastics and processed meals with fresh, sustainable and reusable food systems—whether around the family dinner table or in school cafeterias. She founded Ahimsa, the first and only colorful stainless steel dinnerware for kids, designed to be free from harmful chemicals found in plastic. Rooted in science and sustainability, Ahimsa provides families with safe, durable and eco-friendly mealtime solutions. Through Ahimsa, Dr. Mantravadi is not just eliminating toxic foodware—she is redefining how families and schools serve meals that protect both children’s health and the planet.

Through the Conscious Cafeteria Program, Dr. Mantravadi leads the transition in school cafeterias from heat-and-serve processed meals to scratch-cooked, fresh and nutritious food served on reusable trays, turning cafeterias into classrooms where children learn the value of healthy eating and sustainability.

With The Pediatrician Kitchen, Dr. Mantravadi empowers families and schools with the knowledge and tools to make healthy eating, home cooking and culinary medicine an investment in a child’s long-term health. By making science-backed nutrition accessible and actionable, she equips parents and caregivers with the skills to create lifelong healthy habits at the dinner table.

Recognized as a Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur and an Inc. 200 female founder, Dr. Mantravadi has been featured by the Clinton Global Initiative, The Washington Post, Parents, "Today" and "Good Morning America." By bridging medicine, business, policy and education, Dr. Mantravadi ensures that every child, wherever they eat, has access to healthier meals, safer foodware, nutrition education and a more sustainable future.

Food is medicine. Food is health. And food is the best investment in our children’s health now and as they grow into adults.