Ria Jain - Co-Founder (iThrive Academy), Thrive Tribe Wellness Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

The beginning of Ria's journey towards wellbeing was unanticipated. With a keen interest in software engineering, little did she know what life had to offer her. A few things changed her mind (to not pursue technical education) and before she knew it, she had applied for graduation in Nutrition Science. She considers it to be the best decision of her life and soon started to develop a longing for a career as a Nutritionist. Her wellbeing journey as a professional began back in Feb 2020, soon after she got married, when she happened to join iTHRIVE- Healing and Beyond. Out of the many things that inspired her and still keep on inspiring her is the vision that the company beholds, that is, to make healthier, happier, lifestyle disease free communities an everyday reality across the world. With a deep alignment to the vision, iTHRIVE academy took birth. Being the Head of iTHRIVE academy means the world to her because of the God-like work that they do to provide people with health and hope. She wants to grow doing this because there is a beautiful quote which goes as- ‘He who has health has hope and he who has hope has literally everything’. With people getting sicker day by day, her vision and mission is to educate millions of people and to make them self-equipped with the right nutrition knowledge and food choices through Functional Nutrition education. 20 years from now, she sees herself as a healer (healing people off their chronic conditions using ‘Food as Medicine’) and iTHRIVE academy as an institution which will be considered as a ‘gold standard’ in nutrition education.