The Transform Nutrition Research Consortium convened the research symposium ‘Evidence for action in South Asia’ on Saturday 8 July 2017, at the Yak and Yeti Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal. Over a hundred participants from NGOs (national and international) and academia working on nutrition, health and public health, rural and social development gathered together with government officials from Nepal, India and Bangladesh, donor agency representatives and journalists to discuss the important issue of tackling undernutrition in South Asia