Dr Reeta Dar has done her PhD in Social Medicine and Community Health from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. At present, she is a National Mentor for the Community Health Officers Mentoring project of the Government of India. Earlier, she served the Government of India on a gazetted post for about three decades, developed health education material for national programmes, imparted training, and collaborated with international & national organisations for health education and health promotion.

She published several research papers on organ donation & transplantation in international journals. Authorities of the National Organ Transplant Program (NOTP) and the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) of the Government of India have commended her work on organ donation.