Purnima Khandelwal co-founded INI Farms in 2009 and is the first woman CEO of one of the largest fresh fruit company from India. Purnima is the driving force behind creating India’s first “safe food’ brand Kimaye leading the entire gamut of brand building initiatives from consumer insights to packaging innovations to distribution. Her strength in […]

Uday Garg is the founder of Mandala Capital and has since 2008 been exclusively focused on investments in the food value chain. Prior to Mandala Capital, he worked at Altima Partners focusing on private investments in global Emerging Markets across sectors (including agribusiness). He began his career in the Investment Banking division of Deutsche Bank […]

Reshma Anand is a business school graduate with more than 20 years of leadership experience in mission-driven nonprofits, social ventures, and philanthropic organisations. She currently heads Hindustan Unilever Foundation, a nonprofit focused on water conservation and governance. Previously, Reshma founded two social ventures including a specialist advisory firm on sustainable social responsibility and an accelerator […]

Dhanendra Kumar is a veteran IAS officer, of 1968 batch. He served as the First Chairman of the Competition Commission of India during its initial formative years. Earlier, he was India’s Executive Director in the World Bank in Washington DC and Secretary in several key Ministries, including Defense Production, Roads and Highways and Culture and […]

N.Suresh Krishnan is the Managing Director and CEO of Paradeep Phosphates Limited and is a Member of the Board of Director’s of Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited and Fertiliser Association of India. In his career of over 30 years he has been associated with Fertiliser, Energy, Sugar and Cement sectors. His […]