Purnima Khandelwal co-founded INI Farms in 2009 & is the first woman CEO of one of the largest fresh fruit companies 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. Purnima’s experience spans […]

Uday Garg is the Managing Partner and Founder of Mandala Capital, a USD 250m operationally-focused private equity firm focused on sustainable and scalable investments across the food value chain within India and South East Asia.

Rajat Tandon is the President of IVCA, responsible for planning, developing, & implementing IVCA’s regulatory advocacy activities. He was the VP-NASSCOM & headed 10,000 Start-ups initiative, providing support to Indian tech startups. He is passionate about creating value for entrepreneurs, funding partners, and the ecosystem as a whole.

Asitava Sen is the CEO at CropLife India. He has over 25 years of global experience  in areas like Public policy, social sector advisory, innovative Public Private Partnership initiatives & blended finance. Prior to CropLife India, Asitava was an independent advisor for The World Bank, International Finance Corporation (2030 Water Resources Group), The World Economic […]

Joanna Kane-Potaka, an Australian and marketing specialist, has worked largely in agriculture and food, including international nonprofit organizations in five countries in Asia. She founded the Smart Food initiative, selected by USAID and Australia in the top 10 global food innovations.

Anuraag Srivastava is the Co-Founder and CEO, Rainshine India, a leading global entertainment company. Prior to Rainshine he held senior executive roles at organizations such as Zodius Capital, WNS, P&G etc. and founded several other companies in BPO/KPO and Healthcare.

Ashok Varma leads Agriculture, Social & Sustainability, with over 24 years in formulating public policy & advice on large scale reforms & transformation across development sectors. He works with international donor agencies, national & state government on advisory engagements; alongside working with both public & private sector to create social & economic value for the […]

Raman Ahuja is co-founder of ThinkAg (thinkag.co.in), focused on food & agriculture related technology, supply chains and agro-logistics.  He has been in the agribusiness, consumer products, ingredients industries having spent time at  Hindustan Unilever, built FieldFresh Foods DelMonte & has also led Firmenich – a global leader in fragrance & flavors.- request sent

Hemendra Mathur is Venture Partner with Bharat Innovation Fund –investing in early-stage deep-tech start-ups. He is also co-founder of ThinkAg – a platform for accelerating the adoption of innovations in agriculture.  He also chairs FICCI Task Force on Agri Start-ups.