, Speakers 2023 - India Food Forum
Anurag Katriar

Chairman, India Food Forum — HoReCa
Founder & MD, Indigo Hospitality

Damodar Mall

Chairman, India Food Forum — Retail
CEO — Grocery, Reliance Retail

Aabha Chandak

Director
Raghav Hospitality - Italian Cube & Manbhavan Restaurants Chain Of Premium Veg Thali

Aakash Agrawal

Owner
Jivan Super Market, Ahmedabad

Abdul Sattar Choudhary

Managing Director
Everyday Hypermart

Abhijeet Anand

Founder and CEO
abCoffee

Abhishek Bindal

COO
Aditya Birla New Age Hospitality

Aditya Bagri

VC
Bagrry's Group

Aditya Krishna

Head Sales & Marketing
McCain Retail

Aditya Pittie

MD
Pittie Group

Ajinkya Narendra Deshmukh

Vijaylaxmi Super Mart

Akash Anil Kankariya

Director
Navjeevan Supermarket

Akash Srivastava

AVP & National Head - Business Development
Jubilant Foodworks

Aleesha Desai

Marketing Head
Baskin Robbins

Amir Majali

Founder & CEO
TruFalafel - Karak Enterprises

Amit Chiddarwar

Owner
Chiddarwar Mart, Pusad

Amitabh Singh

Patanjali Ayurved

Amrut Prakash

Bothra Partner
KP SuperMarket

Anand Mohan Sharma

Director - Customer Development
PepsiCo

Anant Chowdhary

Founder
The Serial Griller

Anil G Washimbe

Swastik Supermarket

Anirudh Ningurkar

Partner
Parivar Super Bazar

Anish Basu Roy

CEO & Co-founder
Tagz

Anita Gharmalkar

Managing Partner
Gajanann Foods

Ankit Jindal

AVP
Rebel Foods

Ankit Patel

CEO
Belgian Waffle Co

Ankur Modi

Director
Dhiraj Sons The Mega Store

Anshu Goel

Director
Devdutt Exports Bharat

Anubhav Gupta

Managing Director
Sun Organic - Wonderland Foods

Anuj Rajesh Borgave

Owner
BR MART

Anuj Singh

MD & CEO
Spencer's Retail

Arnab Choudhury

Vice President – Parlour Operations
Baskin Robbins

Ashok Kumar Mundra

MD
Aarti Ashoka Mart

Ashu Phakey

VP & Business Head
ITC Frozen & Fresh Foods

Ataulla Khan

Head of Operations
Food Square

Avinash Shukla

National Key Account Manager
Ghadi Detergent

Badrinath

Partner
Shivraj SuperMarket Chain

Balaji Prakash

EVP & Head – Consumer Products Business
Parry's Sugar - EID Parry India Rebel Foods

Balaram Bhattacharjee

Vice President - Sales
Yoga Bar

Bharadwaj Karanth

MD & CEO
Karanths Foods

Bhavan Bhrasdiya

Food Basket, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai

Biraja Rout

Founder
Biggies Burger

BK Jha

VP (Operations)
Rajdhani Flour Mills

Bola Rajat Kamath

Director
Bolas Agro

C. Gopalkrishnan

CMD
N Dairy Farm Group

Chandrakant Saste

Owner
My Mart, Kalyan

Charan Narang

Head - Food Services
General Mills

Chef Ashay Desai

Culinary Director
Catering Collective

Chef Gaurav Gidwani

Culinary Director
K7 Grouphospitality

Chef Ishijyot Surri

Executive Chef
SJI Hospitality and Foods

Chef Jerson Fernandes

Director of Culinary
Accor India

Chef Niilesh Llimaye

Chef Culinaire
All Bout Cooking

Chef Nitin Puri

Director - Culinary Operations India
Griffith Foods

Chef Ritesh Tulsian

Co-founder & Chef
Gourmelange Hospitality LLP

Chef Rohit Gujral

Corporate Chef, Mr Truk

Chef Samir Giri

Executive Chef
Fairfield by Marriott Goa Anjuna

Chef Sudhir Pai

Pai & Associates F&B Consulting

Chef Vijayendra Pawaskar

VP - Culinary & Operations
Touch Of Class

Chef Vishal Chandnani

Executive Chef
Marriott Hotels

Chetan Damji Sangoi

CEO
Sarvodaya Supermarket

Chetan Karnawat

RK Mart, Chakan

Chintan Patel

Director- Purchase
Magson Retail And Distribution

Damji Shah

Proprietor
Kirana Ghar

Danish Hingora

Owner
Maharaja Mart, Jalna

Darpan Data

Partner
Sita Shree Laxminarayan Chiwda

Darsh Baijubhai Mehta

Director
Das Pendawala

Darshan Dhariwal

Owner
Goodwill Supermarkets, Nashik

Deepak Thakkar

Associate
Vighnahar Super Market

Dharmesh Thakkar

Owner & Founding Chairman
Dharmesh Foods

Dheeraj Gupta

MD
Jumboking Foods

Dhiraj Patel

Owner & Founder
Janlaxmi Super Shoppe, Nashik & Big Megamart

Dr. A.K. Tyagi

ED
Haldiram Group of Companies

Dr. Chef Saurabh Sharma

Associate Professor
Amity School of Hospitality

Eesha Sukhi

Founder
The Blue Bop Cafe

Evant Surana

Director
Poona Modern Trade

Gagan Sidana

GM – Foodservice
HyFun Foods

Gajanan J. Phutane

Aakar Super Shopee, Parbhani

Gaurav Heda

Owner
Heda Mart, Pusad

Gaurav Narang

Founder
Coffee Culture

Gautam Raghuraman

Co-founder & Director-Sales
Beyond Snacks

Geetika Mehta

MD
Hershey India

Girish Ahuja

Owner
Kaka Pantry, Akola

Gopal Kamalkishore Sharma

Proprietor
Gopal Super Bazar, Akola

Greishma Singh

VP Customer & Commercial Leadership
Coca Cola

Gulshan Kriplani

Owner
Gurukrupa Super Bazar

Gulshan Sharma

MD
Falhari

Guntas Sethi Bhasin

Brand Ambassador
EU Foods

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

COO
Spar India

Hardik Shah

CTO
Impresario Handmade Restaurants

Haresh Bhanushali

Owner
Momaiya Low Price, Virar

Haresh Karamchandani

MD & CEO
HyFun

Harish Charkha

Owner
Vyankatesh Super Mart, Mehkar

Harishkumar Munot

Owner
Harishkumar Super Shopee, Shivane, Pune

Harpreet Tibb

Founder
Tibbs Foods

Harshendar Reddy

CTO & Co-Founder
Ghost Kitchens India

Hemang Bhatt

Brand owner
HAS Juices & More & Associate, K & B Bhagat Tarachand

Hitarth Nathwani

Director
Gulab Oil & Foods

Inayat Guram

Director –Enterprise Innovation
Logic ERP

Indraneel Chitale

Partner
Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale

Ishant Singh

Key Account Manager
Ghadi Detergent

Jagadish Kumar

Founder
NRI Chaiwala

Jaishree Agarwal

NIQ BASES Director, India

Jayanti Kathale

Founder MD
Purnabramha

Jayshree Jindal

Partner
Jindal Cocoa

K. Ganapathy Subramaniam

VP & Head of Marketing
Daawat Basmati Rice - L T Foods

Kabir Gossain

HUL
VP & Head - Modern Trade, Digital Commerce & Institutions

Kakde Rajesh Sitaramji

Owner
Pariwar Store, Partur, Jalna

Kamaldeep Singh

President
Dealshare

Kanaka Bhagwat

Retailer Vertical Lead (FMCG)
NielsenIQ

Karan Kapur

K Hospitality Corp

Karthik Subramanian

COO
Sowparnika

Kartikay Mehta

Director, Sales & Operations
Unibic

Kishor Kshatriya

Owner
K Mart, Chandwad

Kumar Venkateswaran

GM-Product Head-CRBG
Blue Star

Kunal Bhanushali

Director
MLP Dhanya Bazar

Kunal Dangi

Owner Vinod
Megamart

Kunal Indani

Owner
Avishree Supermarkets, Dondaicha

Kushal Rajesh Panpaliya

Director
V M Mart, Daryapur, Amravati

Labesh P Modi

Partner
Shree Paras Super Market, Malegaon

Lalit Jhawar

Co-Founder
Food Square

Laxmichand Gada

Retail Chairman
Society Stores

Mahendra Ramnathrao Gadhe

Owner
Adarsh Mart

Mahesh Kanchan

CEO
Del Monte Foods India

Mahesh Reddy

CEO
GOPIZZA India

Manish Agarwal

MD
Prabhuji

Manish Jawkar

Partner
Mansi Supermarket, Beed

Manohar Laghane

Partner
Devgiri Super Market

Manpreet Singh Chadha

Director & Founder
AZULA KITCHEN & BAR

Max Avtukhov

CEO
Yango Tech

Mayank Gautam

Managing Director
Jhala Brothers Corporation

Mayank Gupta

Co-Founder
Food Square & LandCraft Agro

Mayur Nitin Kankariya

Kankariya Supermarket
Nashik

Meher Santosh Mahajan

Owner
Gajanan Super Market, Gokunda, Nanded

Mithun Appaiah

CEO - FMCG
Wow! Momo

Mohammad Rafiq Parmar

Owner
Labbaik Stores

Mohit Dang

Director - Currynama
Seven Seas Hospitality Pvt Ltd

Mohit Nihalani

Director
N Mart, Malkapur

Mohit Rathod

Co-founder & Director
Truly Desi

Muhammad Riyaz Deshmukh

Founder & MD
KD MART

Mukaddin Memon

Director
HM MEGA STORES

Naikwade Sameer Ganeahrao

Owner
MedMart Pharmacy & Supermarket, Selu

Narayanan

Director On-Premise and Travel
Coca Cola

Niitesh R Modi

COO
Dhiraj Sons The Mega Store

Nikhil Kulkarni

National Head - MT & Alternate Channels
Britannia

Nikhil Rajkumar Bardiya

Owner
Arihant Super Bazar

Nikunj Vora

Founder & CEO
Mapro Foods

Nitin Bhusare

Founder & Director
BestBasket Supermarket

Nitin Gabda

Owner
Suvidha Provision & Dry Fruits, Dhule

Nitin Motwani

CBO
Culinary Brands

Pagariya Kapil

Balaji Supermarket, Majalgaon

Pankaj Gupta

Owner
Oye Kake and Taftoon Bar & Kitchen

Pankaj Ranjan

National MT Head
Kellanova (Kellogg)

Parag Bhala

Owner
D B Mart

Parag Gadre

CEO
Pitambari Innovative Products

Parikshit Prabhudesai

Vice Chairman
Pitambari Innovative Products

Parth Kirtibhai Patel

Manager
Amit Super Store, Mehsana

Paul Warren

Head – Convenience Business
Jio-bp

Pawan Malve

Associate VP : MT & CSD Institutional Sales
Godrej Consumer Products

Pawan Shahri

CEO & Founder
Chrome Hospitality

PB Chinnappa

MD
Griffith Foods

Piyush Kankaria

Co-founder
The Yellow Straw

Prachi Patil

Co-founder
SUZU Agro- Aaj Pakao

Pradeep Rao

Co-founder & CEO
Evolved Foods

Pramod Sharma

Associate
Apna Bhandar & Tushar Store

Pranav M Rungta

Director
Simmering Foods & Restaurants Pvt Ltd

Pranay Singh

Modern Trade Head
McCain Foods

Prashant Issar

Founder
Ishaara

Prashant N Modi

Partner
Shree Paras Super Market, Malegaon

Prashant Peres

MD, South Asia
Kellanova (Kellogg)

Prathamesh Sadavarte

Partner
D B MART, Chikhli

Pratik Nagar

Owner
Super Store, Ujjain

Pravin Devidas Gorade

Owner
Sona Super Shop, Dhule

Pravin Gada

Proprietor
Baniya Super Mart

Pravin Jawkar

Director
Mansi Supermarket, Beed

Prrasana Shah

Chief Merchandising Officer
Reliance Retail

Puneet Gupta

Director of Brand, Sales & Marketing
B.D. Agro Foods

Rabi Shankar Mishra

Sales Director
The Hershey Company

Radhika Chawla

CMO
Pappoo Store, Lucknow

Raghav Joshi

Co-founder
Rebel Foods

Rahul Chandak

MD
Raghav Hospitality

Rahul Khandelwal

Country Manager - India
Nabati Foods

Rahul P Patil

Director
Sai Mega Mart

Rahul Patil

AVP
Rebel Foods

Rahul Seth

Co-founder
Burger Singh

Rahul Sharma

Director
DMB Sweets

Rajal Narendra Ashar

Owner
Bait Al Tamur Co

Rajnish Sharma

Director – Customer Management Group
Coca-Cola India & Southwest Asia

Rakesh Kumar Gupta

Owner & Founding Chairman
Sun Organic - Wonderland Foods

Ramchander Raman

Founder
Fork and Apron Consultancy

Ramnath Gadgul

Partner
Devgiri Super Market, Aurangabad

Ravindra Pillai

SVP - Sales
Clear Premium Water

Renuka Chalekar

Head of Markerting
99 Pancakes

Rishi Raj Mundra

Head of Business Development
Kamal Oils & Foods

Rituraj Panchal

Co-founder
Home Town Hypermarket

Robin Nagar

Founder & CEO
Valley Culture

Rohit Bhojwani

Owner
Jaylaxmi Supermarket

Rohit Tekriwal

Director
Candzey, Shree Rani Sati Trade Corp

Rohit Varma

Director
QMart

S D Venkataraman

Head - Sales & Business Development
Nourish You - Superfoods

Sabirhusen Momin

Retail Head
Heartymart

Sachin Baberwal

Owner
Ramai Super Shopee

Sachin Modi

Proprietor
Modi Mart

Sachin Rane

Founder
Nature Day -Lotmor Brands

Sagar Daryani

Co-founder & CEO
Wow! Momo Foods

Sagar Sunil Shirore

Owner
Hari Om Super Market

Samar Gupta

MD
Trikaya Agro Farms

Samarth N.Bhusare

Director
BestBasket Supermarket

Samarth Vijay Sharma

Owner
Jai Bole Super Bazar, Akola

Sameer Batra

President & CBO
Domino’s - Jubilant FoodWorks

Samkit Sunil Kankariya

Owner
Navjeevan Super Shop

Sandeep Agarwal

Owner
Police Stores, Mizoram

Sandeep Basrani

Owner
Satyam Global Food Mart Kolhapur

Sandeep Ghosh

Business Head
DS Group

Sanjay Khaire

Partner
Buddget Mart, Chakan

Sanjay Sethi

Executive Director
Plant Based Foods Industry Association

Sanjay Singal

COO - Dairy & Beverages
ITC

Sanjeev Kumar

Head of Analytics
BigBasket

Sankalp Santosh Govindwar

Owner
Palshikar Super Mart Nanded

Santosh D. Pedhambkar

Proprietor
Jivhala Mart

Santosh Kumar

CBO
FreshToHome Foods

Santosh Pardeshi

Partner
Buddget Mart

Santosh Shriramji Didwaniya

Owner
Didwaniya Super Bazar

Santosh Tyagi

Founder & MD
Ghoomar & Dakshin Bhog Restaurants

Satish Ner

Owner
Sany Super Bajar, Nampur

Satish Patil

CEO
B Mart

Saurabh Bansal

EDO & CMO
Spencer's

Saurabh Kalra

MD
McDonald's India (West & South) - Westlife Foodworld Ltd

Sayam Kankariya

Partner
Kankariya Supermarket, Nashik

Shalu Agarwal

Director
ANTIZE FOODS

Shammi Agarwal

Managing Director
Pansari Group

Shannon D’Souza

Founder
KC Roasters

Shantilal Shah

Owner
Pappillon Super Mart, Mumbai

Shiju Pappen

Founder
The Chatpata Affair

Shivam Bansal

Managing Partner
Haryana General Store, Chandigarh

Shivang Chawla

Managing Partner
Pappoo Store

Shivkumar Chug

Owner
Kundan Supermarkets

Shobit Sood

Owner
Cosmo World, Rampur, Shimla

Shubham Sanjay Munot

Owner
Omkar Mart, Junnar

Sid Marchant

Co-founder
Good Flippin’ Burgers

Siddartha Juneja

Head - Omni Channel
Mondelez

Sidharth Bhakoo

VP, National Head
Swiggy

Smerth Khanna

Business Head - eCommerce & MT and Head of Innovations
Dabur India

Sneha Venkatesh

Founder, Promoter
Tablespoon Foods

Sonia Rawat

AVP, FMCG
More Retail

Srikant Subramanian

Sr. GM Sales & Marketing Commercial Refrigeration Business Group
Blue Star

Srinandan Sundaram

EVP - Foods & Refreshments - South Asia
Unilever

Subramani Murali

MD
A1 Chips

Suhasini Sampath

Co-founder
Yoga Bar (Sprout Life Foods)

Sujay Abbad

Owner
Mahavir Supermarket, Nashik

Sumitt Wahall

COO
True Palate Cafe

Suraj Jhunjhunwala

Owner
S Mart Corner, Akola

Suresh Kumar Hirani

Owner
H-Mart, Betul

Suryakant Pathak

MD
Janata Grahak Madhyawarti Sahakari Sangh (Grahak Peth Co-Op Depatmental Stores) Pune

Suryakant Walavalkar

Founder CEO
Nature Day - Lotmor Brands

Sushovan Sarkar

National Key Account Manager
Hell Energy Drink

Swapnil Rajendra Yeola

Bhika Ganpat Supermarket, Satana

Swapnil Rajkumar Bardiya

Partner
Arihant Super Bazar, Nashik, Amravati, Bodwad

Swaraj Rajendra Rathi

Owner
Rathi Bazar, Washim

Swarup Sanyal

Head Modern Trade & Ecommerce Business
Daawat Basmati Rice - L T Foods

Syed Ali Saif Hussain

Director
P5 Bazaar

Thilak Venkatasamy

Founder & CEO
Shero Home Food

Tushar Kothari

Owner
Quality House Super Market

Uday Mante

Partner
Vyankatesh Super Market, Mehkar, Buldhana

Uday Pardeshi

Partner
Buddget Mart, Chakan

Unnikannan Gangadharan

India & South West Asia Head
Hell Energy Drink

Vallabh Saudagar

SVP & Group Business Head (FMCG & DBFE)
Reliance Retail

Veeram Nahta

Partner
Shri Veeram Stores, Nagri, Chhatishgarh

Veeresh Chidri

MD
Sri Shiv Sai Supermarkets

Vidya Sen

NIQ BASES Lead, South Asia

Vijay Ramnani

Partner
Karachi Bakery

Vinayak Joshi

Director
eanaaj - Ealtitude Retails

Vinod Kumar NV

Co-founder
SNN Spices

Vinod Padmanabha D

Head
Sanjeev Kapoor Brands

Viral Shah

Proprietor
Kirana Ghar Super Mart

Viren D’Silva

Co-founder
Good Flippin’ Burgers

Vishal Bhindora

CEO
Iteeha Coffee & Zane's

Vishal Shah

Head - Store Development
Good Flippin’ Burgers

Vishal Telkar

Head- Business Development
Taco Bell

Vivek Jain

VP & Head - Modern Trade
Tata Consumer Products

Yash Agrawal

MD
Aarti Ashoka Mart

Yash Nahta

Partner
Shri Veeram Stores, Nagri, Chhatishgarh

Yoann Painbeni

MD, Asia Pacific Retailer - FMCG
NielsenIQ

Yogesh Challawar

Owner
Vasvi Super Market, Bhokar, Nanded

Zia Rahman

CEO
Red Rose Mart, Hyderabad

Chef Shantanu Gupte

Celebrity Chef & Founder-Director
Shantanu Gupte Consulting

Girish Relwani

Director
Kishore Super Bazar, Raipur

Namit Gupta

MD
HONEY MONEY TOP

Chef Crystal Mendonca

Executive Chef Hotel
Kohinoor Continental

Chef Vivek Kadam

Executive Pastry Chef
ITC Hotels

Chef Kshitiz Shekhar

Director of Culinary
Hotel Marine Plaza

Chef Anees Khan

Founder
Star Anise Fine Foods & Leisure

Chef Varun Inamdar

Celebrity Chef

Chef Vasant Khot

Director Food and Beverage
Radisson

Dhiren Kanwar

CEO
SWITZ INTERNATIONAL

Chef Tushar Malkani

Executive Chef
THE YELLOW HOUSE - IHCL SELEQTIONS

Chef Harsh Kedia

Founder & CEO
A Diabetic Chef

Karan Kapur

Executive Director
K Hospitality Corp

Tarak Bhattacharya

Executive Director & CEO
Mad Over Donuts

Vedant Pasari

Founder
Edabba & Trupt Rasoi

Murali Krishnan

Co-founder & CMO
Wow! Momo Foods

Sadashiv Nayak

Retail Industry Thought Leader

Vishal Razdan

BD Head
Taco Bell

Amrish Arora

MD
Fountain Hospitality

Bhagirath Jalan

MD
Jalan's Retail

Amit Dutta

CEO
Le Marche Retail

Avinash Tripathi

Vice President, Concept Head - Freshpik, Fresh Signature
Reliance Retail

Manan Gada

Director
Society Stores

Bhavin Rambhia

Director
Rambhias Super Store

Aastha Almast

Co-founder
The New Shop

Sunil Sanklecha

Founder & Managing Partner
Nuts n Spices

k-radhakrishnan

Founder & CEO
Tata StarQuik

Kunaal Kumar

CEO
Modern Bazaar

Nemisha Ghia

Growth Leader to FMCG start-ups
More Retail

Sachin Agarwal

COO
Nature’s Basket

Anil Kankariya

Owner
Navjeevan Super Shop