, India Food Forum | Speakers 2024

Damodar Mall

Chairman, India Food Forum
CEO - Grocery, Reliance Retail

Chef Manjit Singh Gill

Chairman, HoReCa Convention, India Food Forum
President, Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA)

Aastha Almast

Co-founder & CEO, The New Shop

Abhijeet Anand

Founder & CEO, abCoffee

Abhijeet Vijay Saraf

Director, Vaishnavi Super Market

Aditya Bagri

Director, Bagrry's Group

Aditya Kaji

Co-founder, TAALI Foods

Aditya Shah

VP - growth, Ghost Kitchens

Ajai Thandi

Co-founder, Sleepy Owl Coffee

Ajay Gupta

Founder, Capital Foods

Ajinkya Narendra Deshmukh

Owner, Vijaylaxmi Super Mart

Akash Sharma

Founder, Farmley

Akshay Kumar

Co-founder, Bombay Gourmet Market

Alina Alam

Founder- CEO, MITTI Cafe

Amir Majali

Founder & CEO, TruFalafel - Karak Enterprises

Amit Bagga

Co-founder, CEO & CMO, Daryaganj Hospitality

Amit Suryavanshi

VP, Suhana Masala

Amitabbh Singh

SVP, Patanjali Ayurved

Amrish Arora

MD, Fountain Hospitality

Amrut Mehta

Director, The Little Italy Group

Anil Kankariya

Founder Director, Navjeevan Super Shop Chain

Anildeep Anand

MD, Bombay Hot Namkeen

Ankit Patel

CEO, The Belgian Waffle

Ankur Chawla

FnB Entrepreneur, Sommelier & Beverage expert

Ankur Sharma

Co-founder, Rebel foods

Anuj Singh

MD & CEO, Spencer’s Retail

Anurag Katriar

Founder & CMD, Indigo Hospitality

Arvind Kumar Sharma

CEO, Desai Brothers

Ashim Patil

MD & CEO, i-TEK RFID

Avinash Tripathi

VP & Concept Head - Freshpik & Fresh Signature, Reliance Retail

Bakker Ali

Owner, Sun 7 Mart

Bharti K Shandilya

Head of Franchise Sales & BD, New Shop

Bhuman Dani

CEO, WickedGud - Madon Pure Foods

Biraja Rout

Founder, Biggies Burger

Chef Altamsh Patel

Joint Secretary , WICA

Chef Anees Khan

Founder, Star Anise Patisserie

Chef Anjali Midha

Founder, Kitchen Roast

Chef Ashay Desai

Director - Culinary and Operations, Catering Collective, K Hospitality

Chef Ashish Massey

Corporate Chef, Food Service India

Chef Beena Noronha

Corporate Chef, Chrome Hospitality

Chef Gaurav Gidwani

AVP, Culinary FashionTV

Chef Gunjan Goela

Author, Consultant & Vice President - India, Slowfood International

Chef Harsh Kedia

Founder and CEO, Conscious Mitthaiwalla & A Diabetic Chef

Chef Ishijyot Surri

Executive Chef & Founder, Mulk, Miniyaturk & SJI Gourmet

Chef Jerson Fernandes

Director, Culinary Operations, Sodexo India

Chef Nilesh Limaye

Executive Chef, Semolina Kitchens

Chef Nitin Kisan Suryawanshi

MD & Corporate Chef, The Grand Chef India Nashik

Chef Rajesh Shetty

Corporate Chef, Travel Food Services

Chef Rakhee Vaswani

Founder, Palate Culinary Academy

Chef Ritesh Tulsian

Founder & CEO, Echelon Hospitality

Chef Rohit Gujral

Corporate Chef, Mr.Truk (Om Saai Agro & Foodworks)

Chef Sherry Mehta

Founder & CEO, agirlfromthehills

Chef Suresh Shetty

Executive Chef, Mumbai Cricket Association & Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana

Chef Tushar Malkhani

Executive Chef, The Yellow House (IHCL SeleQtions)

Chef Vasant Khot

Director - Food & Beverage, Radisson Mumbai

Chef Vijayendra Pawaskar

Founder, Chef De Coded

Chetan Damji Sangoi

CEO, Sarvodaya Supermarket

Dhanji Patel

Chairman and MD, Patel Retail

Dhanjibhai Patel

Owner, Patel's R Mart

Dheeraj Arora

MD & CEO, Hygienic Research Institute

Dheeraj Gupta

Founder & MD, Jumboking

Divyashikha Gupta

CEO & MD, Stalwart World

Dr. A K Tyagi

ED, Haldiram’s

Dr. Abhinav Sinha

Co Founder & Head innovation & Strategy, Good Dot

Dr. Jaideep Gupta

Advisory Board Member, HPMF

Dr. Mohann S Upaddhye

Co-founder & CEO, Capsicum Global

Dr. Nitin Shankar Nagrale

Founder & General Secretary, HPMF, CEO India & Emerging Markets, QualityNZ

Dr. Sanjai George

COO, Nesto Group

Dr. Sanjay Goyal

Chief Procurement Supply Chain Officer, Foodlink F&B Holdings

Farhat Navlakhi Saxena

Director, Go! Biryan

Gaurav Ahuja

Co-founder & MD, Red Ginger Hospitality

Gaurav Batra

Brand Head, True Palate Cafe

Gaurav Chaudhary

MD, India, Tong Garden

Gaurav Khemka

Founder & CEO, Polka Pop

Gaurav Narang

Founder, Coffee Culture

Gautam Khandelwal

CEO, Kipps Supermarkets, Restaurants & Bakeries

Girish Relwani

Director, Kishore Super Market, Raipur

Gulshan Kripalani

Director, Namaste Ventures

Gyanendra Bharti

Co-founder & Business Head, Badho

Harpreet Tibb

Promoter, Tibbs Frankie

Harshad Joshi

Co-Founder & COO, Frendy

Harvey Rodrigues

Director of Purchase, Hotel Meluha The Fern

Hiranmoy Chatterjee

Head of Sales & Operations, Arambagh Foodmart

Hitesh Mohanlal Kodvara

Owner, Hinglaj Mart

Indranil Saha

Head Packaging Development & Sustainability, Marico

Jainul Abideen

Director, Kanchi Supermarket, Kanchipuram, TN

Janardhan Swahar

MD & CEO, Y-Cook

Jishnu Dutta

VP Operations, Bellona Hospitality Services

K Radhakrishnan

Co-founder, Tata StarQuik

K. Devendra Kumar

CEO, Fresh2Day

Kabir Gossain

VP & Head - Modern Trade & Digital Commerce, Unilever

Kamlesh Karamchandani

Executive Director, Hyfun Foods

Kartikay Mehta

Director - Sales, UNIBIC Foods

Kunaal Kumar

CEO, Modern Bazaar

Kunal Kawathekar

Director, Kawathekar Supermarket, Pandharpur

Kurush Dadabhoy

Co-founder, Bombay Gourmet Market

Kushal Rajesh Panpaliya

Director, V M Mart, Daryapur, Amravati

Mahendra Shinde

Sr. Manager Supply Chain, K Hospitality Corp.

Manoj Nag Choudhury

Head – National Accounts & Key Accounts, Commercial Refrigeration, BLUE STAR

Manpreet Singh (Manu) Chadha

Director & Founder, Azula Kitchen & Bar

Mansi Mahansaria

Founder & CEO, JustDeliveries

Mayank Gautam

Co-Owner, Curries Group of Restaurants

Mayank Gupta

Co-founder, Food Square & LandCraft Agro

Mayank Makhija

Director, HOPPINS

Mayank Pravinchandra Shah

Vice President, Parle Products

Mihiran DM

Partner, Newstores Supermarket

Mithun Appaiah

CEO - FMCG, Wow! Momo

Mohamed Faisal

Owner, Marina Hypermarket

Mohammed Ashiq

Founder & CEO, Hawwa Marketplace

Mohammed Kaleemuddin

COO, Hawwa Supermarket,Chennai

Mohit Khattar

CEO, Baskin Robbins - Graviss Foods

Mohit Rathod

Co-founder, Truly Desi

Murali Krishnan

Co-founder & CMO, Wow! Momo Foods

Namit Gupta

MD, Honey Money Top

Nandan Singh

Head of Partnerships, Arambagh Foodmart

Nikhil Rajkumar Bardiya

Owner, Arihant Super Bazar

Nirav Chaudhry

Director - Purchase, Magson Retail and Distribution

Nisha Sahlot

Director – Integrated Execution & Incubation, Coca-Cola

Nishant Choudhary

Director, SUVIDHA SUPERMARKET, Guwahati

Nitin Motwani

President & Group CFO Culinary Brands - Subway South Asia & Lavazza and Fresh & Honest India

Nitin Tandon

Founder & CEO, Nitin Tandon Food Styling & Consulting

Noufal Narikkoli

Founder & CEO, Zaitoon Restaurant and Grill

Omkar Arun Dandekar

Partner, Dandekar & Co, Sangli

Pallavi Suresh

Executive Director, NielsenIQ

Parkal Sudheendra Kamath

GM, Modern Chips - Ace Foods

Perizaad Zorabian

Director, Zorabian Chicken

Piyush Kankaria

Co-Founder, The Yellow Straw

Prajay Maganlal

Founder C&C, Magsons Goa

Pranav Madhusudhan

CEO & Director, Vishaal Natural (Entrée)

Prasoon Gupta

Co-founder & CEO, Sattviko

Preetam Pattnaik

Head of Consumer Marketing, CCL

Prof Anbarasan Singaram

Partner, Mahalakshmi Super Market, Gingee, TN

Puneet Gupta

Director, BD agro

R S Dharmendra

COO, Gigu Hospitality - Gilly’s Chain of Restobars

R S Sodhi

President - Indian Dairy Association

Rachit Vohra

Senior Director Sales, Kellanova, South Asia

Rahul Khandelwal

Country Manager, Nabati Food (India)

Rahul Sharma

Director, DMB Sweets

Rahul Singh

Founder & CEO, The Beer Cafe

Rajat Agrawal

CEO, Barista Coffee

Rajat Bola

Director, Bolas Agro

Rajat Mohan

Head Modern Trade, Wipro Consumer Care

Rajendra Shah

Chairman & Founder, MILLETS & MORE

Rajesh Agarwal

Director, Ghanshyam Supermarket

Rajiv Jaisinghani

MD, Darshan Foods

RajSekhar Reddy

Co-founder, Squaremeal Foods

Ram Vriksh Dwivedi

Purchase Manager, IHG Hotels and Resorts

Ramesh Muvva

Owner, Telugu Foods

Ravindra Yadav

Principal, Retail & Food Services, Technopak