, 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 Vijay Saraf

Director, Vaishnavi Super Market

Abhishek Bindal

COO, Aditya Birla New Age Hospitality

Aditya Bagri

Director, Bagrry's Group

Aditya Shah

VP - growth, Ghost Kitchens

Ajai Thandi

Co-founder, Sleepy Owl Coffee

Ajinkya Narendra Deshmukh

Owner, Vijaylaxmi Super Mart

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

Amrish Arora

MD, Fountain Hospitality

Amrut Mehta

Director, The Little Italy Group

Anil Kankariya

Founder Director, Navjeevan Super Shop Chain

Anju Srivastava

Founder & CEO, Wingreens Farms

Ankit Patel

CEO, The Belgian Waffle

Ankur Chawla

FnB Entrepreneur, Sommelier & Beverage expert

Anuj Singh

MD & CEO, Spencer’s Retail

Anurag Katriar

Founder & CMD, Indigo Hospitality

Avinash Tripathi

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

Bakker Ali

Owner, Sun 7 Mart

Biraja Rout

Founder, Biggies Burger

BVK Raju

Promoter & Director, Q-Mart Retail

Chef Altamsh Patel

Joint Secretary , WICA

Chef Anees Khan

Founder, Star Anise Patisserie

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 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

Chetan Damji Sangoi

CEO, Sarvodaya Supermarket

Chirag Gupta

Founder, 4700BC

Dhanji Patel

Chairman and MD, Patel Retail

Dinika Bhatia

Founder & CEO, DRB Foods

Divyashikha Gupta

CEO & MD, Stalwart World

Dr. A K Tyagi

ED, Haldiram’s

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 Dewan

COO, Travel Food Services

Gaurav Narang

Founder, Coffee Culture

Gautam Khandelwal

CEO, Kipps Supermarkets, Restaurants & Bakeries

Gulshan Kripalani

Director, Namaste Ventures

Harpreet Tibb

Promoter, Tibbs Frankie

Harshad Joshi

Co-Founder & COO, Frendy

Hitesh Mohanlal Kodvara

Owner, Hinglaj Mart

K Radhakrishnan

Co-founder, Tata StarQuik

K. Devendra Kumar

CEO, Fresh2Day

Kanaka Bhagwat

E-commerce Lead, NielsenIQ

Kartikay Mehta

Director - Sales, UNIBIC Foods

Kunaal Kumar

CEO, Modern Bazaar

Kurush Dadabhoy

Co-founder, Bombay Gourmet Market

Kushal Rajesh Panpaliya

Director, V M Mart, Daryapur, Amravati

Lalit Jhawar

Co-founder & COO, Food Square

Manan Gada

Director, Society Stores

Manpreet Singh (Manu) Chadha

Director & Founder, Azula Kitchen & Bar

Mayank Gautam

Co-Owner, Curries Group of Restaurants

Mayank Gupta

Co-founder, Food Square & LandCraft Agro

Mihiran DM

Partner, Newstores Supermarket

Mohamed Faisal

Owner, Marina Hypermarket

Mohammed Ashiq

Founder & CEO, Hawwa Marketplace

Mohit Khattar

CEO, Baskin Robbins - Graviss Foods

Murali Krishnan

Co-founder & CMO, Wow! Momo Foods

Namit Gupta

MD, Honey Money Top

Nikhil Rajkumar Bardiya

Owner, Arihant Super Bazar

Nirav Chaudhry

Director - Purchase, Magson Retail and Distribution

Nishant Choubey

Partner, Saatvik Delhi

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

Pallavi Suresh

Executive Director, NielsenIQ

Pearlraj Peter Cannivady

SVP - Marketing & Ecommerce, Spar India

Perizaad Zorabian

Director, Zorabian Chicken

Piyush Kankaria

Co-Founder, The Yellow Straw

Prashant Issar

Founder & COO, Bellona Hospitality Services

Prasoon Gupta

Co-founder & CEO, Sattviko

Preetam Pattnaik

Head of Marketing, CCL

R S Dharmendra

COO, Gigu Hospitality - Gilly’s Chain of Restobars

R S Sodhi

President - Indian Dairy Association

Rahul Akerkar

Creative & Culinary Director, Aditya Birla New Age Hospitality

Rahul Nayak

COO, Spar India

Rahul Singh

Founder & CEO, The Beer Cafe

Rajat Agrawal

CEO, Barista Coffee

Rajeev Krishnan

CEO, Sylcon Retail

Rajesh Agarwal

Director, Ghanshyam Supermarket

Rajiv Jaisinghani

MD, Darshan Foods

RB Jitesh Krishna

Owner, Mahindra 360 Superstore

Roosevelt Dsouza

Head of Customer Success, NielsenIQ

Sachin Agarwal

COO, Nature’s Basket

Sagar Bhalotia

Co-founder, TagZ Foods

Sagar J Daryani

Co-founder & CEO, Wow! Momo Foods

Sairam Krishna

COO, Instamart Swiggy

Sameer Gandotra

Founder & CEO, Frendy

Satish Patil

CEO, B Mart

Satish Rana

VP, Head of Convenience & Plaza Business, Jio-BP

Saurabh Kalra

MD, McDonald's India (West & South)

Shail Pancholi

Country Director for India, Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds (WP&A), LLC.

Shalu Agarwal

Director, Antize Foods

Sharad Madan

Director & Co-founder, Khubani Group

Shishir Gorle

Founder & Mentor, Squaremeal Foods

Shraddha Motipara

Head - Marketing, K Hospitality

Shreh Madan

CMO, Burgrill

Sneh Sharma

Co-founder & CMO, Dogsee Chew

Sonia Rawat

Division Head – FMCG, More Retail

Suprio Bose

Founder, Nomad Foodie

Tarak Bhattacharya

ED & CEO, Mad Over Donuts

Tushar Ved

President, Apparel Group India- (Carrefour & Tim Hortons)

Uday Varma

Director-Product, Trent Hypermarket (Star Bazaar)

Ushpreet Singh Bawa

Head of Retail Sales – India, NielsenIQ

Vedant Pasari

Founder, Edabba & Trupt Rasoi

Vibhanshu Mishra

Founder & CEO, Chalu Chinese

Vijay Kumar Kankariya

Chairman , Shubham K Mart

Vikram Bothra

MD & CEO, Chandan Retail

Vikrant Batra

Director, Café Delhi Heights

Vinayak Joshi

Director, eanaaj - Ealtitude Retails

Vinod Padmanabha D

Head, Sanjeev Kapoor Brands

Vishal Telkar

Head of BD, Taco Bell

Yash Agarwal

Founder & ED, National Mart India & Ratnadeep Retail

Yash Nahta

Partner, Shri Veeram Stores

Yoann Painbeni

APAC Retail Head, NielsenIQ

Zia Rahman

CEO, Red Rose Mart, Hyderabad