SRINATH SRIDHARAN, Senior vice president & head of strategic alliances, Wadhawan Holdings Pvt Limited.
A statistician by qualification, Srinath Sridharan has experience in B2B & B2C sectors including Automobile, Power, eCommerce, Advertising & Consumer Business industries. He has headed teams through his roles in operations, marketing and brand management, strategic planning in his previous assignments. At the Wadhawan Holdings, Sridharan incubated its Lifestyle & Luxury business and had overseen the delivery of its lifestyle retail and food & beverage businesses. Currently, he heads Strategic Alliances for the group & looks into all current & potential business partnerships & corporate relations.
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S. DAVE,Director, Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
He is currently the Director of APEDA. Prior to this he looked after India agri trade interests in the European Union in the capacity of Adviser (Agri. & Marine Products) in the Embassy of India, Brussels. He holds a Post Graduate degree in Life Sciences & a PG Diploma in International Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He also holds a Post Graduate degree in Law. He has over 22 years of experience in international agri trade
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SACHIN GOPAL, CEO, Agro Tech
Sachin Gopal has had an accomplished career over the last 25 years in some of the world’s leading FMCG companies such as Gillette and Procter & Gamble, both in India and abroad. Before his appointment to the current role as COO with ATFL, Gopal was handling the role of director-customer business development with Procter & Gamble. Prior to this, he had a long career with Gillette India. He also spent three years with Cadbury
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SADASHIV NAYAK, CEO - Food Bazaar
Sadashiv Nayak started his career with Asian Paints where he was involved with rural distribution and setting up new distribution channels for exterior paints. He later joined Hindustan Unilever Ltd. He joined PRIL as the head of operations for Western Zone and took over as CEO for the Food Bazaar business in 2007. Nayak’s responsibility entailed driving top line across the fashion, food & GM categories through a number of Hypermarkets (Big Bazaar), Super Markets (Food Bazaar) and Departmental Stores (Pantaloons, Centrals). Graduated in Engineering (Electronics) from Regional Engineering College of Karnataka in 1991. Subsequently, post graduated in Business Management from XLRI Jameshedpur specializing in Marketing
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SAMIR KUCKREJA, CEO & MD, Nirula`s
Samir Kuckreja has over 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He started his career with the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, USA. He worked at Nirula’s in Delhi for nine years and looked after operations, business development and marketing. He was the business development manager for the Indian Subcontinent with Yum Restaurants in Delhi for three and a half years and responsible for setting up over 70 Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants. He was the Joint Managing Director of Mars Hotels & Restaurants in Mumbai. He has done a BA in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi and a BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, USA.
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SUMIT SARAN, Director, SCS Group
Sumit Saran, holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and a MPhil specializing in international food business. He has been especially trained in management and dissemination of agribusiness information in the United States and has over 12 years experience in managing and implementing various agribusiness projects in India and abroad. He is Director of The SCS Group, an agribusiness consulting firm that represents many international cooperator groups in Indian subcontinent. The SCS Group was also the India representative for the International Olive Council in 2007. Before joining The SCS Group, six years ago, Saran was head of the Agribusiness Information Center at FICCI, India’s apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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SRIHARI KOTELA, Director, FoodCert India Pvt. Ltd
Srihari Kotela has promoted FoodCert India (FCI), which came into existence in 2001 for taking up registration activities for international quality standards falling within the food-chain scope. Now, FoodCert India Pvt. Ltd is functioning under the offices of FoodCert BV, The Netherlands, which is accredited by RVA and UKAS, UK.
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Sanjeev Chadha, CEO Beverage Business, PEPSICO ( South Asia)
Sanjeev Chadha is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo’s beverage business in South Asia. He has held several positions through his 18 years with PepsiCo. Prior to his current role, he was PepsiCo’s Chief Commercial Officer for Asia Pacific, based out of Hong Kong. He started his career with Unilever, and was with JWT prior to joining PepsiCo. Sanjeev likes hiking, skiing, reading and travelling and he is a graduate of Hindu College, Delhi University, and an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.
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Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India
Subodh Kant Sahay (born 11 June 1951) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Ranchi constituency of Jharkhand, and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is the Minister of state in Ministry of Food Processing Industries (independent charge) in the Manmohan Singh government in India and was Union the Minister of State for Home in V P Singh government.
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Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Hindustan Tin Works Ltd and Rexam-HTW Beverage Can India Ltd
Sanjay Bhatia is the managing director of Hindustan Tin Works Ltd and also of Rexam-HTW Beverage Can India Ltd (a joint venture with Rexam PLC UK). In addition, he is a director at Hi-tech Surfactants Ltd (a joint venture with Unilever). Mr.Sanjay Bhatia actively participates in organizations like PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, FICCI, CII etc. He is the chairman of Indirect Taxes Committee Of PHDCCI, Member of Managing Committee-PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Indian Institute of Packaging Governing Body. He is also the Vice President of Metal Container Manufacturers Association of India and All India Manufacturers Organisation (Northern Zone).
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