Keynote Speaker
Pawan Agarwal
Chief Executive & Founder
Food Future Foundation (Ex. IAS Govt. Of India - Ex. Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Logistics, Ex. CEO FSSAI)
Pawan Agarwal is the Chief Executive and Founder of the Food Future Foundation. This Foundation works in food system transformation with a focus on creating good food through food literacy in schools. He also provides strategic advice to international NGOs, universities, corporates, and startups in food and nutrition, education and skill development, logistics, system leadership, and digital technologies. After 36 years of distinguished service as a civil servant and he retired as Secretary to the Government of India. He was CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA), wherein he steered transformative changes in the food and nutrition space. He led several important changes in the country’s higher and professional education sector while serving in the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog), UGC, and MHRD (now Ministry of Education). Pawan Agarwal is a reform-minded, purpose-driven, and result-oriented leader with a strong belief in systems thinking. He also played a key role in the management of COVID in Wave one as Secretary, Ministry of Consumers Affairs. During his tenure as CEO of FSSAI, he launched the Eat Right India movement which was declared the top visionary for the Food System Vision 2050 prize by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Thought Leaders
Abir Mukherjee
Chief Technology Officer
Alpha Milk Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Aditi Kapoor
Vice President R&D and Operations
Aarkay Food Products Ltd
Anurag Mishra
Head Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Wilmar International Ltd.
Deepti Gulati
Industry Chair Professor (Nutraceuticals and Fortification)
NIFTEM
Dr. Chetan Mehndiratta
Head – Medical Affairs
Signutra Inc
Dr. Kriti Soni
Director & Head - R&D
Kapiva Ayurveda
Dr. Manoj Pillai
Director Application Support & Market Development
SCIEX
Dr. Neerja Hajela
Head- Science & Regulatory Affairs
Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Nikhil Kelkar
Jt. Managing Director
Hexagon Nutrition Limited
Dr. Rajeev Prasher
General Manager - Quality Assurance Systems
Kandhari Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Seema Puri
Professor - Department of Nutrition Institute of Home Economics
University of Delhi
Dr. Supreet Kaur
Senior Policy Adviser
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Dr. Vivek Srivastav
Senior Vice President - Innovation, Business Strategy & Scientific Affairs
Zeon Lifesciences Ltd.
Kajal Debnath
Chief Regulatory Officer
DFM Foods Ltd.
Kumar Tarun
DGM - Quality
Guiltfree Industries Ltd. - RP Sanjiv Goenka Group
Mamta Arora Budhiraja
Senior Manager- Scientific Regulatory Affairs (R&D)
Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Manish Singh
Director R&D, Nutrition & FSQ
Fonterra India Subcontinent
Manjari Chandra
Founder Bonatra
Consultant Nutritional Medicine Maxhealthcare
Mili Bhattacharya
General Manager - Scientific & Regulatory Affairs (Indian and South West Asia)
Coca-Cola India Pvt. Ltd
Navneet Mehta
Global Quality Director- Foods & Refreshments
Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Prashant Bhat
Chief R&D Officer
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd.
Rajeev Tyagi
Head - Research & Development
Tropilite Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Ramesh Agarwal
CEO
Food Safety Works
Sumant Naik
CEO
ITC Colors
Varsha Misra
Deputy Director
National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), a constituent Board of Quality Council of India (QCI)