Agenda 2023
Theme: Catalysing Responsible Sourcing in the Indian Domestic Market
Day 1 : Saturday | 16 December 2023
| From | To | Session Type | Session Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration | |
| 10:00 AM | 10:20 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Jagjeet Singh Kandal, Country Director, IDH India | |
| 10:20 AM | 10:50 AM | Inclusive Responsible Sourcing: Unmesh Brahme, Director Markets, IDH India | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:15 PM | Panel | Responsible Sourcing - Mapping the Ground, Evaluating Options and Solutions: Focus on Spices Saurabh Sinha (Moderator), Senior Program Manager, IDH Sreedhar Kaluva, General Manager- Procurement & Sustainability Dr. Balu Paulose Maliakel, Managing Director, AKAY Natural Ingredients Arvind Shah, Senior Manager Procurement, Nedspice India |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:45 PM | Panel | Strategies and Approaches to facilitating Enhanced Income for small holders across commodity value chains Asitava Sen (Moderator), Senior Advisor Agriculture, Sattva Consulting Sandip Jadhav, Director, WOTR Pune Prabhat Labh, Managing Director, PRARABDH Food and Future Pvt Ltd Ashis Mondal, Director, ASA Bhopal |
| 1:45 PM | 2:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Fireside Chat | Responsible Sourcing and Sustainable Trade Leadership: Challenges, Solutions and the Future Rahul Poddar, Head Procurement South Asia, Nestle Sanjeev Bisht, Vice president – Value -added Products | ITC Limited – Agri Business Division |
| 4:15 PM | 4:30 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 4:30 PM | 5:45 PM | Master Class | The Role of Technology for Net Zero Agriculture Shreejit Borthakur, Senior Innovation Manager: Technology, IDH |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Networking | Cocktails and Dinner |
Day 2 : Sunday | 17 December 2023
| From | To | Session Type | Session Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Fireside Chat | Creating Inclusive Procurement Strategies to ensure Responsible Sourcing Vikramjeet Sharma (Moderator), Engagement Manager, Agriculture Practice, Sattva Gowhar Bhat, Head Responsible Sourcing, AB Foods Rahul Bhagat, Head of Commodities Procurement, Nestle |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Special Keynote | Catalysing Responsible Sourcing - The Strategic Imperative Prof Jayashankar Swaminathan, Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, specialises in Supply Chain, Agriculture and Operations |
| 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Panel | Empowering Sustainable Practices: Government's Catalytic Role in Responsible Sourcing and Trade Ramesh Abhishek (Moderator), Senior Advisor, IDH Shri Rajesh Agarwal, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Commerce Dr (Ms) Neelam Patel, Senior Advisor, Niti Aayog Dr Yugal Kishore Joshi, Adviser, Water & Land Resources and Communications, NITI Aayog Shri Pawan Agarwal, Senior Advisor, IFAD Dr Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Fellow, NITI Aayog Dr. Murali Kallummal, Prof. CWS, Head Admin. Centre for Research in International Studies (CRIT) and Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT |
| 1:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Fireside Chat | Ensuring Biodiversity Conservation and Deforestation Free Supply Chains in Small holder production areas Aditya Petwal (Moderator), Director, CRB Suryamani Roul, Director, Global Agri System Anuj Sharma, Deputy Director, FSC |
| 2:30 PM | 3:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 3:15 PM | 4:30 PM | Panel | Sustainable Sourcing: Navigating the Palmscape for Responsible Edible Oils Sneha Maheshwari (Moderator), IDH Sanjeev Asthana, CEO Patanjali Foods Akhil Kumar Gawar, Director, Telangana State Food Processing Society Ashwin Selvaraj, Deputy Director, Market Transformation, RSPO |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Special Keynote | Catalysing Responsible Sourcing: The role of businesses and how it will shape the future Sanjay Sacheti, CEO, Olam Agri India |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Fireside Chat | Financial Innovations in Responsible Sourcing: what is possible? what more can be done? Arindom Datta (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance Saiprasad Somayajula, Head Farmer Collective Business, Samunnati Hemendra Mathur, Bharat Innovation Fund |
| 6:15 PM | 7:00 PM | Closing Keynote | The role of gender in ensuring sustainable supply chains and responsible sourcing Chetna Sinha, Founder & Chair, Manndeshi Bank |
| 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Networking | IDH 15 year Celebrations: Live Entertainment, Cocktails and Dinner. |