Meet the voices shaping the future of responsible sourcing
Our thought partners will represent the people close to the questions that matter: how supply chains can become more transparent, how value can be shared more fairly, how sourcing systems can respond to climate and market risks, and how India can lead the next chapter of responsible sourcing.
Eminent Speakers
Ankita Garg
Co-Founder & COO, Varaha
Anita malik
the Group CHRO, Jakson Group
Arindom Datta
Venture Partner, Omnivore,
Board Member, Global Innovation Growth Fund, UK
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee
Professor, ICRIER
Avinash Karmakar
Vice President, Vasudha Swaraj Pvt. Ltd.
Chandrima Chatterjee
Secretary General, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI)
Deepak Rautela
Associate Vice President, Organizational Development, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd.
Dheeraj Mutreja
Impact Finance Consultant, Rabo Foundation
D. N. Pathak
Executive Director, The Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA)
Do Ngoc Sy
Sustainability Manager, Asia Pacific, JDE Peet's
Frida Svärdby
Sustainability Manager Asia, Inter IKEA Group
Ganapathy K.D
Managing Director, Nedspice Processing India Pvt. Ltd.
Harshit Kakkar
Founder, HSN Ecotex
Hemendra Mathur
Co-founder, ThinkAg
Jagjeet Singh Kandal
Country Director, IDH India
Jaikishan Gianani
Head - Procurement South Asia Region, Nestlé
Dr. Kadambari K.
Assistant Vice President, ESG Varun Beverages Ltd
Kebba Colley
Global Director Emerging Markets, IDH
Kirtiman Awasthi
Senior Advisor & Project Head, CAFRI-GIZ
Kunwar Himmat Singh
Director Corporate Affairs, Nestlé South Asia Region
Dr. Kishore Indukuri
Founder & Managing Director, Sids Farm Private Limited
Mr. Laurent Le Danois
Attaché, Team Leader - Cooperation Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan
Madhur Jain
Co-founder & CEO, Varaha
Makarand Shastri
Chief Business Officer, Patanjali Foods Ltd.
Marina Muscolo
Executive Director, Round Table on Responsible Soy
Maryam Zameela
Programme Lead, Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF), IDH
Matthew Spencer
Global Director - Climate and Nature, IDH
Mandeep Singh Tuli
Head of Foods Procurement, India and Pakistan Turkey Arabia Bangladesh, Unilever
Manjeet Singh Chawla
Director, Harman Group
Marion van Schaik
Agriculture Counselor, Netherlands Embassy in India
Mohd Dilshad
India Manager – HTF, Fair Labor Association
Mohit Maheshwari
President & Business Head, Maral Overseas Ltd; Deputy Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Textile Mills Association
Monika Chawla Jaggia
Chief Corporate Development Officer LT Foods
Morup Namgail
Head - Agri-tech, DCM Shriram Sugar
Nidhi Bhasin
CEO, Digital Green India
Nitish Kumar
Advisor, GIZ India
Dr. Niranjan Rao Deevela
Founder & Managing Director, Ananta Global
Olga Petryniak
Chief Program Officer, IDH
Dr. Pallavi Tak
Co-Founder, ThinkAg
Pankaj Agarwal
Founder and MD, Treta Agro (P) Ltd.
Prabakaran S
Head for MSME, Rural Banking, and Priority Sector Lending (PSL), RBL Bank
Prabeen Kumar Singh
Program Manager - Sustainability, Bestseller
Prabhakar Lingareddy
Executive Vice President & Head – Social Investments, ITC Limited
Pramit Chanda
Global Director, IDH Solutions
Prasanna Rao
Co-Founder and CEO, Arya.ag
Raj Kumar
Head of Investment, Navaka Social Business Fund
Prof. Ravi Bhatnagar
Director Corporate Communications and Corporate Affairs, South Asia , MENARP and Africa, Reckitt
Rajesh Bhuyan
Director, Trustea
Renukaprasad B
Associate Director, Good Business Lab
Ruchi Jain
Founder, Taru Naturals
Sagarika Bose
Regional Head – CSR, India and APAC, SAP
Saloni Goel
Sr. Director Sustainability & Value Creation, Coca-Cola India
Sanjay Kumar
Senior Public Procurement Specialist, Indian Railways
Sagar Kaushik
President @ UPL- Global Corporate & Industry Affairs, UPL Ltd.
Sanjeev Bisht
Executive Vice President &Head – Value Added Agri Products, ITC Limited
Sanjeev Asthana
Chief Executive Officer, Patanjali Foods
Shankar Venkateswaran
Co-founder E-Cube, Former Chief, Tata Sustainability Group
Shri Satyaki Rastogi
Chief General Manager, Small Industrial Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Shri. Rohit Kansal
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
Sonvi A. Khanna
CEO, Socomp Solutions Pvt Limited (Social Compact)
Sheetal Sharma
Head of Innovation & Carbon Projects, Rize
Shifali Thakkur
Associate Director, SCALE (The Convergence Foundation)
Subhadeep Sanyal
Partner, 100x100
Sudhakar Rao Desai
CEO, Emami Agrotech & President, IVPA & Co- chair of FICCI National Food Processing Committee
Sundar Senthilnathan
Head of Public Affairs - India, H&M Group
Dr. Suresh Motwani
General Manager & Program lead-Vegetable Oils, Solidaridad Asia
Dr. Suresh Gairola
Country Director, Forest Stewardship Council India
S. Sudheendra
Managing Director, NKG India coffee Private Ltd
Sushama Srikandath
Managing Director, AVT McCormick Ingredients Pvt. Ltd.
Syed Tarique Alam
Co-Founder & CEO, Dvara E-Registry Private Limited
Taranjeet Singh Bhamra
CEO & Founder, AgNext Technologies, Former Chairman, CII Chandigarh.
Tannya Garg
Director - Impact, Partnerships, & New Initiatives, FarMart
Tony Mallik
Head – Agriculture Development & Sustainability Innovations, AB InBev India
Vaibhav Panpaliya
Senior Innovation Manager,
IDH
Vidya Rangan
Director, Policy and Engagement, ISEAL
Vishal Kuchanur
Co-founder and CTO, Varaha
Yashika Singh
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Sustainability Head, PepsiCo India and South Asia
Yogesh Dwivedi
Chief Executive Officer, Madhyabharat Consortium of Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
Session Co-Host
Ankith Hegde
Program Operations Lead, LABS India
Apoorve Khandelwal
Fellow and Team Lead – Sustainable Food Systems Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Atul Mudaliar
Director of Systems Change (India), The Climate Group
Astha Chandra
Programme Associate- Sustainable Food Systems Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Emerald Am
Director Operations, Outreach & Partnership LABS Global, Country Manager, LABS Cambodia & India
Harsha Agarwal
Research Analyst– Sustainable Food Systems, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Maarico Baruah
Project Manager, Food Systems team, Climate Group India
Mahendra Singh
Independent Consultant Grievance Mechanisms, Worker Voice, HRDD
Ruchita Chhabra
Program Lead, Food Systems Climate Group India
Toral Gala
Manager, Social Compact
Nidhi Ralhan
Principal Strategist, Forum for the Future