Speakers
Mr R Mukundan
President, CII and Managing Director & CEO
Tata Chemicals Limited
Mr Chandrajit Banerjee
Director General
Confederation of Indian Industry
Mr B Thiagarajan
Chairman, CII Foodpro 2026 and Managing Director
Blue Star India
Mr P Ravichandran
Chairman, CII Southern Region and President – Danfoss India
Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd
Dr Geemon Korah
Chair, CII SR Taskforce on Agri-Tech, Food Processing & Farm-to-Market Efficiency& Executive Director
Mane Kancor Pvt Ltd
Mr Chiranjiv Choudhary, IFS
Principal Secretary to Government (Food Processing), Industries and Commerce Department
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Dr Sekhar Babu Geddam, IFS
CEO
AP State Food Processing Society, Govt of Andhra Pradesh
Dr Soji Abraham
Chairman, CII Cold Chain Task Force & CEO
RINAC India
Mr Sivaramakrishnan V
Chairman, CII Trichy zone & Founder & Chief Vision Officer
Sri Velavan Agro
Mr Jaisinh Vaerkar
Managing Partner
Peninsular Export Company
Mr V S Aathitiyan
Founder & CEO
Cookd Ventures Pvt Ltd
Mr Pramod Francis
Chief Visionary Officer
Perfetto Naturals
Mr Seshu Kumar Tirumala
Chief Buying and Merchandising Officer
bigbasket
Ms Nandita Bapat Avadhoot
EVP & Chief Development Officer
Sapphire Foods India Ltd
Mr Ashu Phakey
Vice President & Business Head
ITC Ltd
Mr Prashant Bhat
Chief R&D Officer
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd
Mr Srikant Subramanian
Vice President – Cold Storage Division
Blue Star Ltd
Ms Anushree Dewen
Head – Marketing, R&D and Packaging
Godrej Foods Ltd
Mr Sundar Raj
Retail industry Consultant
Chef Kunal Vasudeva
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Indian School of Hospitality
Chef Kaushik S
The Mad Chef India
Eatitude
Ms Shumitha Periyasamy
Founder & CEO
Food Buddies
Mr Suraj R Nair
Technical Director
Westman Supply Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd
Mr Vivek Dhawan
Fresh & Grocery Business Leader
Mr Nalin Adhitya V
Frozen Operation Lead
Vishnukumar Traders Pvt Ltd
Mr Bhushan N. Yengade
Vice President (Market Research)
Council for Promotion, Research & Trade in Traditional Foods