Key Speakers of Previous Editions

 

Mr. Subodh Kant Sahai
Honorable Minister for
Food Processing Industries
Government of India
Food Processing Industries GOI
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Honorable Chief Minister
Government of
West Bengal
West Bengal India
Mr. Peter Bleser
Minister of State for Food, Agriculture & Consumer Protection
Federal Republic of Germany

 

Mr. S.Dave
Chairman CODEX Alimentarius Commission
 
Rakesh Kacker
Secretary
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI
Dr. B. Sesikeran
Director
NIN

 

Dr. P. I Suvrathan
Chairman
Food Safety & Standards Authority , India
Prof. Diana Banati
Chairperson
European Food Safety Authority, Italy
Prof. Pushpesh K. Pant
 
Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

A Helio Waszyk
CMD
Nestle
Mr. Mahesh Zagade
Food Safety Commissioner
Commissioner Maharashtra
Sangeeta Pendurkar
Managing Director
Kellogg’s India

 

Dr. A. S. Bawa
Director
DFRL
Siraj Chaudhry
Chairman
Cargill India
Mr. V N Gaur
CEO
FSSAI

 

Prof. Bernhard Tauscher
 
Germany
Mr. Chitranjan Dar
Chief Executive Officer (Foods Division)
ITC Limited
Harsh Mariwala
CMD
Marico Ltd

 

Prof Smita Lele
Professor and Head
Institute of Chemical Technology
Mr. Shaminder Pal Singh
Vice President-Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
PepsiCo Holdings (P) Ltd
Dr. JI Lewis
Consultant Marico Limited
 

 

Nimisha Jain
Principal
The Boston Consulting Group
Mr. Atul Bhatia
Executive Director-R&D Kraft Foods Inc.
Mumbai
Ms. Meghna Nanda Dasgupta
Manager-Regulatory Affairs, Foods
Hindustan Unilever Limited

 

Dr. Jane Durga
Leader of Cognitive Sciences Group
Nutrition & Health Department-Nestle, Switzerland
Dr. Deepa Bhajekar
Managing Director
MicroChem Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor
Chef
Khana Khazana India Pvt Ltd.

 

Dr. Gopal Naik
Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore
Mr. Georg Herbertz
 
Germany
Ms Rinka Banerjee
Regional Technology Director-Foods, South Asia
Hindustan Unilever Limited

 

Jeff Rees
The Logistics Business, UK
Mr. Pradeep Lokhande
Founder
Rural Relations
Mr. Abhiram Seth
Managing Director
Aquagri

 

Mr. Harpreet Singh
GM-Packaged Foods
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Mr. Damodar Mall
President-Food Business Division
Pantaloon Retail Limited
Dr. Vilas R Shirhatti
President Technology
Birla Research and Life Sciences

 

 

Ms. Padmaparna Dasgupta
Head Policy, Regulatory
R&D (Strategy & External Affairs) GSK
Patrick von Braunmuhl
Senior Advisor
GIZ
Jonathan Banks Business Insight Director
ACNielsen, Singapore

 

Gavin Wall
FAO Representative
India & Bhutan
Jacques-Etienne de T'Serclaes
Partner
Global Retail & Consumer Leader, PWC, France
Martin Dlouhy
Managing Director
Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt. Ltd.

 

Ashok Sinha
Secretary Minister
IFood Processing Industries GOI
Mike Cockrell
Chief Merchandising Officer
Bharati WalMart
Motoya Okada
President
Aeon Company Limited, Japan

 

Peter Gale
Managing Director
Regional Retailer Services Nielsen Asia Pacific, Singapore
Dr. Gordon Campbell
Managing Director
Spar International, Netherlands
Andrew Levermore
CEO
Hypercity Retail, India

 

Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber
CEO
Metro Group, Germany
Dr.Marie­Josee Jenniskens
Division Head
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, The Netherlands
F.E. Van Zoeren
Deputy Inspector General
Dutch Food Safety Authority

 

Dr. Anantheswaran
Pennsylvania State University
Breda Mitchell
International Trading Law & Technical Director
Tesco
Howard James Scott
Member
JETCO and Chief SCM Officer, GATI Ltd