SPEAKERS
Meet the Speakers
Mohanji
(Virtual Participation)
Humanitarian,
Spiritual Leader
Rishabh Mariwala
Managing Partner- Sharrp Ventures, Director - Marico Ltd. & Kaya Ltd., Investor
Dr. Susianto Tseng
Founder-President, World Vegan Organization; "Tempeh King"
Shriti Malhotra
Group CEO, Quest Retail - The Body Shop
R M Vinay Kumar
Building New Categories @ Tata Consumer Products Limited
Robbie Lockie
Co-Founder , Plant Based News; CEO of The Freedom Food Alliance
Pawan Kumar
Head of D2C brands charter, Swiggy Instamart
Tim Polkowski
International Director - ProVeg International
Nina Lekhi
Founder, Baggit
Sonalie Figueiras
Founder & CEO at Green Queen, Ekowarehouse & Source Green
Ashu Phakey
Vice President and Business Head - Frozen and Fresh Foods at ITC Limited
Dr. Nandita Shah
Founder, Sharan and Nari Shakti Awardee
Jessika Ava
CEO and Founder of Thrive Philanthropy, facilitating expansion of vegan movement across 70+ countries
Seshu Kumar Tirumala
Chief Buying and Merchandising Officer, Big Basket
Dr. Pranesh Sridharan, Ph. D
Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, APIC - Alternative Proteins Innovation Center
Sneha Singh
Managing Director (Acting), Good Food Institute (GFI), India
Loui Blake
CEO, Miami Foods, Angel investor, Ultra Endurance Athlete
Sachin Agarwal
COO, Nature's Basket
Indraneel Chitale
Partner, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale and Co-Founder Herbea
Harpreet Tibb
Promoter - Tibbs Foods Pvt Ltd
Dr. Pramod Tripathi
Founder, Freedom From Diabetes Pvt Ltd & Freedom From Diabetes Research Foundation
Palanisamy Thanikaivelan, PhD
Chief Scientist at CSIR-CLRI who led the creation of patent pending Mango "leather similars"
Kuntal Joisher
World's 1st vegan mountaineer to summit Mt.Everest
Amy Aela
Actor and animal activist, podcast and content creator
Chef Altamsh Patel
Executive Chef, Hilton Mumbai International Airport and Joint Secretary, Western India Chefs Association
Aakash Ranison
Director, Greener Earth Foundation, Author, Climate Optimist
Sai Vignesh
Founder of Almighty Animal Care Trust - The Sanctuary
Arvind Krishna
Actor, Professional Basketball Player, Entrepreneur
Shreya Ghodawat
Sustainability Strategist, Gender and Climate Activist, Vegan Entrepreneur and Podcast Host
Bharath Bakaraju
Founder, Phyx44 Labs
Vignesh Manjeshwar
Founder, YVCare
Marzy Parakh
Founder, Love is Green
Dr. Rupa Shah
MBBS. Lifestyle Medicine Consultant, Author of the books "Dairy Alternatives: What about my calcium?" and Vanaspatijany Ahar
Parvinder Singh
Director, Aadi Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Global Alliance for Textiles Sustainability Council, Ayaachi Sustainable Foundation
Shivam
Vegan educator and Cofounder Voice of Vegans
Avinash Mane
Senior Commercial Director (AMEA & NEA), Textiles, Lenzing Group, makers of Ecovero vegan silk
Vinita Contractor
Holistic Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach
Dr. Arun Kalyansundaram
Plant-Based Interventional Cardiologist, Chairman of Cardiology at Promed Hospital
Jinal Shah
India's 1st vegan marketing consultant exclusively serving vegan businesses
Dr. B Dayakar Rao
Nurturing 400 millet start-ups for better business & investments in India and now global positioning.
Akash Zaveri
Co-founder, Plix (majority acquired by Marico)
Siddharth Kothari
Partner, Ahimsa VC
Zeeshan Ali, PhD
Nutrition Program Specialist, Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine
Sannat Ahuja, Sadak Chaap
Founder, Sadak Chaap, one of the largest chains of vegan and vegetarian North Indian restaurants in Mumbai
Neha Ranglani
Integrative nutritionist, health coach and and functional medicine specialist
Pratik Dadhania
Founder, Aamati, makers of patented "mango leather"
Jackie Hingorani
Co-Founder & CEO of Axlrate Research and Innovations - A Startup Accelerator focused on Sales & GTM
Kevin Parekh
Co-founder, Proeon
Gajender Kumar Sharma
Country Director, World Animal Protection India
Sajan Shah
International Motivational speaker and Youth Peace Ambassador
Madhusudan Rajagopalan
CEO, Mohanji Foundation
Abhay Rangan
Founder, One Good
Co-Founder, Nourish You
Keyur Bhatia
Chairman and MD, TJUK Trade Networks, one of the largest last mile food service distributors in Western India
Ashwin Bhadri
Founder & CEO - Equinox Labs
Rohit Bhagat
Business Head, Life Health Foods India (makers of SO Good)
Malavika Malaviya
Vegan lifestyle content creator @malagoesgreen
Rajeshwar Singh Maini
Director, Animal Climate and Health Save India
Aravindan . V
Proprietor, Green Rabbit vegan catering and consultancy
Tanmoy Adhikary
CEO & Director, Metatek Engineering Pvt Ltd. ; PFC is the Foods Division of Metatek Engineering.
Dr. Rashmi Menon
Health catalyst with 25+ years of experience, in treating lifestyle diseases through holistic care.
Ingrid Newkirk
(Virtual Participation)
Animal rights activist and founder and president of PETA and its international affiliates.
Nidhi Nahata
Founder of India's first Whole Foods Plant-Based restaurant.
Farah Amber
Animal Rights Advocate and Content Creator
Ashima Kukreja
Chief Corporate Liaison, PETA India
Dr. Siddhanth Bhargava
MBBS, Diet specialist, celebrity nutritionist and a health entrepreneur
Harshad M. Parekh
World Vegan Vision - President Mumbai Chapter
Surya Tej Chinni
Co-Founder, Origins Nutra
Vikas Patil
Founder, Mirtillo
Mili Miskovic
M House Media Client Partner