
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