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SPEAKER PROFILE

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AgriCorp 2013 “Making Agriculture Remunerative”

October 24-25, 2013 at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai About the AgriCorp: The Agriculture Committee of Bombay Chamber has been organizing AgriCorp Conference since the

year 2000. The Conference continues to take lead and maintain its distinctiveness through well

articulated recommendations which provides a road map for creating a facilitative environment to

enhance growth and development of Agriculture.

Objective:

To understand recent developments, trends, challenges in agriculture and Identify actionable areas to make the sector profitable.

To identify technology imperatives for water use efficiency and other agri inputs

To recommend improvements in post harvest management practices, including technological innovations

To recommend areas for modernization and improving efficiency along the value chain

To increase private investment in agriculture

To create and identify opportunities for easy access to finance

About Bombay Chamber:

Established in 1836, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is one of the oldest Chambers

in the Country. Bombay Chamber has an illustrious history of 177 years, and has, as its constituents,

more than 4500 professionally-run companies from various sectors who together contribute a

significant portion of India‟s trillion dollar economy.

The Chamber has played a significant role in the development Mumbai. The Chamber serves as an

effective vehicle of communication between the regulatory bodies, the corporate and the society. The

Chamber collaborates with other Industry associations, industry associations from Mofussil areas and

thus increases its reach to the decision makers beyond boundaries of Mumbai. The Chamber

contributes effectively towards overall development of its member companies by addressing core

issues and remaining responsive to the needs of business.

Over the past few years the Bombay Chamber has moved somewhat from the traditional role of

advocacy with Government and facilitating trade and Industry to play a larger role of "Corporate as a

Citizen". Bombay Chamber is also concentrating on promoting good Governance and ethical conduct

in business and public life towards the greater good of Society encompassing promotion of skills

training, arts and culture, in addition to ensuring equitable and balanced industrial growth in a

sustainable manner.

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Advisory Committee- AgriCorp 2013

Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Chairman, AgriCorp 2013 and MD & CEO, National Collateral Management

Services Ltd.

Mr. Sanjay Kaul is currently, MD & CEO of National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML).

Professional experience spanning 36 years, of which 28 years has been in the Indian Administrative

Service (1979 batch, Karnataka Cadre), 5 years in the private sector, and 3 years in teaching/research

assignments. Prior to joining NCML, he worked as the first Director and CEO of the NCDEX Institute of

Commodity Markets & Research, His last assignment with the Government was as Joint Secretary (FCI and Food Policy),

Ministry of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. Email:sanjay.kaul@ncmsl.com

Mr. Anil B Jain, Chairman, Agriculture Committee & Member Managing Committee, Bombay

Chamber and MD &CEO, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

Mr. Anil Jain has served as Managing Director and CEO of Jain Irrigation Systems since 1992. He is a

veteran professional with over 25 years of experience in core strategic areas such as finance and

banking, domestic and international marketing, strategic planning, horizontal and vertical expansion, and

change management. He is an advocate for the marginal, subjugated farmer‟s cause across the world,

and works zealously for the issues of food security and water security in the underdeveloped and

developing world. Mr Jain has a degree in commerce from Pune University (1984) and a degree in law from Mumbai

University (1986). Email: anil@jains.com

Homi R Khusrokhan, Financial Advisor.

Mr. Homi Khusrokhan is a B.Com from Bombay University, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered

Accountants of India and a M.Sc. (Econ.) from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He

worked for 29 years with Glaxo & Burroughs Wellcome in India and retired in 2000 as MD of both

companies. Thereafter he was MD of Tata Tea and later Tata Chemicals, both globally ranked 2nd

in their

industries. After retirement from the Tata Group in 2008, he now serves on the Boards of several

companies in a non-executive and advisory capacity. In February 2009, he was appointed a Special

Adviser to the Government-appointed Board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. to assist with the successful turn-round of

the company and the induction of a new strategic investor. He is President of the Bombay Natural History Society and

Chairman of the Western Region of the Employers Federation of India. He has been the Chairman of the Advisory

Committee for 2 previous Agricorp Conferences of the BCCI. Email: homirsk@gmail.com

Dr. Dilip Kulkarni, President- AgriFood Business, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

Dr. Kulkarni graduated in agriculture and earned a prestigious fellowship of FAO to acquire his Master‟s

degree in Food Technology from CFTRI, Mysore and subsequently Ph.D. He was DANIDA Fellow for

one year at Denmark, Consultant in Indonesia, Advisor and visiting Professor at University of Mauritius,

visiting fellow to Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and had academic visits to U.K. Germany,

France, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia, USA. He established Agri Food Research Foundation of India

and served, as its first Director. Email:dr.kulkarni.dilip@jains.com

Mr. Anirban Ghosh, VP - Strategic Planning for Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra

Ltd.

Mr. Anirban Ghosh has studied Electrical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Calcutta and has

subsequently attended the Fellow Program in Management at IIM, Ahmedabad. He began his career

with Hewlett-Packard Division, Blue Star Ltd. and then moved to Modi Xerox. He Joined the Farm

Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in 1999 and has handled various portfolios in Sales,

Marketing, Strategy, New Business Development and has been the President of Mahindra USA Inc. Currently he is the Vice

President for Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics in the Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors of

Mahindra. Email:ghosh.anirban@mahindra.com

Mr. Kaushik Modak, Managing Director & Head, Corporate Banking, Rabobank International. Mr. Kaushik Modak is a Chartered Accountant and has a career span of over 20 years. At Rabobank

India he is overall responsible for Corporate Banking. Corporate Banking includes all client coverage for

Commercial Banking, Advisory & Debt Market businesses of Rabobank India. Prior to joining Rabobank,

Kaushik was the Principal and Head Debt Capital Market for Bank of America, Over the years he held

various senior level positions in various reputed financial institutions in Corporate Banking, Treasury

Management, and Debt Capital Market. Email:Kaushik.Modak@rabobank.com

Mr. M.V. Subramanian, Head - Rural & Inclusive Banking, Axis Bank Limited.

Mr. MV Subramanian has been a banker for over 35 years. He is now heading the Rural and Inclusive

Banking Department of Axis Bank as a President. Under Rural Banking portfolio, he is responsible for all

types of Agri lending including commodity finance, Warehousing finance,

microcredits and various partnerships with Corporates for tie-up loans. Prior to this bank, he had worked

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in Standard Chartered Bank and two nationalised banks. As in-charge of Financial Inclusion vertical, he had worked closely

with the underprivileged sections of the society in execution of projects for rural employment wage distribution, pension

products, remittances, micro savings and insurance products. Email: mv.subramanian@axisbank.com

Dr. V. Eswaran, General Manager (Agri Business), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre,

Mumbai.

Dr. V. Eswaran is academically a veterinarian working in State Bank of India for the past 33 years and is

now heading Agri-Business portfolio of State Bank of India covering more than one crore farmer families

responsible for policy making and direction setting for around 10,000 Agri Lending branches across the

country. Dr.V.Eswaran joined State Bank of India in 1981 as Rural Development Officer (RDO) and

worked in various capacities mainly in agriculture development and also as Branch Head (BM) in eight different branches

handling variety of areas including catering the needs of farmers, industries, housing, auto, NRI under Personal-segment

areas. Email : dr.eswaran@sbi.co.in

Mr. Bhupen Dubey, Head Integrated Business, United Phosphorus Ltd.

Mr. Bhupen Dubey has worked with global enterprises such as Hoechst, Agrevo, Aventis and Bayer

Crop Science. His academic achievements include a Gold medal and Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

scholarship for his post-graduate studies in Agriculture Science. Bhupen is armed with a Diploma in

Sales and Marketing from Bhavan‟s College of Communication & Management, Mumbai. Mr. Bhupen

Dubey now heads a combine business of Advanta India Limited and UPL – Agro Formulations. He is

also leading a transformational multi-stake holder projects catalyzed by World Economic Forum, Geneva –Switzerland. Email

: bhupen@uniphos.com

Mr. Narendranath Mishra, GVP & Head-Agri & Inclusive Banking, Development Credit Bank Ltd.

Mr. Mishra is Graduate in Agriculture and PGDRM from IRMA, Anand. He has a work Experience of more

than 14 years including Rallis India Limited, ICICI Bank and DCB Bank. He Heads Agri and inclusive

banking since 2007 in DCB Bank. Played a pivotal role in rolling out bank‟s footprint in rural and semi

urban areas, launched of retail farmer finance like tractor loan, crop loan and hi tech agri loan. Email : narendranathm@dcbbank.com

Mr. Vimal Tripathi, Deputy Vice President, HDFC Bank Ltd.

Mr. Vimal Tripathi is currently working as Vice President, Rural Initiative Group at Mumbai. He looks after

the Rural initiatives like development of Rural micro payment infrastructure through ATMs, Micro ATMs &

Mobile phones, working with the Agri Value chains & adoption of villages for Financial Inclusion. Prior to

this he was working with the NABARD in Institutional Development department & Rural Infrastructure

Development Fund. He did his schooling from the SAR Jaipuria School, Kanpur & higher education from

University of Allahabad and has attended several Management Development Programmes in Asian

Institute of Technology, Bangkok; IIT, Roorkee. Email : vimal.tripathi@hdfcbank.com

Mr. K.R. Saxena, GM – Inst. Business, Rallis India Ltd.

Mr. Saxena is currently the General Manager Institutional Partnerships with Rallis India Ltd. and responsible for collaborative partnership with corporate, Govt institutes, Institutional Business, Seed Treatment Chemicals and House hold pesticides. He has over 22 years of experience in the sales and marketing of agri inputs in various states of India. Mr. Saxena has worked with Rallis for over 18 years and some of his responsibilities here include sales of pesticides bulk and technical to over 40 pesticide

companies in India, formation of corporate alliance with retail chains and fertilizer companies. He is associated with some of

agri management institutes and represent his company on number of industry forums, etc. Email : krsaxena@rallis.co.in

Inaugural session

Ms. Neera Saggi, Mr. Anil Jain, Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Dr. Ashok Gulati, Mr. Siraj Hussain, Dr. Sudhirkumar Goel, Mr. Surojit

Shome

Ms Neera Saggi, President, Bombay Chamber and Chief Executive, Larsen & Toubro Seawoods

Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Neera Saggi is a Masters in English Literature and an MBA. She has worked with the Indian

Administrative Service (IAS), with multiple stakeholders and in different sectors including health,

commerce, shipping and ports. Besides other assignments, she was District Magistrate Hooghly in West

Bengal, Dy. Chairperson with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), CMD of Hindustan Diamond

Corporation and Development Commissioner of SEZ for the western region. Presently, Ms. Saggi is the

Chief Executive Officer of L&T Seawoods Pvt. Ltd. and is the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry

for the year 2013-14. Email :Neera.Saggi@larsentoubro.com

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Dr. Ashok Gulati, Chairman, Commission for Agri Cost & Prices.

Dr. Ashok Gulati is Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), since March,

2011. Prior to this, he was Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Before

joining IFPRI, he also served as NABARD Chair Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth, and Chief

Economist at the National Council of Applied Economics Research in India. He has his M.A. and Ph.D. in

economics from the Delhi School of Economics (India). He has been deeply involved in agri-policy

analysis and advice in India. He was a member of the Prime Minister‟s Economic Advisory Council; a member of the State

Planning Board of Karnataka; and a member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Email: chairman-cacp@nic.in

Mr. Siraj Hussain, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

Mr. Siraj Hussain joined the IAS in 1979 and served the Government of Uttar Pradesh in various capacities

including District Magistrate, General Manager of UP Finance Corporation, Managing Director of UP State

Industrial Development Corporation, and Agro Industries Corporation, State Secretariat in the Departments

of Energy, Education and Panchayati Raj. He served the Government of India in various capacities

including Deputy Managing Director, National Cooperative Development Corporation, Joint Secretary in

Department of Food & Public Distribution, and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Food Corporation of India (FCI). He was

Additional Secretary & Special Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation for about a year. Presently, he is

Secretary to Government of India, in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Email : secy.mofpi@nic.in

Dr. Sudhir Goel, Additional Chief Secretary (Agri. & Mkt.) Government of Maharashtra.

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Goel is M.Sc. in Development Studies from University of Bath, U.K & Ph.D. in Physics

from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Dr Goel was the Principal Secretary (Cooperation & Marketing) &

(Agri. & Mktg.) Government of Maharashtra; Divisional Commissioner, Amravati Division and Director

General, Yashwant Rao Chavan Academy of Development Administration at Indian Administrative

Services. He is a Winner of Subhash Dua Gold Medal of National Academy of Administration. He was declared as Best

Probationer in Indian Administrative Service of 1982 Batch. Email : psec.agri@maharashtra.gov.in

Mr. Surojit Shome, CEO & Country Head – India, Rabobank International.

Mr. Surojit Shome has close to 25 years of experience since graduating from XLRI in1986. He has

worked with Asian Paints, Citibank, Lehman Brothers and Nomura Securities prior to taking over as CEO

of Rabo India in 2009. In his nineteen year stint with Citigroup, he held various business management,

origination and risk management roles with assignments overseas. In his role as MD & Head of the

Investment Banking Division at Lehman Brothers in India, he was responsible for building the investment

banking platform. Surojit holds a post-graduate management degree in Marketing & Finance from XLRI Jamshedpur and a

Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (major), Mathematics & Statistics from Presidency College, Kolkata. He attended

the Executive Development Program at The Wharton School in 2004. Email : surojit.shome@rabobank.com

Er. Sanjeeb Patjoshi, Director, VAMNICOM & CICTAB

Er. Sanjeeb Patjoshi, IPS,IG joined as a Director of Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative

Management, Pune and Director of Centre for International Cooperation & Training Agricultural Banking,

Pune. He holds degree of Bachelor of Technology (NIT, Nagpur) and Master of Technology (IIT, Kanpur).

He is a MBA (Management and Public Policy) from IIM, Bangalore and Syracuse University, USA,

Certificate Course on International Trade & Economics in Centre of Development Studies. Before joining

Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. Email: director@vamnicom.gov.in

Session 1: Modernizing Indian Agriculture Sub Session 1- Water Management

Mr. Anil Jain (Advisory Committee), Mr. Bastiaan Mohrmann, Mr. Somnath Jadhav, Mr. Umakant Umarao, Dr.M.S. Patel, Mr.

Sudhir Rajshekar.

Mr. Bastiaan Mohrmann, Head Water South Asia Sustainable Business Advisory International

Finanace Corporation.

Mr. Bastiaan Mohrmann joined the International Finance Corporation in 1992 in Washington, DC, as

investment officer. He was active across agribusiness, manufacturing and mining sectors, including a

two-year stint in Johannesburg heading new business development in South Africa. At IFC, advisory

services he grew the supply chain linkages program, headed the IFC SME team and championed the

emerging field of water footprint. In January 2011, he assumed his current position based in Kolkata. Prior to IFC, Mr.

Mohrmann worked for the European Commission in Brussels and HVA from The Netherlands. He has an MSc from

Wageningen University, The Netherlands, in Agricultural Engineering, specialized in irrigation, hydrology and management

science, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. Email : Bmohrmann@ifc.org

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Mr. Somnath Jadhav, Vice President- Irrigation Projects, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

Mr. Somnath Jadhav is presently working as Vice President and Sr. Engineer- Irrigation Projects with Jain

Irrigation Systems Ltd. at Jalgaon. He is an agricultural engineer having 24 years experience in the

irrigation sector in general and micro irrigation in particular. He has been working with Jain Irrigation since

last 20 years in different capacities. His area of expertise is micro irrigation projects. He is engaged in

survey, design, installation of micro irrigation projects and water management projects including drip and

sprinkler irrigation of large size. He has been heading “On Demand Irrigation Division” of Jain Irrigation, engaged in

execution of Canal Command Micro Irrigation Projects in the country. Email : somnath.jadhav@jains.com

Mr. Umakant Umarao, IAS, Commissioner, Tribal Development, Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh,

Satpura, Bhopal.

Mr. Umakant Umarao is a B.Tech. (civil engg) from I.I.T. Roorkee. Born at Kanpur (U.P.) in a Farming

family to Sri Ram Kumar. He is in the Indian Administrative Service (I A S) and current posted as

Commissioner Tribal Development M.P. . Email : umakant.umarao@gmail.com

Dr. M S Patel, Secretary (Kalpasar), Government of Gujarat Satpura, Bhopal.

Dr. M. S. Patel, Secretary is Secretary (Kalpasar), Narmada, Water Resources & Water Supply & Kalpasar

Department, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar since April 2006. As the youngest technocrat Secretary

(at the age of 42 years) in the Water Resources Department among the Engineering fraternity with an

exceptionally wide ranging experience at various Senior Level positions in various divergent fields, he

possesses deep sense of dedication and vision for achieving the set goal, having wide ranging experience

and expertise in several Water resources sectors like drinking water, ground water, irrigation, multipurpose large dams,

major and medium dams, Hydropower and large scale implementation of water conservation works through people's

participation. Email: cc-nwrs@gujarat.gov.in

Mr. Sudhir S. Rajshekar, Consultant, NABARD.

Mr. Rajshekar has over 38 years of professional experience in Banking, Finance, Loans, Facilitating Credit

flow for Promotion and Development of Agriculture. He retired as General Manager from NABARD.

Presently he is Consultant in NABARD for Rural Infrastructure and Development Fund (RIDF) Operations

pertaining to Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation Projects. He has prepared Model Guideline of Bankable

Lift Irrigation Scheme which was circulated to all the concerned banks in the country. He is Masters in

Sciences: Geology from Karnataka University, Dharwar, India. He has a Technical paper on `Impact of

Borewells on Dugwells in crystalline rocks of Andhra Pradesh‟ at National Seminar on `Emerging Trends in Development of

Sustainable Ground Water Resources‟ organised by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. . Email :

ssraj08@yahoo.com

Session 1: Modernizing Indian Agriculture: Sub Session 2- Role of Technology & Input Management

Dr. Dilip Kulkarni (Advisory Committee), Mr. Bhupen Dubey (Advisory Committee), Mr. Anirban Ghosh (Advisory Committee),

Mr. P. Chengal Reddy, Mr. A. P. Singh.

Mr. P. Chengal Reddy, Secretary General, Consortium of Indian Farmers Association.

Mr. P. Chengal Reddy presently is Secretary General – Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations. He

is instrumental in establishing India‟s Apex Professional Farmers‟ Organization - CIFA 2004. It is

apolitical, democratically functional Association. It has now active participation from AP, Tamil Nadu,

Karnataka, Pondicherry, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Haryana,

Punjab, J & K and Uttaranchal. He has participated in 11 International Conference. He was invited by

Indian Union Finance Ministry to participate in 8 Pre-Budget meetings. . Email: cifa_delhi@yahoo.com

Mr. A. P. Singh, Asst. Vice President-Agribusiness, Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Mr. Avdhesh Pratap Singh is presently working as Asst. Vice President (Sales) with Crop Nutrition &

Agribusiness (CNAB) SBU of Tata Chemicals Limited. Prior to it was Chief Executive of “Khet -Se

Agriproduce”, a JV company of TCL with Irish Partners. He has worked with Rallis India for more than 20

Years in different capacities and handled Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Business Development

functions. He is certified assessor for CII, Exim Bank Business Excellence award, “Business Excellence”

under Tata Business Excellence Model (TBEM) and Entrepreneur Motivation Trainer” by NIESBUD.

Email: apsingh@tatachemicals.com

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Ms. Shrisha Gopu, Agribusiness professional, MANAGE.

Ms. Shirisha Gopu is an Agribusiness professional from MANAGE with 10 years of experience in Agri

Input marketing and Commodity management. Prior to joining Coromandel, she has worked with Dow

Agri sciences and NCMSL. She has worked as Regional Manager-South for NCMSL and played a

crucial role in establishing the company‟s presence in South India .She has handled Specialty Nutrients

category for Coromandel Retail division and has started Credit Services to Farmers through Retail

stores. Her areas of interest include Agriculture Finance, Warehousing, Commodity Management and

Agribusiness. . Email : shirishag@coromandel.murugappa.com

Session 2: Adding Value: Development of Food Processing/ Supply Chain

Mr. Siraj Hussain(Guest of honour), Mr. Asitava Sen, Mr. Rajiv Bahety, Dr. Ganesh Ramamurthi, Ms. Geetu Verma, Dr.

Sukesh Zamwar, Mr. Anand Krishnan.

Mr. Asitava Sen – Senior Director & Head – Food & Agri Research, Rabobank International.

Mr. Asitava Sen is Senior Director and Head of Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) for

Rabobank Group in India. As leader of the FAR team in India, he oversees Rabobank‟s F&A research

and strategic client engagements across the “farm to fork” chain. He personally specializes in the sugar

and value added processing sub-sectors. Asitava has over 18 years of experience in management

consulting, research & marketing focused around agribusiness value chains and consumer industries.

His prior work experience covers organizations like PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), The Nielsen

Company and Deloitte Consulting where he had handled several senior level assignments. Asitava is a Mechanical Engineer

and has an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India. . Email : Asitava.Sen@rabobank.com

Mr. Rajiv Bahety, Narmada Valley Farms.

Mr. Rajiv Bahety studied at Sholapur and then graduated in commerce while taking practical training in

business at Delhi. Later on he went to established cloth & construction business in Sholapur & Mumbai.

In 2005, focused on helping agriculture problems faced by family at Harda, this gave insight in to the day

to day problems faced by the farmers & motivated Mr. Bahety to study the problem in detail. The

Narmada Valley Rural Development Foundation Trust was formed by Mr. Rajiv Bahety & Mr. Ravindra

Dhumein 2007. The organisation aims at acting as a motivator, consolidator, technology facilitator and market developer so

as to actively contribute socio-economically to the rural communities. . Email : narmadafarms@yahoo.com

Dr. Ganesh Ramamurthi, Head CommGrade, National collateral Management, Services Ltd.

Dr. Ganesh Ramamurthi heads the Testing & Certification department branded as CommGrade of NCML

as well as Crop & Weather Intelligence Group. Before joining NCML, he had been heading the

Department of Microbiology in Vivekanand College, Secunderabad. Earlier he had been a research

fellow in the Department of Botany in the Osmania University. With a sound academic background along

with his entrepreneurial attitude Dr. Ramamurthi provides the right leadership that has made

CommGrade a credible Testing & Certification brand well known across the country. Email: ganesh.r@ncmsl.com

Ms. Geetu Verma, Executive Director- Foods, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Ms. Geetu Verma is on the Management Committee of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. as the Executive

Director-Foods. As Executive Director, Foods she is responsible for the Food & Beverage (BB) business

in Hindustan Unilever which includes brands like Brooke Bond, Lipton, Taj Mahal, Bru, Kissan, Knorr and

Kwality Walls. Prior to joining Hindustan Unilever Limited on the Management Committee as Executive

Director-Foods, she was Vice President – Innovations, Food & Beverages at Pepsico India Holdings.

She has held various leadership roles in the FMCG Industry, both in India & in Northern Europe. Email: geetu.verma@unilever.com

Dr. Sukesh Zamwar, CEO, Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd.

Dr. Sukesh Zamwar is MS (Germany) and MBA (Banking & Finance). He is the Chairman International

Cooperative Alliance Asia Pacific Youth Committee First Indian; Chief India Coordinator of Asian

Confederation of Credit Union (A Conglomerate Of 27 Nations); Advisor to BRICS Cooperative Bank

Forming Committee, CMD of International Operations Maharashtra Federation of Credit Cooperatives,

Buldana Urban Credit Care & Safety and Security Company; Director of Buldana Urban Charitable

Trust; Advisor to Bangladesh Government for Cooperative and Rural Development. Email: kanishkasukesh@yahoo.co.in

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Mr. Anand Krishnan, Dy. Counsellor, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Mr. Anand Krishnan has been working with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi for

more than 14 years; presently he is Deputy Counsellor, Agriculture. Prior to that he was with Italian Trade

Commission, New Delhi, for 12 years. He has stood witness to the transformation in the relationship

between India and the Netherlands in the agriculture sector. He is an untiring advocate for the companies

in the Netherlands on the opportunities in India and how to increase market penetration for those

companies. Email: anand.krishnan@minbuza.nl

Session 3: Post Harvest Management

Mr. Sanjay Kaul (Advisory Committee), Dr. Bhaskar Reddy, Mr. Arindom Datta, Mr. Amit Agarwal

Mr. S. Baskar Reddy, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation India.

Mr. S. Baskar Reddy is the Executive Director of Syngenta Foundation India. He has over 11 years of

experience in the agriculture sector. Before joining the Syngenta Foundation India, he was the Director

for Agriculture, Food Processing and Water divisions at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce

and Industry (FICCI).He worked closely with the Ministry of Agriculture on policy formulation and

implementation in agricultural marketing, extension, warehousing, farm machinery and PPPs in

agriculture. He was instrumental in developing a policy framework for Public-Private Partnership for Integrated Agriculture

Development (PPPIAD). He holds a Ph.D. in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering from IARI, New Delhi.

Email:baskar.reddy@syngenta.com

Mr Arindom Datta, Senior Director & Head – Rural & Development Banking, Rabobank,

International.

Mr. Arindom Datta has over 20 years of experience in Rural Finance, Cooperative Banking, Microfinance

and Agribusiness. He heads the Rural banking and advisory portfolio in India and for Rabobank

Foundation oversees projects in rural cooperatives and access to finance. His earlier experience was

with NABARD, IDBI Bank and CARE India. He is a graduate from St. Stephens‟ College, Delhi and has

an MBA with specialization in Finance and Strategy from IIM Kozhikode. Email:arindom.datta@rabobank.com

Mr. Amith Agarwal, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral

Management Limited.

Mr. Amith Agarwal is the whole-time Executive Director – and one of the founder members of StarAgri.

He is responsible for managing corporate tie-ups, legal and financial matters and business development

activities at StarAgri. He is a sought after management professional in the areas of warehouse receipt

and collateral finance and is known for creating unique channel partnerships in the rural finance

business. Amith has attended an Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School

and holds an MBA from Mumbai University. He is a regular speaker at industry platforms like CII, FICCI, SEA, etc. where he

explores emerging priorities in the agribusiness sector. Email:amith@staragri.com

Session 4: Price Discovery Mechanism, Knowledge Management & Extension Services

Mr. Shyamal Gupta, Mr. Sameer Shah, Mr. Anuj Kumbhat, Mr. Anil Mishra, Mr. Rajnikant Patel, Mr. Natesh. B. V.

Mr. Shyamal Gupta, Chief Business Officer, National Collateral Management Services Ltd.

Mr. Shyamal Gupta is the Chief Business Officer at NCML and is responsible to lead business in all the

segments across India. A graduate in Economics, he has done his post graduation from IRMA. Before

joining NCML, he has worked with companies like ADANI, HDFC Bank, MCX and KOTAK handling

various leadership assignments. He has worked in commodities domain for almost two decades which

include expertise in International Trade, Futures Trading, Structured Trade Finance, Port and

Warehousing. Email:Shyamal.gupta@NCML.com

Mr. Sameer Shah, MD & CEO, NCDEX.

Mr. Shah joined NCDEX as the Dy. CEO and has been designated as the Managing Director Incharge.

He has two decades of experience in building institutions and market infrastructure.

He has worked with Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), Universal Commodities Exchange

(UCX), Thomson Reuters. In 2010, he was appointed as the Global head of Business Planning and

Operations for a new inside-Sales unit at Thomson Reuters, Head of Business Operations for Thomson

Reuters Asia and a member of the Asian Leadership Team based in Singapore.He led Reuters‟ India operations as the

Managing Director for Reuters in South Asia. He is an MBA in Finance, a Mechanical Engineer and has completed an

Advanced Management Program from Wharton. Email:samir.shah@ncdex.com

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Mr. Anuj Kumbhat, CEO & Director, Weather Risk Management Services Ltd., Kanpur.

Mr. Anuj is Co-founder and Executive Director of Weather Risk Management Services Ltd. (WRL) He is

a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a member of the Global Association of Risk

Professionals (GARP). Anuj has over 14 years of experience in project finance and risk management.

He has worked with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. and Mangalore Refinery &

Petrochemicals Ltd. Anuj has worked on product and market development of innovative risk

management, financial management and financial restructuring .Email: anuj.kumbhat@weather-risk.com

Mr. Anil Mishra, MD & CEO, National Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Mr. Anil Mishra has nearly 33 years‟ of professional experience in the world commodities & commodities

derivative markets with top global and domestic companies. He was the winner of „Bharatiya Udyog

Ratna‟ Award in 2003 and „Best Coffee Exporter‟ Award in 2006.

He earlier set up the operation in India in year 2000 for Ecom Gill Coffee Trading, and also set up coffee

business in India for American Multinational Cargill and headed its operation. Among Indian companies

he worked with Grasim Industries and Indo Gulf Fertilizers. His forte is setting up Greenfield operations, strategy

implementation and commodity risk management. Email:anilmishra@nmce.com

Mr. Rajnikant Patel, Former MD & CEO of Indian Commodity Exchange.

Mr. Rajnikant Patel has unique work experience of more than 32 years in Financial Services sector

encompassing Commercial Banking, Bank Regulation; Capital Markets & Commodity Markets. He was the

MD & CEO of Indian Commodity Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. He worked closely with Ministry

of Finance & SEBI and South Asian Federation of Exchanges-SAFE. He is member of working committee

of World Federation of Exchanges. He is recipient of various awards like Indira Super Achiever Award, HR Excellence Award

- CEO with HR Orientation, Employer Branding Award, IT People Award for Innovation & India‟s Greatest HR Professionals.

He is a Distinguished Fellow - Institute of Directors, London, Chartered Business Administrator- USA and Certified Financial

Consultant - USA. He was the Brand Guardian for Business Superbrand – BSE. Email: rajfpatel@gmail.com

Mr. Natesh B V, Director, Emerging Markets, Nokia.

With over 16 years of diverse experience in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and General

Management across consumer-centric industries in India and APAC, Natesh has led organizations

through turn-around, high growth and start-up situations. Natesh currently heads the emerging markets

services initiatives at Nokia. Focus has been on introducing India-specific products besides successfully

building new start-up business initiatives such as Nokia Life Prior to Nokia, he served in several

capacities at HCL-HP, Wipro and Manipal Education. He has a Masters degree in Engineering, and a MBA from the Indian

Institute of Management, Bangalore. Email:natesh.b-v@nokia.com

Session 5: Financing Agriculture

Mr. M. V. Subramanian (Advisory Committee), Mr. K. G. Karmakar, Mr. Shyamal Gupta (Session 4), Mr. Prabhakar Bobde,

Ms. Jayashree Reddy, Mr. Venkatraman

Dr. K.G. Karmakar, Professor, S P Jain Institute of Management & Reserach.

Dr. K. G. Karmakar was MD-NABARD (2006-11) & has worked with Cooperatives, Rural Banking/

Development, Microcredit, Planning Bank Supervision departments. He is a Bachelor in Science and

M.F.M., Ph.D(Mgmt.). He has worked with SBI, RBI, NABARD.

Currently a Professor at SP Jain Inst. Of Management and Research, Mumbai. He has written seven

books and hundred and twelve papers. Email: karmakarkg@gmail.com

Mr. Prabhakar Bobde, Vice president,Product Head Pledge Business, HDFC Bank Ltd.

Mr. Bobde is the Product Head for Commodity Business Handling Pledge Business of Rs. 3000 Crs.

Heading team of 40 officers and maintaining nil NPA in pledge for last Six years. Worked at Bank of

Maharashtra different positions as Officer, Branch Manager, Credit Manager at Regional level, Rural

location as well as semi urban location. Handled finance to SHG, Co-Op. soc as well as SMEs. Started

Agri. Business in Axis Bank, Policy formulation/product introduction and Team Building as well. Email:

prabhakar.bobde@hdfcbank.com

Ms. M. Jayashree Reddy, Deputy General Manager and Head (Agri-Business Planning

Monitoring & Market Intelligence), State Bank of India.

Ms. M. Jayashree Reddy joined State Bank of India in 1987 as a Probationary Officer, after completing

M.Sc (Agricultural Economics) from N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh. She has

held various positions in the Bank for the last 25 years. She has headed District Head Quarter Branch

and Personal Banking Branch, apart from working as a Desk Officer in Zonal Office. She has

conducted research in various areas like, „Potential of Horticulture in Chandigarh‟, „Potential for Mango

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Processing in Bangalore‟, „Gold Loans‟, „Potential of Kinno finance in Chandigarh‟, etc. to mention a few and has contributed

articles to rural banker. Email: dgm.agri@sbi.co.in

Mr. S. Venkatraman, Principal and Senior Vice President, Rabo Equity Advisors Pvt. Ltd. S. Venkatraman is the Investment Advisor to India Agri Business Fund. This USD 120 million fund is

the first private equity fund in Asia dedicated to the food & agribusiness sector. Venkat has a B.Tech

from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management,

Bangalore. Venkat has over 18 years of work experience which comprises over two years with Rabo

Equity Advisors, Over eight years with Rabo India, in the consumer marketing space, spread across

Johnson & Johnson and Marico Industries, and with Essar Steel in the Project Management team.

Email: s.venkatraman@raboequity.in

International Experience

Mr. Tomas Ferrari, Mr. Ruy Campos Dugone, Mr. Arvind M. Lali

Mr. Arnaldo Tomas Ferrari, The Consul General of Argentina in Mumbai.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mr. Tomas Ferrari is a graduate in International Relations from

Salvador University in Buenos Aires with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University,

Cambridge. Having been the Consul in the Argentine Embassy, New Delhi from 1983-1988, Mr. Ferrari

is no stranger to India. With a distinguished diplomatic career background, Mr. Tomas Ferrari has been

the Chief of Private Secretariat of the Minister of Economy, Public Works & Services, Ambassador to

Vietnam from 2000-2009, Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Argentina from

2009-2010 and currently he is the Consul General & Trade Commissioner of the Argentine Consulate & Promotion Centre in

Mumbai.

Mr. Ruy Campos Dugone, Asia Director for the Argentine Company LataMagro.

Mr. Ruy is System Engineer with a Master in Business Administration (MBA) focused in Enterprise

Direction and Marketing; with a successful professional career developed over the past 15 years in

Latin America and 10 years in Asia. He currently serves as Director for Latam Agro, in charge of the

businesses that the Corporate is developing in Asia in the areas of Integrated Storage Solutions for

Grains & Silage and Sustainable Agricultural Services. Previously, he has worked as a Senior

Manager for International Corporations such as: Computer Associates (US), Oracle (US) and SREI

Group (IN). He has a functional experience in Business Development, Consultancy, Alliances and Commercial areas. Email:

ruycd@latamagro.com

Mr. Arvind M. Lali, Head, DBT-ICT-Centre for Energy Biosciences.

A Professor of Chemical Engineering, Arvind Lali has developed expertise in the area of

bioseparations and biotransformations having provided technical support and solutions to many

Pharma, Biopharma and Food companies (Biocon, Dr. Reddys, Merck, Cadila, Strides-Acrolab,

Unisankyo, Resindion SRL, Italy, Bio-Rad Laboratories India/USA, Pepsico India/USA, General Mills

Inc, USA etc.). He heads India‟s first Centre for Energy Biosciences funded by the Department of

Biotechnology. He has major research achievements include affinity adsorbent for antibody purification, Fractionation of

biomass and enzymatic hydrolysis, Novel extraction for natural product extraction, Fluidised moving bed continuous

chromatographic system for separation, etc. Working currently in a major way in development of viable and scalable

technologies for conversion of unutilized or low-utilized agricultural and agri-industry waste to wealth.

BOMBAY CHAMBER SECRETARIAT

Mr. Vikas Gadre, Director General

Ms. Usha Maheshwari, Joint Director

Ms. Mani Nair, Asst. Manager

Ms. Jayshree Patil, Asst. Manager

Ms. Manasi Kadane, Asst. Manager