Our Panelists

Over 100 years of collective experience in the food and beverage industry.

Rinka Banerjee

Expert – Food Ingredients

Rinka has more than 30 years of R&D experience with Unilever in South Asia, International Food Network USA . Her domain expertise is in driving innovation strategies, Product, Packaging, and Process Development, and Regulatory Affairs.

Meera Srinivasan

Expert - Nutrition

Meera has more than 28 years of R&D experience with Unilever in South Asia, Mars USA . Her domain expertise is in Product Development, Nutrition & Health and Regulatory.

Ranjit Charan Singh

Expert – Food Safety

Ranjit has industry experience of more than 37 years across Food, Water, Home & Personal Care in Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Unilever. His domain expertise is in Manufacturing process, Quality Management, Safety, Health & Environment and Regulatory Compliance.

Aravind Thippanaik

Expert - Marketing & Consumer Insights

Aravind Thippanaik comes with over 22 years of industry experience in Brand Marketing & Consumer Insights . He previously worked as a Consumer Expert at McKinsey & Company for their India practice. Aravind brings in expertise in Consumer Marketing, Shopper Thinking and Brand Strategy having served multiple companies across diverse food and beverage categories.

His earlier roles at Johnson & Johnson Ltd. Included leading Consumer Brand building, Channel and Shopper initiatives across India, Malaysia and Singapore.

Sheela Krishnaswamy

Expert - Nutrition & Wellness

Sheela Krishnaswamy has 40 Years of Professional experience in the clinical, corporate and communication spaces, pan India. Nutrition and Wellness consultant. Works independently as an advisor, writer, anchor, reviewer and speaker.

Actively involved in national and international dietician associations and has held leadership positions in both. Sheela has had a mainstream media presence since 1996, as an editor, a public speaker and a blogger.

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Rinka Banerjee

Founder

Meera Srinivasan

Expertise Leader | Nutrition & Health

Ranjit Charan Singh

Expertise Leader | Manufacturing Technology