Advisory Board

Emeritus Professor (Food Technology), IIT Kharagpur Professor I/c & Nodal Officer (P) Agri Business Incubation Centre, IIT Kharagpur Director, Agri Business Incubation Foundation IIT Kharagpur Trustee, International Life Science Institute (ILSI-India), New Delhi Director, Prasan Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. Cochin, Kerala Scientific Advisor, Vitaliz Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, Karnataka AICTE Mentor, BVB College of Engineering & Technology Hubli, Karnataka AICTE Mentor, Ramgarh Engineering College, Ramgarh (Jharkhand) President (Past), Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) Chairman & Head (Former), Post Harvest Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur Chairman (Former), Hall Management Centre, IIT Kharagpur Agricultural & Food Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India

Professor HN Mishra, having over 37 years of professional experience in teaching, research and administration, has many laurels and awards to his credit. He has published 625 research papers including 267 in peer reviewed international journals & 358 in conference proceedings. He has written 4 books, 4 e-books, 35 book chapters, 7 lecture compendium & laboratory manuals, 4 technology manuals, and several popular articles in newspapers and magazines and has 14 Indian patents to his credit. Besides, he is on the editorial boards of several reputed journals. He has supervised more than 286 student research projects including 12 PDF and 50 Ph D research scholars including 2 PMRF & 7 GYTI awardees. Professor Mishra has handled several international and national sponsored research & industrial consultancy projects. He has created stat-of-the art research laboratory and pilot plants for food processing and preservation. Dr Mishra has received several awards & honours such as AIFPA Presidents’ Award, GYTI Award, NRDC Award, Best Teacher Award, Dr JS Pruthi Award, etc for his outstanding contribution in the field of food processing in the country. Professor Mishra has worked in different capacities on various academic and administrative committees of IIT Kharagpur and many other institutions in the country. He has visited several countries abroad including Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Turkey, UAE, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, UK, Belgium, USA and Canada. Professional details of Professor HN Mishra are briefly summarized as follows. It can also be seen at http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/AG/faculty/ag-hnm or http://www.fctliitkgp.co.in or https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=I3Tfd5oAAAAJ&hl=en

Email: hnm@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
Web : www.fctliitkgp.co.in

Sanjay Sethi is a world renowned impact investment leader and sustainable food expert. Over 3 decades long illustrious career, Mr Sethi set up winning integrated supply chains in Africa, Middle East, Europe, Eastern Europe, South Asia and in India. A leader of cross functional teams, he rolled out large supply chain, sustainable food production, irrigation, agri infrastructure projects.
Sanjay Sethi is currently the Executive Director of Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA), a CEO-led body representing and building a strong foundation for India’s plant based food companies which produce high-quality plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat products. Previously he was on the Board of Sustainable Rice Platform, an initiative of UN Environment and International Rice Research Institute. He was also a Steering Committee Member of Global Agribusiness Alliance of World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva.
Mr Sethi undertook many infrastructure projects like setting up India’s first Mega Food Park and India’s first Free Trade Warehousing Zone. In his previous role as Director Sustainability at $3 Billion Phoenix Group Dubai, he accelerated the Agri commodities business in the direction to more sustainable practices by setting up new sustainable multi-country integrated projects. Mr. Sethi was CEO Food and Beverages for an African MNC (Export Trading Group – ETG) and headed Jain Irrigation’s Africa Operations previously. His career included stints at National Dairy Development Board and Unilever.
Awards:- Mr Sanjay Sethi was awarded “The Africa Food Prize 2013”, “The Sustainable Initiatives Award 2017”, “Chief Sustainability Officer of the Year Award” in 2018 and 2019 and “Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 for Food Security”. Felicitated on behalf of the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and Government of Nigeria for contributions to food security.
Education:- B.Sc. Agri (CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar), MBA from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and Sustainability Leadership Course from Yale Business School in partnership with World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Email: sanjay.sethi@pbfia.org

Dr.Nicola Evoli is a visionary international businessman known for his strategic acumen, innovative thinking, and relentless pursuit of excellence. Born into a family of entrepreneurs, he developed a passion for business at an early age. He graduated from Universita Politecnica delle Marche, where he specialized in international business and global markets.

Throughout his career, Dr.Nicola has demonstrated a remarkable ability to identify emerging trends and capitalize on lucrativem opportunities in diverse industries in Airlines, Oil & Gas, Hospitality, Retail, Technology, Finance, Real estate, and Business Consulting and Export & Import. His entrepreneurial journey began with the founding of his own venture, which quickly gained traction and attracted significant
growth. Building on this success, expanded his ventures into helping in young business with coaching CEO’s and entrepreneurs to building greater good companies.

He pushed multinational conglomerates to grow and spearheaded in different locations across the world and he has handled numerous high-profile projects and strategic partnerships on a global scale. His leadership style is characterized by a unique blend of charisma, determination, and vision, inspiring his teams to push the boundaries of innovation and achieve unprecedented success.

Dr.Nicola’s brings immense strategic assets to Veganta, a business philosophy revolves around fostering sustainable growth, driving positive social impact, and fostering a culture of integrity and accountability. He firmly believes in the power of collaboration and actively seeks opportunities to leverage collective expertise for the greater good.

With an unwavering commitment to excellence and a relentless drive for success,he continues to redefine the landscape of international business, leaving an indelible mark on the world stage.

Chef Sinu Pillai is an internationally trained Certified Corporate Chef with an experience of over 18 years within luxury English Hotels, Cruise line and well renowned haute-cuisine classic restaurants. He just loves nothing more than adding his craft and creativity to menus that offer new experiences. He has an incredible culinary art and extensive track record throughout his career, which attributes his ability to challenge himself and his team to learn, achieve and deliver only the very best world class cuisine., a quintessential Chef.!

He combines high level culinary skills with a hands-on approach to ensure hautecuisine kitchen operation is planned, prepared, and ran efficiently. He has proven success in driving high performance kitchen teams by aiming towards the highest of quality, driven by creativity as well as constantly following world trends and food
presentations/shows also by keeping strong hold on HSQ global standards. His passion not only creative menu engineering or fusion delights, but creating very passionate culinary team around him which would create an food aura, a key element in Chef’s quality in modern European, classical & contemporary Indian, classical French, modern English and molecular gastronomy. He stands tall by receiving awards and new initiatives with many live cooking shows internationally.!

He is our Culinary Director.!

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