The 5th edition of VCCircle Agri & Food Investment Summit 2013 is just two weeks away. The summit will be held on October 24, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The early bird discount expires in a day. Register Now.
Indian agri and food industry continues to reshape despite food inflation which is plummeting the economy. With the aim to bring more sophistication in innovation, infrastructure, research techniques, crop management and policy practices, established and emerging entrepreneurs are rolling out highly scalable, technology driven models, enabling more private equity players to infuse funds into the sector.
Interestingly in the recent past, the agri and food space has attracted a lot of investments, and entrepreneurs are still focusing on the areas of investment which lure PE players for bringing in modern technology and business centric strategies.
Keeping in mind the ever increasing demand of agri products, the summit this year will focus on: Opportunities and future outlook for Indiaâs food & agri businesses, emerging private equity and M&A opportunities in agri & food industry, productivity improvement in the farm input sector covering seeds, fertilisers, irrigation & farm equipment; building effective agri infrastructure & supply chain logistics; integration in the primary processing segment including food commodities, dairy & poultry; and strengthening processed foods, food service and retail industry.
The summit brings together more than 200 CEOs representing top and leading agri & food firms, promoters, innovators and bankers in addition to leading institutional and private equity investors focused on the space. For more details, .
A special session, VCCircle Showcase, will feature notable companies from 1) Farm Inputs, 2) Agri-Supply Chain Logistics, 3) Primary Processing and 4) Food Service and Retail segments. If you would like to apply for the Showcase session or nominate a company, write to us at komal.shah@vccircle.com.
Speakers:
Aditya Bafna - Executive Director, Shree Shubham Logistics
Aditya Bagri - Director, Bagrrys India Ltd
Akshay Bector - MD, Mrs. Bector's Food Specialties Ltd
Amith Agarwal - Director, Star Agri Warehousing & Collateral Management Ltd
Bhupinder Singh - CEO, Vista Processed Foods Pvt Ltd
Divyarth Kumar - Director, Shakti Bhog Foods Ltd
Jinesh Shah - Founding Partner, Omnivore Partners
K Vijayaraghavan - Cornell University
Karan A Chanana - Chairman, Amira Foods
Kiran Salunke - MD, Siesta Logistics Corporation Limited
Mayank Jalan - MD, Keventer Agro Ltd
Murali Krishnan - CEO, The Nilgiri Dairy Farm Pvt. Ltd
Neeraj Kakkar - CEO, Hector Beverages Pvt. Ltd
Purvin Patel - Business Head, Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt Ltd
Rahul Jain - MD, Capricorn Food Products India Ltd
Rahul Raisurana - MD, Standard Chartered Private Equity
Rajesh Srivastava - CMD, Rabo Equity Advisors Pvt Ltd
Rajeev S Samant - Founder & CEO, Nashik Vintners Pvt. Ltd
Sanjay Kaul - MD & CEO, National Collateral Management Services Limited
Sanjay Sacheti - Country Manager, Olam Agro India Ltd
Shrenik M Khasgiwala - Director, Brand Capital
Sonal Shah - Director, SMC Capitals Ltd
Tejpavan Singh Gandhok - CEO, Om Pizzas and Eats Pvt. Ltd
More speakers are joining.
For registrations, write to kanika@vccircle.com or call 0120-4171111
For sponsorship, write to: varun@vccircle.com or vijay@vccircle.com.
For suggesting agenda/nominating speakers, write to ben@vccircle.com