Jury 2026

Santosh Desai
Jury Chair

Santosh Desai

Founder & Director,
Think9 Consumer Technologies Pvt Ltd

Jury

Amantran Ghosh
Branch Manager - East, Nestlé India
Dr. Anup Kalra
Business Advisor - Zenex Animal Health India Private Limited | NAC - RMAI
Apurva Khandare
Vertical Marketing Head, Reliance Consumer Products
Bineet Jain
Sr Director, Frontline Marketing, Coca Cola India
Biswabaran Chakrabarti
President Operations and Business Advisory- Metrix Research and Analytics Pvt Ltd.
Harish Bijoor
Brand Guru & Founder, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc
Himanshu Kr Mishra
Head – CMS & API Banking | Executive Vice President, Fino Payment Bank
Kavita Sah
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) India Head, CNH Industrial (India) Pvt Ltd.
Jasjit Bawa
General Manager - Marketing and Branding, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Madhab Adhikari
EVP & Business Head, Coromandel International
Muthar Basha
Senior Vice President & Head of Sales, Eveready India
Parijat Chakraborty
Country Service Lines Group Leader: Public Affairs and Corporate Reputation, Ipsos India
Pankaj Mishra
Partner and Head of Corporate Business, MART Global Management Solutions LLP
Pawan Jagnik
Head of Marketing - India, Pladis Global
Pradeep Lokhande
Member - NAC, Founder & CEO, Rural Relation
Priya Kumar
Sr. Executive Vice President & Business Head.SBI General Insurance Company Limited
Puneet Avasthi
Director – Specialist Businesses Insights, Kantar
Dr. Rachana Patil
Associate Professor & Program Incharge-Rural Management, We School
Raj Kumar Jha
Member - NAC, Director, Rural Campus
Rajan Verma
General Manager, Marketing - J K Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
Rajeev Arora
President & Cluster Head, BSV-Mankind
Rajiv Dubey
VP - Head of Media, Dabur India Ltd.
Rohit Markanday
Associate General Manager - GTM Rural & Distributor Operations - Adani Wilmar Ltd.
Sachin Sharma
Vice President & Head - Agri & Dairy Operations, Itc Agri Business
Sanjay Panigrahi
Member - NAC, Consultant, LMCE
Saroj Mohanty
Vice President- Marketing, Sonalika Tractors
Shuvadip Banerjee
Chief Digital Marketing Officer, ITC Ltd Food Division
Srikanth Gangisetty
Business Development Head-Agriculture Business, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Sundar Raja Vadlamani
President - SCM (FC), Seedworks International Limited
Suneet Mehta
Head Distribution and Trade Excellence, Apollo Tyres
Vishal Bhanushali
Assistance Vice President – CSR, Mahindra Finance

International Jury

Md. Abu Obaida Imon
Country head Marketing and growth - Jubilant FoodWorks Bangladesh Limited
Md. Fahiem Haque
Manager, Marketing, Akij Healthcare & Hygiene Ltd. (Bangladesh)
Muidur Rahman Tanvir
Chief Executive Officer · Mitsubishi Motors Bangladesh | Rangs Limited
Punyavathi Pally
Marcom Lead, Digital Marketing & Brand Champion - South Asia, Corteva Agriscience. (India)
Prashant Belgamwar
Regional Head- Asia Africa, Advanta Seeds (India)
Sachi Fernando
General Manager Marketing - CBL Food Cluster- CBL Group (Sri Lanka)
Sanjay Kaul
Founder & CEO - Last Mile Channel Enhancement (LMCE) (India)
Syeda Anisa Murshed
General Manager, Digital Assets & Communications - bKash (Bangladesh)
Muntasir Bhuiyan
Managing Director, High Voltage Ltd. | Managing Director, Scorecard Ltd. | Founder , Bazar 365.store (Bangladesh)
Teejae Sonza
APAC marketing and innovation executive and former Country CMO - Coca‑Cola (Philippines)
Ujaya Shakya
Founder- Outreach Nepal, Author- Brandsutra, First Vice President - Advertising Association of Nepal
Vũ Thanh Thuý
Associate Marketing Director, VitaDairy Vietnam