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Plenary Sessions
Breakout Sessions
September 3, 2025
8.00 am - 9.00 am
- 60 Mins
Registration
9.00 am - 9.15 am
- 15 Mins
Opening Session
- Udeta
9.15 am - 10.45 am
- 90 Mins
Transforming Agriculture: Expanding the Role of Digital Public Goods and Open Networks in Shaping the Future
Panel discussion
Roli Jindal Co-Founder & CEO RMSI Cropalytics
Speakers
Hemendra Mathur
Co-founder
ThinkAg
Yuvraj Ahuja
Program Coordinator, India AgTech
World Bank Group
Roli Jindal
Co-Founder & CEO
RMSI Cropalytics
Siddharth Prakash
Product Manager & Strategic Technical Advisor
Google Cloud
Brij Purohit
Co-Founder
SellerApp
Viswanathan Ravichandran
Partner
Deloitte
Bharath Shankar Ganapathy
Sr. Program Manager | Volunteer
Beckn Open Collective
Sushma Vasudevan
Managing Director and Partner
The Boston Consulting Group
- Udeta
10.45 am - 11.00 am
- 15 Mins
Networking
11.00 am - 12.15 pm
- 75 Mins
Empowering Grassroots: Driving Social Development and Bridging Farmers to AgTech Solutions
Panel discussion
Speakers
Kanishka Chatterjee
Managing Director
the^delta prize
Saurabh Singhvi
Founder
FarmD
Jagjeet Singh Kandal
Country Director
IDH India Hub
Bharati Joshi
CEO
Grameen Foundation India
Vivek Sinha
Team Lead-Fund Manager (SVP)
ACCESS Development Services
Sachin Nandwana
Director & Co-Founder
BigHaat Agro
- Udeta
12.15 pm - 12.35 pm
- 20 Mins
Fireside chat 1
Ashima Bajaj Seth
Head- Digital & Information Technology
Godrej Agrovet
- Udeta
12:35 PM - 1.30 pm
- 65 Mins
Lunch
1.30 pm - 3.00 pm
- 90 Mins
Digital Disruption in Agriculture Finance: Provider and User Perspectives
Panel discussion
Arindom Datta
Senior Advisor / Venture Partner
Ragavan Venkatesan
Founder & CEO
DGV
Presenter
Amit Arora
Senior Rural & Agri Finance Specialist
The World Bank Group
Speakers
Arindom Datta
Senior Advisor / Venture Partner
Ragavan Venkatesan
Founder & CEO
Digivriddhi Technologies
Ankur Bansal
Co-Founder & Director
BlackSoil Capital
Sunil Kumar Tadepalli
Founding Team Member
Avanti
Hemasundar Dhavili
Co-Founder & COO
AquaExchange Agritech
Albert Boogaard
Head Smallholder Solutions
Rabobank
Yogendra Shelkey
General Manager, Agribusiness Unit
State Bank of India
- Udeta
3.00 pm - 3.15 pm
- 15 Mins
Networking
3.15 pm - 4.45 pm
- 90 Mins
Novel Input Technologies: Innovations Transforming Global Agriculture
Panel discussion
Paresh Verma
Executive Director
Bioseed Research India, DCM Shriram
Ajai Rana
Savannah Seeds
CEO
Speakers
Duraiswami Narain
Partner
AgVayā
Paresh Verma
Executive Director
Bioseed Research India, DCM Shriram
Ajai Rana
APAC Business Lead, RiceTec
CEO & MD, Savannah Seeds
Chairman, FSII
Vijay Chauhan
Global Business Lead
BioSTL
Anil Jain
Executive Director - Strategy and Operations
Crystal Crop Protection
Agam Khare
Founder & Group CEO
Absolute
- Udeta
5.15 pm - 5.30 pm
- 15 Mins
Launch of Austrade's India-Australia AgTech Business Opportunities Report
Report launch
- Udeta
4.45 pm - 6.00 pm
- 75 Mins
Beyond Boundaries: How Cross-Border Partnerships Unlock AgFood Innovation
Panel discussion
Ankur Kathuria
Partner – Climate & Agriculture
Intellecap Advisory Services Private Limited
Speakers
Nisha Rakhesh
Head, International Partnerships & Strategy (Food & Environment)
Western Sydney University
Rahul Agrawal
Partner
Micro Save Consulting
Ankur Kathuria
Partner – Climate & Agriculture
Intellecap Advisory Services
Rajat Vardhan
Founder & CEO
ScaNxt Scientific Technologies
Mary Overington
Trade and Investment Commissioner – South Asia
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Ankit Jain
Co-Founder
EF Polymer
Marcin Stryczek
Director
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
- Udeta
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
- 90 Mins
Funding the Future: Capital Strategies for Accelerated Climate Action
Panel discussion
Ankur Kathuria
Partner – Climate & Agriculture
Intellecap Advisory Services Private Limited
Speakers
Aparna Dua
Partner
The Blended Finance Company
Shruti Srivastava
Investment Director
Avaana Capital
Sai Pramodh
VP & Business Head - Investments
Caspian Impact Investments
Hari Rajagopal
Impact Finance Specialist
Rabo Foundation
Srinivas Ramanujam
CEO
Villgro
Arindom Datta
Senior Advisor / Venture Partner
- Udeta
8.00 pm onwards
Cocktail dinner
Plenary Sessions
Breakout Sessions
September 4, 2025
8.00 am - 9.00 am
- 60 Mins
Registration
9.00 am - 9.15 am
- 15 Mins
Presentation- ThinkAg's AgFood Tech in India- Innovation & Investment Report 2025
Presentation
- Udeta
9.15 am - 10.30 am
- 75 Mins
From Innovation to Impact: Investment Strategies for Agricultural Transformation
Panel discussion
Speakers
Raman Ahuja
Co-Founder
ThinkAg
Jinesh Shah
Managing Partner
Omnivore
Arvind Kodikal
Investment Manager
Accion International
Subhadeep Sanyal
India Lead
Wavemaker Impact
Ritu Verma
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Ankur Capital
- Udeta
10.30 am - 10.45 am
- 15 Mins
Networking
10.45 am - 12.00 pm
- 75 Mins
The Connected Dairy: Accelerating Digital Adoption from Production to Plate
Panel discussion
Shiva Mudgil
Operations Officer
IFC
Shridhar Mehta
Chairman & Managing Director
Prompt DairyTech
Speakers
Shiva Mudgil
Operations Officer
IFC
Ranjith Mukundan
CEO
Stellapps Technologies
Bharat Kakade
President & Managing Trustee
BAIF Development Research Foundation
Shridhar Pravinchandra Mehta
Chairman & Managing Director
Prompt Equipments
Vamseedhar Reddy Kunapareddy China
SVP Operations
Sids Farm
Dr. Kaustubh Bhave
Senior Thematic Program Executive
BAIF Development Research Foundation
- Udeta
12.00 pm - 12.15 pm
- 15 Mins
Networking
12.15 pm - 1.30 pm
- 75 Mins
Unlocking Supportive Funding to Accelerate Startup Growth
Panel discussion
Suhasini Singh
Global Head - Sustainable Food Debt | Country Director - India
responsAbility Investments AG
Abhijit Ray
Co-founder and Managing Director
UC Inclusive Credit
Speakers
Suhasini Singh
Global Head - Sustainable Food & India Country Director
responsAbility Investments
Abhijit Ray
Co-founder and Managing Director
UC Inclusive Credit
Sai Pramodh
VP & Business Head - Investments
Caspian Impact Investments
Mahmood Hussain
Sr Vice President
NABKISAN
Prabakaran S
Business Head BBG, MSME, Agriculture and PSL
RBL Bank
Bram Spann
Regional Lead Asia
Rabo Foundation
- Udeta
1.30 pm - 2.15 pm
- 45 Mins
Lunch
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
- 90 Mins
From Local Fields to Global Markets: How AgTech Powers AgriFood Exports
Panel discussion
Speakers
K S Narayanan
Advisor
Srivatsa Sreenivasarao
CEO
TraceX Technologies
Pankaj Khandelwal
Co-CEO
INI Farms
Shashank Kumar
CEO
Green Agrevolution (DEHAAT)
Vilas Shinde
Chairman and Managing Director
Sahyadri Farms
Shailendra T Nair
Head of Corporate Development
Captain Fresh
Shyam Sundar Singh
Co-Founder & COO
DeHaat
Rohit Majhi
Co-Founder and CTO
Maalexi
- Udeta
3.45 pm - 4.00 pm
- 15 Mins
Networking
4.00 pm - 5.15 pm
- 75 Mins
Beyond the Harvest: Unlocking Local Value Through Innovations in Storage, Processing, and Supply Chains
Panel discussion
Prasanna Rao
Co-Founder & CEO
Arya Collateral Warehousing Services
Nidhi Pant
Co-Founder - Finance & Partnerships
S4S Technologies
Speakers
Nidhi Pant
Co-Founder - Finance & Partnerships
S4S Technologies
Subhadeep Sanyal
India Lead
Wavemaker Impact
Prasanna Rao
Co-Founder & CEO
Arya Collateral Warehousing Services
Dr. Prithwi Singh
Co-founder & CEO
Khetika
Praveen Gupta
Vice President - South Asia & Middle East
GrainPro
Deepak Rajmohan
CEO
GreenPod Labs
Ashwin Pawade
Co-Founder and Lead (Partnerships)
S4S Technologies
- Udeta
5.15 pm - 5.45 pm
- 30 Mins
Fireside chat 2
Dr. R G Agarwal
Chairman Emeritus
Dhanuka Agritech
- Udeta
5.45 pm - 6.00 pm
- 15 Mins
