Rural Marketing

Past Editions

2018

Role Players 2018

Prukalpa Sankar, Co-Founder, SocialCops
Raghu Roy, Managing Director, MaRS Monitoring and Research Systems Private Limited
Vivek Dwivedi, Founder & CEO, Rural Connect
Manoj Rawat, MD & CEO, ValueFin India
Prashant Mandke, Management Consultant, Social Impact Business & Rural Marketing
Laxmi Prakash Semwal, Managing Director, FFT Himalayan Fresh Produce Pvt. Ltd.
Venkatram Vasantavada, Chief Executive Officer, Seedworks International Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Lakshmikant Pandey, Managing Director, Ananya Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
Bimalendu Mishra, General Manager, Mascot Pump Ltd.
Iriventi Sridhar Murthy, Founder Director, GoBhaarati Agro Industries and Services Pvt. Ltd.
Devendra Mohan Sharma, Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Communications, Sintex-Bapl Limited
Dr. Renuka Karandikar, Director, BioPrime Agrisolutions Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Trimbakrao Tulshiram Patil, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahafeed Speciality Fertilizers (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Raghavendra Hunasgi, Founder & CEO, Thought Folks Digital
Prasenjit Sengupta, Business Consultant (Emerging Markets), MART Global Management Solutions LLP

2017

Role Players 2017

Anjaney Bhutada, Founder & Director, Go4fresh
Ankush R Patil, Vice President - Sales and Marketing (India/SAARC), SDF India
C. S. Sadasivan, Chief Executive (Marketing), Jk Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
Jayashree Rao, National Head - Rural Business, Ion Exchange Limited
Dr. Lakshmikant Pandey, Managing Director, Ananya Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
Manish Odeka, Sr. Vice President & Head – Risk Rural Business, Fullerton India Credit Company Limited
Prashant Mandke, Independent Consultant
Raghu Roy, Managing Director, MaRS Monitoring and Research Systems Private Limited
Rohtash Mal, CMD, EM3 Agriservices Pvt. Ltd.
Santosh Ojha, Vice President - Marketing, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
Siddhartha Choudhary, Chief Revenue Officer, CropIn Technology
Siddhartha Jain, Associate Director – Trade Marketing, Sales, Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd
Venkatesh Srinivasan, Director, RW Promotions Pvt. Ltd.
Vineet Mittal, Rural Communications and Content Expert

2016

Chairman

Sanjay Kaul, Founder and CEO, ( Impact Communications )

Role Players 2016

Rajeev Kaimal, Head Business and Patnership, Samunnati Financial Intermediation& Services Pvt Ltd
Sharad Varshney, Sr. Vice President (Planning), LINENAGE(a division of LOWE)
Vinay Thakker, Chief Executive Officer, Oddinary Marketing India Pvt. Ltd.
Upmanyu Patil, CEO, Sakhi Unique Rural Enterprise
Prashant Mandke, Vice President & Head, Anugrah Madison
Karthik Natarajan, Director-Strategy and New Initiatives, Inthree Access Services Pvt Ltd
Anjaney Bhutada, Director/ Founder, Go4fresh
Venkatram Vasantavada, President - Agribusiness, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
Amit Jain, Founder & CEO, Healthpoint Services
Prabhat Chaturvedi, Head Agribusiness, IndusInd Bank
Venkatesh Srinivasan, Director, RW Promotions Pvt. Ltd.
Nikhil Sharma, Partner – MART, Director – MART Academy Pvt. Ltd. (MAPL)
Sunandan Madan, Co-founder | Director, Dhwani Rural Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Raghu Roy, Managing Director, MaRS Monitoring and Research Systems Private Limited
Ashutosh Kumar Sinha, Head – Agribusiness, LT Foods Limited
Suvodeep Das, Global Marketing Director, Greenlight Planet Inc.
Santosh Dash, Chief Executive Officer, Sahaj e-Village Limited
Aryendra Kumar, Head Of Housing Finance, Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd
Veerendra Jamdade, Founder Director and CEO , Vritti Solutions Limited
Neeraj Chandra, Vice President, Rural Business, Hero Cycles Ltd.
Anil K Singh, Secretary cum Chief Executive, Network of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (NEED)

2015

Role Players 2015

Pradeep Lokhande, Founder, Rural Relations (Chairman)
Ashutosh Kumar Sinha, CEO, Villgro Innovation Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
Antony Cherukara, Vice President – Strategy Cell & Head- Agri & Allied Business, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
K R Venkatadri, COO - Agribusiness, Rallis India Ltd
Puneet Kumar Vidyarthi, GM and Head - Rural, JCB India Ltd
Rajan Aggarwal, Head Crop Solutions and Application Marketing, Escorts Limited
Dr Rakesh Singh, Chairman, Institute of Supply Chain Management
Taranbir Singh, Business Head – Agri & Rural Banking, Micro and Small Enterprises, ING Vysya Bank
Vinay Thakker, Founder and CEO, Oddinary Marketing, India Pvt. Ltd
Mahesh Israni, Chief Marketing Officer, Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd
Prashant Mandke, VP and Head, Anugrah Madison
Dushyant K Tyagi, SBU head, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.
Venkatesh Srinivasan, Director, RW Promotions Pvt. Ltd.

Advisory Council

Antony Cherukara, Vice President – Strategy Cell & Head- Agri & Allied Business, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
Ashutosh Kumar Sinha, CEO, Villgro Innovation Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Rakesh Singh, Chairman, Institute of Supply Chain Management
K R Venkatadri, COO - Agribusiness, Rallis India Ltd
Kuchibhotla Srinivas, CEO, Frontier Growth Advisors
Mamta Mishra, President, Drishtee Foundation
Prashant Mandke, VP and Head, Anugrah Madison
Puneet Kumar Vidyarthi, GM and Head - Rural, JCB India Ltd
Rajan Aggarwal, Head Crop Solutions and Application Marketing, Escorts Limited
Ranjan Sinha, CEO & Director, NORR Advisors
Ravi Shankar, EVP and Head - Business & Marketing, Fullerton India
Dr. Rajaram Tripathi, Founder, Maa Danteshwari Organic Herbal Farms
Venkatesh Srinivasan, Marketing Director, Real World Promotions

2014

Role Players 2014

Avinash Oza, Group Director Brand Communications, DDB Mudra Max, Mumbai.
Ashish Tandon, Vice President – Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Gram Vaani Community Media.
Ashok Anantharaman, Director Sales & Marketing, New Holland Fiat India Pvt Ltd.
Kuchibhotla Srinivas, CEO, Frontier Growth Advisors.
Mona Rai, Head-Marketing Services, Tata Chemicals.
Pranay Kumar, Secretary, Consultants for Rural Area Development Linked Economy (CRADLE).
Prashant Mandke, VP & Head, Anugrah Madison (Part of Madison World).
Puneet Kumar Vidyarthi, General Manager & Head – Rural, JCB India Limited.
Rajendra Dhandhukia, Chief Operating Officer, Abbott Truecare Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
Ravi Shankar, Executive Vice President Marketing & Rural Business, Fullerton India Credit Company Limited.
S.A. Vasudevamurthy, Chairman and MD, Ratnagiri Impex.
S. Sundara Rajan, Chief Executive Officer, Janani AgriServe (Janani Foods Pvt Ltd).
Sanjay Kumar Panigrahi, Chief Executive Officer, Sahaj e-Village Ltd.
Sanjeev Goyle, Sr. Vice President - Marketing and AppliTrac, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. FES (Tractor Division).
Sharad Varshney, Sr. Vice President (Planning), LINENAGE(a division of LOWE).
Taranbir Singh, Business Head – Agri & Rural Banking, Micro and Small Enterprises, ING Vysya Bank.
V Sathya Kumar, Executive Director (Micro Insurance), Life Insurance Corporation of India.
Veerendra Jamdade, Founder Director and CEO, Vritti Solutions Ltd.
Vinay Thakker, Founder and CEO, Oddinary Marketing India Pvt. Ltd.

2012

Role Players 2012

Adrian Terron, Executive Director, The Nielsen Company
Ajay Sundaram, Country Head, Mudra Terra
Anirban Roy, Country Head - Arogya Parivar, Novartis India Ltd.
Avinash Oza, Director Brand Communications, Mudra Communications
Deepa Bachu, Director, Emerging Market Innovation, Intuit India
Gautam Mohanka, Director, Solid Solar
Krishna B. Mariyanka, Director, Aikya Global
Manish Vishnoei, Director, Institute of Management and Development action (IMD), Indore
Rahul Sharma, Department Head (Centre for Rural Information & Insights), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Sameer Satpathy, Executive Vice-President and Head (Marketing), Marico
Sanal Kumar Velayudhan, Author, Rural Marketing - Targeting the non-urban consumer
Sanjeev Goyle, Sr. Vice President - Marketing, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. FES (Tractor Division)
Sunil Khosla, President, Fourth Estate India
Veerendra Jamdade, Founder Director and CEO, Vritti Solutions Ltd.
Vineet Mittal, Business Head, Rural Big 92.7 FM
Anuj Pasrija, Country Head - Arogya Parivar, Novartis India Ltd.
Dr. Pradip Kumar Sarmah, Executive Director, Centre for Rural Development