Speakers

1145 - 1315 Hrs
Business Session I
Session Chair: Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, Government of India*
Counterfeits & Pass-off products: Stay Ahead of the curve



Mr. Ashok Gupta

Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
and Chairman, FICCI Brand Protection Committee

Exploring new territories: Reaching bottom of the pyramid

Mr Kurush N Grant

Chief Executive, Tobacco & FMCG division, ITC Ltd

Needs & Expectations of Evolving Consumer: Evolving trends and spends:

Ms Saloni Nangia

Vice President, Mindscape

1415 - 1515 Hrs
Business Session II
Goods and Services Tax (GST): Future Perfect Tax Regime
Session Moderation : Ms Shireen Bhan, Executive Editor, CNBC TV18*
Mr Satya Poddar, Partner, Ernst & Young                 Presentation on GST

Special Address by:

Shri Satish Chandra, Member Secretary, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers

Panel Discussion

Mr Satya Poddar

Partner, Ernst & Young

Prof Mahesh C. Purohit

President & Director, Foundation for Public Economics & Policy Research.

Mr Deepak Acharya

General Counsel & Director - Procter & Gamble India

Q & A
1530 - 1630 Hrs
Business Session III
Fillip to FMCG sector: New age consumers and modern retail
Session Chair: Mr Martin Dlouhy, Managing Director, Metro Cash & Carry*
Evolving Retail: Organized and Unorganized:

Mr Vinod Sawhny

President and COO, Bharti Retail

Channel Partnership & Key Account Management:

Mr Praveen Someshwar,


Executive Director- Bottling Operations, PepsiCo

Competition posed by "private labels" to Established Brands:

Mr Atulit Saxena

Chief Operating Officer – Future Brands, Pantaloon Retail India Ltd.

Increasing focus on health & Wellness:

Mr Shrijeet Mishra,

Executive Director - Foods, Hindustan Unilever Ltd

1715 - 1815 Hrs
Panel Discussion
Leveraging current economic scenario
Session moderation: Mr Shivnath Thukral, Managing Editor of NDTV Profit*

Mr Shantanu Khosla

Managing Director, P&G

Mr Dalip Jolly, Managing Director - Fena (P) Limited
Mr Partha Rakshit. Managing Director, South Asia, The Nielsen Company*
Prof. K.L. Krishna, Chairman, Center for Economic and Social Studies

Mr Dharmakirti Joshi

Director and Principal Economist, Centre for Economic Research CRISIL

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