Organising Committee Members
Mr. Ramkumar Menon
Chairman
World Spice Organisation
Mr. Prakash Namboodiri
Vice Chairman, WSO &
Director, AB Mauri India
Mr. Ganapathy K D
Business Committee Chair, NSC 2026 &
Managing Direcor, NedSpice India
Mr. Emmanuel Nambusseril
Chairman, AISEF &
Chief Marketing Officer, Akay Natural Ingredients
Mr. Abhishek Poddar
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Managing Director, Nani Agro Foods
Mr. Mathew Jacob
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Vice President Agri Division, Mane Kancor
Mr. Nishesh Shah
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Managing Partner, Universal Oleoresins
Mr. Sanjeev Bisht
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Head, ITC Agri Business Division
Mr. Sreedhar Kaluva
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Deputy General Manager, Olam Food Ingredients
Mr. Thomas Daniel
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Chief Procurement Officer, Plant Lipids
Dr. Venugopal KJ
Managing Committee Member, WSO &
Managing Director, FSQS Inc.
Mr. Phillip Kuruvilla
Advisor
WSO
Mr. Parneet Swani
Core Committee Member, NSC 2026 &
Director, Swani Spices
Mr. Amarander Y
Core Committee Member, NSC 2026 & Head Backward Integration,
Sustainability and Procurement, ITC - ABD, Spices
Mr. Karthik Udayakumar
Core Committee Member, NSC 2026 &
Director, Asian Spices
