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2023

Sumita Garg

Sumita Garg

Head - Retail Concepts and Operations
Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
Erik-Jan Middelhoven

Erik-Jan Middelhoven

Home Furnishing & Retail Design Manager
IKEA
Bijou Kurien

Bijou Kurien

Chairman
Retailers Association of India (RAI)
Hari Krishnan

Hari Krishnan

GM/Head of Visual Merchandising
Reliance Retail
Santhosh Kumar

Santhosh Kumar

Head - Projects
Apparel group india pvt ltd.
Chitrangad Bareja

Chitrangad Bareja

General Manager Visual Merchandising
Bluestone
Bipin Barma

Bipin Barma

Head Design and Projects
Aditya Birla Fashion and Lifestyle
Palani Kumar

Palani Kumar

Associate Vice President Integrated Retail Services
Titan
Karan Bhardwaj

Karan Bhardwaj

CEO
Experiential etc.
Gobind Kumar Singh

Gobind Kumar Singh

Head Retail Experience - Projects & VM
Wildcraft
Ritesh Srivastava

Ritesh Srivastava

General manager - After sales setup, Visual merchandising and brand experience
Tata Motors
Sanjay Agarwal

Sanjay Agarwal

Co-Founder & MD
FRDC
Rakesh Bhatia

Rakesh Bhatia

Senior Vice President
Ecofirst Services
Vishal Shah

Vishal Shah

Head - Store Development
Tim Hortons India
Sanjay Maniram

Sanjay Maniram

Lead Retail Marketing, Store Design and Construction
Xiaomi India
Minaz Magdum

Minaz Magdum

Design Head - Retail
Reliance Retail
Jaydeep Shetty

Jaydeep Shetty

Consulting Partner
Green Honchos
Krupasagar Sridharan

Krupasagar Sridharan

Director | Special Projects
Custom Technologies Design Lab Pvt. Ltd.
Rohit Midha

Rohit Midha

Director – Service Sales
Lenovo
Sanket Rambhia

Sanket Rambhia

Managing Director and Founder
Xtreme Media
Ms. Prajakta Ramteke

Ms. Prajakta Ramteke

Head, Marketing Communication
ITC Ltd. - Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division (PSPD)
Mansa Jain

Mansa Jain

Assistant General Manager: VM & Store Design
Kama Ayurveda
Rohit Patra

Rohit Patra

Director
Archateliê
Vishal Patankar

Vishal Patankar

Executive Client Director
Landor & Fitch India
Tejaswini S Nigam

Tejaswini S Nigam

Deputy General Manager
Pepe Jeans India Limited.
Priyanka Mariwala

Priyanka Mariwala

Strategist and Client Manager
Landor & Fitch India
Shyam Sunder K

Shyam Sunder K

Co-founder, Principal Architect & Managing Director
Pranav Kumar P

Pranav Kumar P

Head – Product Development
Piyush Bhandari

Piyush Bhandari

Co-founder
JUMPINGGOOSE®
Nagendra Rajopant

Nagendra Rajopant

Head - International Business
Focus Lighting
Neelabh Maitreya

Neelabh Maitreya

Store Development Director - DTC
Adidas

2022

KUMAR RAJAGOPALAN

KUMAR RAJAGOPALAN

Chief Executive Officer
Retailers Association of India (RAI)
Niladri Mukherjee

Niladri Mukherjee

Founder & Managing Director
Glue Design
Kurnal Rawat

Kurnal Rawat

Creative Director
Landor & Fitch
Arnab Ray

Arnab Ray

Creative Director
Landor & Fitch
Meenaz Shamim

Meenaz Shamim

Business Director- India & Middle East
SGK Inc.
Gerard Rebello

Gerard Rebello

Creative Director- Retail & Brand Experience
Elephant Design
Rashoo Kame

Rashoo Kame

Director Account Management
Wooqer
Rajiv Nair

Rajiv Nair

Group CEO
Kaya Limited
Dr. Mahesh M.

Dr. Mahesh M.

CEO
Creaticity
Hemant Sud

Hemant Sud

Founder / Director / Principal Designer / Chairman
Abraxas Interiors / Dimension Designers Pvt. Ltd / Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIIID-DRC
Hasmukh Shah

Hasmukh Shah

Founder
Advance Designs and Lifestyle- ADL
Nishita Kamdar

Nishita Kamdar

Founder and Principal Architect
Studio Nishita Kamdar
Nandini Somaya Sampat

Nandini Somaya Sampat

Principal Architect
SNK Somaya and Kalappa Consultants
Rishu Anand

Rishu Anand

Chairman-Elect Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Delhi Regional Chapter;
Founder, Twenty North
M.R. Subramonian

M.R. Subramonian

Managing Director
Adtech Systems Ltd.
Rachna Lanewala

Rachna Lanewala

Studio Director
The One Off
Richard Collier

Richard Collier

Creative Director and Partner
The One Off
Rajat Wahi

Rajat Wahi

Partner
Deloitte Consulting, India.
Amit Jadav

Amit Jadav

Partner
Studio DXB
Adam Devey Smith

Adam Devey Smith

Managing Partner
The One Off
Anuradha Singh

Anuradha Singh

Business Head
IFB International
Shradha Kurup

Shradha Kurup

General Manager & Head- Retail Marketing & Visual Merchandising Raymond Ltd
Raymond Ltd
Akash Kumar

Akash Kumar

VM Head
Landmark
Surender Gnanaolivu

Surender Gnanaolivu

Sr Consultant Retail Experience | Lead Strategy & Development, 4Dimensions Retail Design
4Dimensions Retail Design

2019

JAMSHED SOLI DABOO

JAMSHED SOLI DABOO

Managing Director
Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd
BIJOU KURIEN

BIJOU KURIEN

Strategy Board Member
L Catterton Asia
VINEET GAUTAM

VINEET GAUTAM

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Country Head
BESTSELLER India
PAVITRA RAJARAM

PAVITRA RAJARAM

Lead Designer & Director Of VM
Good Earth
SILVIO KIRCHMAIR

SILVIO KIRCHMAIR

CEO
Umdasch – The Store Makers
ANGELA GEARHART

ANGELA GEARHART

VP, Brand Experience
Sleep Number
RAJAT WAHI

RAJAT WAHI

Partner And Head , Consulting-Consumer Business
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
PUNEET CHADHA

PUNEET CHADHA

Director, Marketing Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific And Japan
HP
SUBHASH S

SUBHASH S

CEO
Watasale
PARU MINOCHA

PARU MINOCHA

Managing Director- Qualitative & Consumer West
Kantar IMRB
ELKE MOEBIUS

ELKE MOEBIUS

Global Head Of Retail / Retail Technologies, Director
EuroShop And EuroCIS
Nuno Rosa

Nuno Rosa

Head Of VM And Styling E-Commerce Manager
Vero Moda – BESTSELLER India
Roya Sullivan

Roya Sullivan

National Window Director
Macy’s
SCOTT CHRISTOPHER DEVINE

SCOTT CHRISTOPHER DEVINE

Senior Vice President - Visual Presentation
Macy’s
KEN NISCH

KEN NISCH

Chairman
JGA
TEJINDER SINGH

TEJINDER SINGH

COO
Arvind Internet Ltd
NIKUNJ JAIN

NIKUNJ JAIN

Group Strategy
Mahindra
SURESH SEERNA

SURESH SEERNA

Director
South India Shopping Malls
AKSHAY KAPOOR

AKSHAY KAPOOR

Director
Kapsons Group
HARISH RAMNANI

HARISH RAMNANI

Managing Partner & Director
Karachi Bakery
AANCHAL JAIN

AANCHAL JAIN

COO, Entrepreneurial Practice
Futurebrands Consulting
SANJAY AGARWAL

SANJAY AGARWAL

Managing Director
Future Research Design Company (FRDC)
MRIDUMESH KUMAR RAI

MRIDUMESH KUMAR RAI

Group President
Sara Futura Group
M. C. CARIAPPA

M. C. CARIAPPA

President – Sales & Marketing
Jockey India
SHYAM SUNDER K

SHYAM SUNDER K

Founder & Managing Director
Four Dimensions Retail Design (4D)
SHRAVAN SUTHAR

SHRAVAN SUTHAR

Founder & Principle Designer
Shravan’s Design Company
RAMESH KAUSHIK

RAMESH KAUSHIK

VP-Brand Experience
Blackberrys
LLOYD MATHIAS

LLOYD MATHIAS

Independent Marketing Consultant & Ex-Marketing Head
HP’s Consumer PC Business, Asia-Pac & Japan
ADITYA KRISHNA

ADITYA KRISHNA

Head – Category Planning & Activation
Mondelez International
DIVYA PANDE

DIVYA PANDE

Regional Sourcing Manager & Procurement & Trade Marketing – AMEA
Mondelez International
AMITA KARWAL

AMITA KARWAL

Managing Director – India
HH Global
AMIT SHAH

AMIT SHAH

Managing Director
Spectrum Scan India Pvt Ltd
HUZEFA KANORWALA

HUZEFA KANORWALA

Founder & CEO
CTRL M Print Management India
PAUL KHOURY

PAUL KHOURY

Client Services Director – South AMEA
TMS Global
RAGESH BHATIA

RAGESH BHATIA

Co-Founder
Renam Retail

2018

Ajay Kelkar

Ajay Kelkar

Co-founder & COO
Hansa Customer Equity Pvt. Ltd
Anurag Sehgal

Anurag Sehgal

Founder Director & Principal Interaction Designer
Experiential Design Lab ,India, iThink Interaction Design FZC
Avnish Kumar

Avnish Kumar

Director
Neeru’s
Beena Thomas

Beena Thomas

GM- Trade Promotion Management
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd
Bijou Kurien

Bijou Kurien

Strategy Board Member
L Catterton Asia
Chef Sabyasachi Gorai

Chef Sabyasachi Gorai

Founder
Fabrica by Chef Saby
David Kepron

David Kepron

Vice President – Design
Global Design Strategies Marriott International
Elke Moebius

Elke Moebius

Global Head of Retail / Retail Technologies, Director
EuroShop and EuroCIS
Hans Werner Reinhard

Hans Werner Reinhard

Managing Director
Messe Dusseldorf
JAMSHED SOLI DABOO

JAMSHED SOLI DABOO

Managing Director
Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd
Jane Perry

Jane Perry

Managing Director
Geometry Global Singapore
Jayant Kochar

Jayant Kochar

Retail Strategy Consultant & Leadership Mentor
Go Fish
Joe Baer

Joe Baer

Co-Founder and Creative Executive Officer
ZenGenius, Inc.,
K Radhakrishnan

K Radhakrishnan

Co-Founder
Tata starquik.com
Manish Makhijani

Manish Makhijani

CMI Head - South Asia
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Pearlraj P Cannivady

Pearlraj P Cannivady

VP - Marketing & VM
SPAR Hypermarket
Rohit Patra

Rohit Patra

Head- Projects
Reliance Brands
Sagar Daryani

Sagar Daryani

Co-Founder & CEO
Wow! Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Sarvesh Dwivedi

Sarvesh Dwivedi

VP - E-Commerce & Omni Channel
Lifestyle International
Surender Gnanaolivu

Surender Gnanaolivu

Sr Consultant
Retail Experience
Sushmita Balasubramaniam

Sushmita Balasubramaniam

Practice Head
Kantar Shopper Insights
Vaibhav Parab

Vaibhav Parab

Chief - Projects (Strategic Design Cell)
Future Group
Vishal Kapoor

Vishal Kapoor

Group Chief Design Officer
Future Group India ltd
Vivek Bali

Vivek Bali

COO
Sephora India at Arvind Lifestyle Brands

2016

Alok Agarwal

Alok Agarwal

Head - Marketing Excellence
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd
Ambrish Arora

Ambrish Arora

CEO & Design Principal
LOTUS
Balaji Natarajan

Balaji Natarajan

Creative head
Visual Merchandising, Graphic and Store design, Titan company Ltd.
Bijou Kurien

Bijou Kurien

Member Strategy Board - L Capital Asia
Chairman Managing Committee In-Store Asia 2016
Bivashkumar Ganguli

Bivashkumar Ganguli

Division Head West
Marico Limited
Christopher Brace

Christopher Brace

Founder and CEO
Syntegrate Consulting
Dominic Twyford

Dominic Twyford

Client Services Director
FITCH South Asia
James Breaks

James Breaks

Associate Director
Design, rpa:group, London
Kumar Rajagopalan

Kumar Rajagopalan

Chief Executive Officer
Retailers Association of India
Michael Degen

Michael Degen

Executive Director
Messe Düsseldorf
Michale Gerling

Michale Gerling

CEO
EHI Retail Institute
Michelle Adams

Michelle Adams

Founder
Marketing Brainology
Peyush Bansal

Peyush Bansal

Founder & CEO
Lenskart
Prasenjit Ray

Prasenjit Ray

Founder & CEO
In-store Consulting Services
Rahul Saigal

Rahul Saigal

Group Chief Operating Officer
Geometry Global Encompass Network
Samrat Som

Samrat Som

Royal Enfield apparel & Accessories business
Eicher Motors Ltd.
Sasikumar Ramaswamy

Sasikumar Ramaswamy

Sr VP Store Design and Projects
Landmark Group
Smita Gupta

Smita Gupta

Director of India Operations
Gensler
Sreyoshi Maitra

Sreyoshi Maitra

Director
Shopper, Nielsen, India
Sudhir Soundalgekar

Sudhir Soundalgekar

Director Projects
Raymonds
Surender Gnanaolivu

Surender Gnanaolivu

Sr Consultant Retail Experience
& Consulting Editor VM&RD
Venu Nair

Venu Nair

Managing Director
Marks & Spencer Reliance India
Vishal Kapoor

Vishal Kapoor

Chief Design Officer
Future Group India Ltd.

2015

Abhay Gupta

Abhay Gupta

Founder & CEO
Luxury Connect & Luxury Connect Business School (LCBS)
Abhishek Malhotra

Abhishek Malhotra

Partner
AT Kearney, India
Arunachalam Muruganantham

Arunachalam Muruganantham

CEO
Jayaashree Industries
Ashish Jhalani

Ashish Jhalani

Founder
eTailing India
Asim Dalal

Asim Dalal

MD
The Bombay Store
Bharat Bambawale

Bharat Bambawale

Founder & Principal
BB&A
Chalavadi Naga Kanaka Durga Prasad

Chalavadi Naga Kanaka Durga Prasad

Founder, Chairman & MD
Sai Silks (Kalamandir)
Charulata Ravi Kumar

Charulata Ravi Kumar

CEO
Razorfish India
Damodar Mall

Damodar Mall

CEO
Grocery Retail, Reliance Retail
Darshan Mehta

Darshan Mehta

CEO
Reliance Brands
Ektaa Aggarwal

Ektaa Aggarwal

Creative Director
Landor
G K Suresh

G K Suresh

VP Marketing
Foods Business, ITC Limited
Jayant Kochar

Jayant Kochar

MD
Go Fish Retail Consulting
Jaydeep Shetty

Jaydeep Shetty

Founder & CEO
Mineral Fashions
Jo Pennycuick

Jo Pennycuick

Founder & MD
Redesign Group, NZ
Ken Nisch

Ken Nisch

Chairman
JGA, USA
Mohit Khattar

Mohit Khattar

MD
Godrej Nature’s Basket
Natasha Tuli

Natasha Tuli

Co-Founder & CEO
Soulflower
Nitin Saini

Nitin Saini

Head - Customer Marketing
Mondelez India
Pooja Passi

Pooja Passi

Vice President
TNS India
Pratibha Chillar

Pratibha Chillar

Head – Marketing
The MobileStore

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