PAST EDITION

PACK.Nxt > PAST EDITION

PACK.Nxt was held on 18th January 2024 at The Lait, Mumbai. The event received an overwhelming response with a packed house that translated into a gathering of over 300 delegates, 40 industry leaders as speakers and 25 partners

Some of the key topics of discussion included Brand Protection and Authentication in Food, Alcobev, Pharma, Fmcg & Retail | Authentication and Security – Packaging Hurdles, Design & Anti-Counterfeiting, Blockchain and Transparency |From Concept to Shelf, to Recycling to Recyclates in the Design of Packaging |Customer Experience – Trust & Transparency in Circular Supply Chain

Several prominent PACK.Nxt industry leaders participated at the Forum, including Mr. Swarn Singh Grover, Director R&D, Kellogg’s India, Mr. Mani Vajipey, Co-Founder & CEO, Banyan Nation, Mr. Hariharan K Nair, President – Creativity & Innovation, Essel Propack Limited, Mr. Kaunain Shahidi, Group Purchasing Manager, Almarai Foods, Sanjay Ghoshal – Senior General Manager & Head, Packaging & Packaging Sustainability, Diageo India, Dr. Prabodh Halde – Head Regulatory Affairs, Marico India. Gurpreet Singh Bhimber – Head Of Procurement, Indo Nissin, Girijesh Srivastava – Global Supply Chain Manager, Sun Pharma and many more.

Agenda – PACK.NXT 2024

18th January 2024 | The Lait, Mumbai.

08:45 AM – 09:30 AM Registration and Networking Coffee & Networking Break
09:30 AM – 09:40 AM Chairman’s Address – AVPS Chakravarthi, MD, Eco Bliss
09:40 AM – 09:45 AM Keynote Speaker’s Address by Dr N.C. Saha, Former Director- Indian Institute of Packaging, Govt of India & Founder Chairman, Foundation for Innovative Packaging and Sustainability
09:45 AM – 9:55 AM Chief Guest’s Address – Dr. Vivek Saxena, PCCF, Haryana State Biodiversity Board & Former DDG, Ministry of EFCC
09:55 AM – 10:05 AM Case Study Presentation on ExxonMobil Monomaterial Solutions by Poonam Tomar, Head of Market Development, PE Primary Packaging, ExxonMobil
10:05 AM – 11:05 AM INTENTIONAL & CHOICEFUL PACKAGING: DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT
  • Ramu Ramanathan, Editor, WhatPackaging? And Print Week (Moderator)
  • Sanjay Ghoshal, Head of Packaging, Packaging Sustainability & Strategic Packaging Productivity, DIAGEO India
  • Amit Milind Kale, Associate Vice President Sourcing and Supply Chain, Reliance Retail
  • Abhishek Arora, Group Head – Strategic Sourcing and Packaging, LT Foods Limited
  • Dr. Geetal Mahajan Choudhari, Global Sustainable Packaging Lead, Kenvue
  • Riddhi Patil, Packaging Engineer, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
11:05 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee & Networking Break
Room 1 (Sustainable, Intelligent & Active) Room 2 (Packaging Recycling Summit)
11:30 AM- 11:40 AM Case Study Presentation on CocoPallet powered by Superpacks by Michiel Vos, Founder, CocoPallet
Uday Bapu, CEO, Superpacks
11:40 AM- 12:40 PM The Next Normal of Sustainable Packaging
  • Krunal Goda, Director, Anant Tattva Pvt. Ltd (Moderator)
  • Anurag Mishra, Group Head – Quality Assurance and Food Safety, Shree Renuka Sugars ( Wilmar’s Subsidiary)
  • Param Gandhi, Co-founder, Fibmold
  • Saurabh Goenka, Director- Marketing, Pashupati Group
  • Aniket Bilaye, Manager – Packaging Development, Pernod Ricard India
  • Sanjeet Kumar Jha, Executive Director, Resurgent India Limited
 Packaging Design and Functionality
  • Bhavika Shah Founder & Creative Director, Beyondesign (Moderator)
  • Siddharth Banerjee, DGM – Packaging – Contract Manufacturing: Sourcing, Godrej Consumer Product Ltd
  • Manjunath Nadella, Assistant Vice President & Head Packaging Development, Strides Pharma
  • Soumyanath Mishra, AVP & Head – Packaging Development, Mankind Pharma
  • Akshat Jain, Founder & CEO, Vegan Day
  • Pradip Som, Head – Packaging Development, Aculife Healthcare
  • Samir Udhane, Packaging Lead – ISEA, Kimberly Clark
12:50 PM – 01:50 PM Smart Labels, Security Labels and Digital Innovations for Intelligent & Connected Packaging
  • Ashish Rathi, Director – Digital & Tech in M & A, KPMG India (Moderator)
  • Yachneet Pushkarna, Chief Executive Officer, Haribol Foods
  • Ashish Anand, Technical Director, LinkSmart Technologies
  • Seera Dileep Raju, Senior Manager – Machine Learning & AI, Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Shriniwas Singh, Head of Packaging Development, Themis Medicare Ltd
  • Ishwariya Subramanian, Manager – Packaging Development, ITC Limited
 Material and Material Sourcing
  • Session Chairman – Prof Dr N.C. Saha, Former Director- Indian Institute of Packaging, Govt of India & Founder Chairman, Foundation for Innovative Packaging and Sustainability
  • TK Bandopadhyay, Technical Director, ICPE
  • Vaibhav Dugar, Founder, Vaarya Foods
  • Amol Saraf, Director, Virinica Foods Private Limited
  • Sagar Shah, Deputy Manager – Packaging Development, Unichem Laboratories
  • Ganesh Narayanswami, Head of Purchasing, John Distilleries Private Limited
01:50 PM – 02:50 PM Lunch Break
03:00 PM – 04:00 PM Raw Material Sourcing Cornerstone of Sustainable Packaging Design
  • Rajesh Kumar Gera, Packaging & Recycling Consultant, Ex-AVP, RIL-PET Division (Moderator)
  • Vaibhav Kulkarni, Head of Quality, Marico India
  • Satyendra Kumar Garg, Head Of Procurement Sourcing and SCM, CANDOR FOODS
  • Sri Krishnan J, Senior Director – Head of Quality, Process Excellence, Learning & Development, Packaging Ops & Design – Flipkart & Myntra
  • Omprakash Sadhwani, Former Joint Commissioner ( HQ ) and Drugs Controller Maharashtra, Food and Drug Administration
 Value Realization through circularity (Revenue & Cost)
  • Ritesh Mathur, Founder, F2F Food and Beverage Consultants (Moderator)
  • Meeta Gawdi, Head of Packaging Department, Candor Foods
  • Vishal Poojara, Asia Pacific Sourcing Manager Flexibles & AMEA Packaging Sustainability Leader, Mondelez International
  • Samson Ponselvan JK, VP and Head -EHS & ESG, Viyash Life Sciences
  • Aditi Agrawal, Assistant VP, Go Rewise
  • Koel Bhandra, Lead – Packaging Innovation, L’Oreal
04:00 PM – 04:20 PM Coffee & Networking Break
04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Sustainable Packaging Challenge
  • Prof Dr N.C. Saha, Former Director- Indian Institute of Packaging, Govt of India & Founder Chairman, Foundation for Innovative Packaging and Sustainability
  • Vishal Poojara, Asia Pacific Sourcing Manager Flexibles & AMEA Packaging Sustainability Leader, Mondelez International
  • Vaibhav Kulkarni, Head of Quality, Marico India
  • Samson Ponselvan JK, VP and Head -EHS & ESG, Viyash Life Sciences
  • Janavi Papriwal, Associate Partner, Circulate Capital


    • (Pitchers)
  • Trupti Arabatti – Founder and CEO, Earthworks Biomat Pvt Ltd
  • Rahul Dubey – General Manager (R&D), UFLEX
  • Nishant Dugar, EPR Head- Pan India , ReCircle
  • Anubhav Agarwal – Director, Ecovate Ventures Pvt Ltd
 Optimal Extended Producer Responsibility
  • Surabhi Soral, Head- Regulatory & Compliance, Food Safety Works (Moderator)
  • Dr. Ankur Chaturvedi – Associate VP- HSE, Excellence & Quality, Emami Ltd
  • Tusar Pattnaik, National Head EPR (Sustainability), Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
  • Amit Pathak, Group Manager- Packaging Development, Inventia
  • Rohit Shetty, Manager – Supply Chain Procurement, Burger King India
  • Vijay Rohit, Deputy Manager – Packaging Development, Bajaj Consumer Ltd
5:30 PM Onwards Closing Note & Networking Break

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