TEDxIIMJammu

Speakers

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• Gaurav Palrecha

  Founder, Madmix

  Gaurav Palrecha is the Founder of Madmix, a health-focused food and snacking brand built around the belief that healthier eating should not require compromising on taste or affordability. A third-generation entrepreneur, Gaurav has built Madmix by combining traditional flavours with healthier ingredients and innovative product formats. The brand has expanded across snacks and ready-to-cook products, with a focus on baked, millet-based and preservative-free offerings. Gaurav appeared on Shark Tank India Season 4, where he secured an investment of ₹50 lakh for 5% equity from Ritesh Agarwal. His entrepreneurial journey reflects persistence, product innovation and the challenge of building a differentiated consumer brand in a highly competitive market.

• Ruchir Shrivastava

  Director – Procurement & Supply Chain, Vedanta Resources Limited

  Ruchir Shrivastava is Director – Procurement & Supply Chain at Vedanta Resources Limited, with 18+ years of experience across procurement, supply chain, commercial excellence and digital transformation. He has worked extensively on strategic sourcing, logistics transformation, supplier management and technology-enabled procurement. Ruchir brings a strong perspective on how procurement can move beyond being a cost function to becoming a strategic driver of growth and competitive advantage. His work also focuses on the application of AI, automation and analytics to transform traditional supply-chain processes and build more resilient, future-ready organizations.

• Tanmay Mukherji

  Strategy Lead – Entrepreneurship & Localised Production, Rainmatter Foundation

  Tanmay Mukherji leads Strategy for Entrepreneurship and Localised Production at Rainmatter Foundation. With nearly 25 years of experience running his own automotive business serving major OEMs in India and abroad, he exited his business in 2021 to work at the grassroots. He spent time in Ladakh working with Sonam Wangchuk, helping convert ideas into businesses, and later worked extensively with rural communities and women nano-entrepreneurs to build sustainable livelihoods. At Rainmatter Foundation, he works at the intersection of entrepreneurship, local production and rural livelihoods. He also mentors' startups, runs an innovation lab and actively engages with students.