Past Events

ICA Weekend 2025

Indian Dairy – What’s Next

Speakers:

Subhadeep Sanyal – Partner, Omnivore
Ankur Kathuria, Partner – Agriculture & Climate, Intellecap
Hemendra Mathur – Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund Moderated by Om Routray, Founder, Indian Culinary Agenda

 

India’s Dairy Diversity: Understanding Non-bovine Milk

Speaker:

Sanjeev Kumar, Director, Internation Institute of Goat Management

Sonal Founder, CEO, White Cub

Vikas Chawla, Chef

Moderated by: Mili Dubey, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industries 

Steeped in heritage: India’s culture of Ghee

Speakers:

Rituraj Singh Pundeer, Founder, Deradun Dairy
Manjit Gill, Chef
Shahu Patole, Author

Moderated by: Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, Founder, Ekgaon

Cheese Tasting led by Chef Dhruv Oberoi and Chris Zandee

Speakers:

Chris Zandee, Founder, Himalayan Products
Dhruv Oberoi, Olive Bar and Kitchen

On the South Asian Cheese Trail

Speaker:

Chris Zandee, Founder, Himalayan Products
Avantika Bhuyan, Editor, Mint Lounge
Dhruv Oberoi, Executive Chef, Olive Bar & Kitchen Pvt Ltd

Moderated by: Ruth D’Souza Prabhu, Author, Independent Journalist

ICA Spotlight – Sundarini Naturals

Speakers:

Sima Das, Manager, Sundarini Naturals

ICA Spotlight – Tracex

Speakers:

Srivatsa Srinivasarao, CEO, TraceX

How India Made Condensed Milk its Own

Speakers:
Ruchi Srivastava, Film maker, Co-Founder, Greed Goddess Media
Dhawal Ajmera, Chef

Moderated by: Tanushree Bhowmik, Co-founder, Indian Culinary Agenda

ICA FOOD WRITING PRIZE 2025 : Rivers of Milk – India’s Tradition of Milk in Dairy

 

ICA Weekend 2024

Rice at the Centre of the Table 

 

Speakers:
Milli Dubey: Director, Food and Agri, PHD Chamber of Commerce
Shridula Chatterjee: Head Chef, Mezze Mambo
Deepak Verma: Domain Lead, Agriculture, ONDC

Moderated by:
Sankalp Vishnu: Co-founder – ICA, Author & Food Critic

India’s Rice Future: Climate Change, Sustainability & Consumer Pull
Speakers:

Eram Rao: Professor of Food Technology, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences
Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya: Founder & CEO, ekgaon
Sheetal Sharma: Senior Scientist, IRRI

Moderated by:
Om Routray: Founder, Indian Culinary Agenda

A Fine Grained Heritage

Speaker:

Tanushree Bhowmik

ICA Indian Food Writing Prize – Paper Presentations 

Speakers:

Harshita Lalwani: Paper Presenter
Sunaina Dhir: Paper Presenter
Rachit Keertiman: Paper Presenter
Charmaine O’Brien: Discussant
Priyadarshini Chatterjee: Moderator

ICA Indian Food Writing Prize – Paper Presentations Session 2

Speaker:

Suraj Gogoi: Paper Presenter
Rubeka Idrishi: Paper Presenter
Santa Nibedita: Paper Presenter
Charmaine O’Brien: Discussant
Avantika Bhuyan: Moderator

ICA Indian Food Writing Prize Announcement

 

Address by Dr. Colleen Taylor Sen

Speakers:

Dr. Colleen Taylor Sen

ICA Spotlight 2024

Speaker:

Rachit Keertiman: Chef

Moderated by:
Om Routray: Founder, Indian Culinary Agenda

Reclaiming the Language of Indian Food

Speakers:

Archana Nathan: Senior Commissioning Editor, Penguin Random House India
Ishita Dey: Author and Professor, South Asia University
Sharanya Deepak: Writer and Editor

Moderated by:
Tanushree Bhowmik: Co-founder – ICA, Author

Taming the Shrew – Navigating new and social media

Speakers:

Anubhav Sapra: Founder of Delhi Food Walks
Shruti Taneja: Founder of Nivaala Magazine
Sadaf Hussain: Chef, Author, Podcaster

Moderated by:
Ruth D’Souza Prabhu: Author, Independent Journalist

Gaze: Visual Media’s Tryst with Indian Food

Speaker:

Shubhra Chatterjee: Food documentarian, Writer, Director,

Rahee Punyashloka: Writer, Artist, Scholar, filmmaker

Surajit Sarkar: Curator, Kerala Museum, Kochi 

Keynote address titled Soft Power is not Easy to Accumulate: A view from NYC

Speakers:

Krishnendu Ray: Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University

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