Inaugural Session
1. Welcome Address: Mr. Om Routray, Founder, Vrihi Foundation (5 minutes)
2. Address by Special Guest: Dr Tripta Thakur, Vice Chancellor, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University (7 minutes)
3. Address by Special Guest: Mr. Amal Sinha, Director and Group CEO of BSES Delhi (17 minutes)
4. Keynote Address : Mr. Tim Curtis, Director and UNESCO Representative for the UNESCO Regional Office in New (15 minutes)
5. Vote of Thanks: Mr. Sankalp Vishnu, Founder, Vrihi Foundation (5 minutes)
Street Food Vending in Urban Spaces– Existence or Exclusion
1. Sangeeta Singh, Head – Street Food Program, National Association for Street Vendors in India
2. Rashim Bedi, Self Employed Women’s Association, India
3. Julie Torres Moskovitz, Board Member, New York Street Vendor Project
4. Samara Khan, Researcher, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Moderated by Om Routray, Founder - Director, Vrihi Foundation
ICA Spotlights
ICA Film Screening on Small Dairy Owners of Delhi (15 minutes)
A short film made by ICA and Delhi Food Walks, with support from BSES
• Introduction by Anubhav Sapra, Founder, Delhi Food Walks.
Enabling Energy Security and Sovereignty for the Indian Food Industry
A tech-led panel on exploring LPG alternatives for the food industry.
Chaired by Dr Tripta Thakur, Vice Chancellor, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University
1. S N Srinivas, CEO, Atal Incubation Centre, CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar
2. Abhishek Ranjan, CEO, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.
3. Rashi Gupta, Founder, Vision Mechatronics Pvt Ltd.
Moderated by Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, Founder, Ekgaon Technologies
ICA FOOD WRITING PRIZE 2026: Identity, Assimilation and Survival: Street food as a Lens to Migration
Poster presentations by Five Finalists
• Moderated by Charmaine O’Brien, Author and Team Member, ICA
Presentations by Top Three Finalists
• Moderated by Tanushree Bhowmik, Co-Founder - Vrihi Foundation and Head - Indian Culinary Agenda