JURY MEMBERS

National Jury Members

K.B. Kachru

Chairman Emeritus and Principal Advisor- South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group

Rajiv Kaul

Former President, Leela Hotels

Dilip Puri

Founder and CEO, Indian School of Hospitality

Diwan Gautam Anand

Founding Trustee, Cuisine India Foundation

Rattan Keshwani

Former Dy. Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels

Mandeep Lamba

President (South Asia), HVS Anarock

Suresh Kumar

Founder, KUE Management Services and Founder & Mentor, Rosakue Hospitality

Veer Vijay Singh

CEO & MD, Trace Hotels

Farhat Jamal

Chairman, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Committee, IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Shirin Batliwala

Independent Consultant

Deepa Misra Harris

Founder & CEO, BrandsWeLove

Jaideep Dang

MD - Hotels & Hospitality Group, JLL

Rahul Pandit

CEO, Horizon Industrial Parks

Yateendra Sinh

Principal, Org- YSA & Associates, Sarl Switzerland

Sandip Mukherjee

Professor Emeritus & Advisor, Hospitality Academics

North Zone Jury Members

Rifaquat Ali Khan

Founder- CEO, The Works

Chef Manjit Gill

Indian Federation of Culinary Association (IFCAI) F&B Consultant and Advisor

Naveen Jain

Managing Director, Nouvelle Knowledge Service

Sunil Gupta

Partner, Incredible Smart Hospitality

Samir Kukreja

Founder & CEO, Tasanaya Hospitality

Sanjeev K. Nayar

Co-Founder/ Director, Incredible Smart Hospitality

West Zone Jury Members

Hemant Oberoi

Chef & Owner, Hemant Oberoi Restaurant, BKC

Rakhee Lalvani

Founder, RLA

Antoine Lewis

Journalist, Radio Commentator & Food Consultant

Kunal Vijayakar

Food Writer, Author, Television Presenter & Travel and Food Documentarian

Jehangir H Aibara

Director, Mahajan & Aibara

Timmy Kandhari

Founder & MD, Sapphire Professional Services

South Zone Jury Members

Veer Vijay Singh

CEO & MD, Trace Hotels

PK MOHAN KUMAR

Former Taj Sr. Leadership & Founder & CEO, Turnstone Hospitality

Anand Rao

Former V.P. Operations Support & Quality, ITC Hotels

Biswajit Chakraborty

MD South India, Hotelivate

Dhunji Kavarana

Former CEO, WelcomHeritage

Andrew Saldanha

Senior Partner, Nexysy Partners- A Consulting Collective

Chef Vijaya Baskaran V

General Secretary, Indian Federation of Culinary Associations

Chef Chalapathi RaoV

Founder, Simply South

East Zone Jury Members

Sandip Mukherjee

Professor Emeritus & Advisor, Hospitality Academics

Nisheeth Srivastava

Principle, IHM, Kolkata

Chef Sharad Dewan

Director, Gourmet Design Company

Vijay Kumar

Principal, IHM, Shillong

Shaun Kenworthy

Chef. Restauranteur, Consultant, Food & travel writer