JURY MEMBERS – #IHA 2024
National Jury Members
Jury Chair – KB KACHRU
Chairman,
Radisson Hotel Group – South Asia
RAJIV KAUL
Former President
Leela Hotels
SURESH KUMAR
Founder, KUE Management Services
VEER VIJAY SINGH
CEO & MD
Trance Hotels
FARHAT JAMAL
Chairman, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Committee
IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry
DILIP PURI
Founder and CEO
Indian School of Hospitality
Rattan Keswani
Former Dy. Managing Director
Lemon Tree Hotels
DIWAN GAUTAM ANAND
Founding Trustee
Cuisine India Foundation
MANDEEP LAMBA
President (South Asia)
HVS Anarock
RAHUL PANDIT
MD & CEO
Advent Hotels International
JAIDEEP DANG
MD – Hotels & Hospitality Group
JLL
RAKHEE LALVANI
Founder
RLA
YATEENDRA SINH
Principal, Org- YSA & Associates
Sarl Switzerland
HEMANT OBEROI
Chef & Owner
Hemant Oberoi Restaurant, BKC
SANDIP MUKHERJEE
Professor Emeritus & Advisor
Hospitality Academics
Kamal Kant Pant
Principal & Secretary
IHM Pusa, New Delhi
North Zone Jury Members
Jury chair – SURESH KUMAR
Founder, KUE Management Services
Hemant Mediratta
Senior Partner
HM Corp
NAVEEN JAIN
Managing Director
Nouvelle Knowledge Service
RIFAQUAT ALI KHAN
Founder- CEO
The Works
SUNIL GUPTA
Partner
Incredible Smart Hospitality
SANJEEV K. NAYAR
Co-Founder/ Director
Incredible Smart Hospitality
Natwar Nagar
Founder & CEO
The People Network
Chef Parvinder Singh Bali
Director, School for European Pastry & Culinary Arts
East Zone Jury Members
JURY CHAIR – SANDIP MUKHERJEE
Professor Emeritus & Advisor
Hospitality Academics
Dr Pooja Grover
Head HR Hospitality – GITAM University
CHEF SHARAD DEWAN
Director – Gourmet Design Company
Raja Sadhukhan
Principal – IHM
Kolkata
Kuldeep Bhartee
CEO
Peerless Hotels
Sharada Ghosh
PRINCIPAL
IHM Bhubaneswar
West Zone Jury Members
Jury Chair – FARHAT JAMAL
Chairman, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Committee
IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry
ANTOINE LEWIS
Journalist, Radio Commentator & Food Consultant
Chef HEMANT OBEROI
Chef & Owner
Hemant Oberoi Restaurant, BKC
JEHANGIR H AIBARA
Director
Mahajan & Aibara
NISHEETH SRIVASTAVA
Principal
IHM – Mumbai
TIMMY KANDHARI
Founder & MD
Sapphire Professional Services
RAKHEE LALVANI
Founder
RLA
Ravi Wazir
Hospitality Business
Consultant, Leadership Coach& Author
South Zone Jury Members
Jury Chair – VEER VIJAY SINGH
CEO & MD
Trance Hotels
ANAND RAO
Former V.P. Operations Support & Quality
ITC Hotels
CHEF CHALAPATHI RAO
Founder
Simply South
CHEF VIJAYA BASKARAN V
General Secretary
Indian Federation of Culinary Associations
DHUNJI KAVARANA
Former CEO
WelcomHeritage
PK MOHAN KUMAR
Former Taj Sr. Leadership & Founder & CEO – Turnstone Hospitality
Vinod Valson
Vice President – Hospitality Knight Frank
Jury Members
Hotel Designer of the year
Rita Mody Joshi
Founder & CEO,
Rita Mody Joshi & Associates
Prof. Charanjit Singh Shah
Founding Principal Architect, Creative Group, Delhi
Sonali Bhagwati
Partner, DPA
Hemant Sud
IP Chairman
IIID-DRC
Manmohan Khanna
Founder,
KMA Architecture, Chandigarh