Arjun Ranga is CEO of N. Ranga Rao & Sons the manufacturer of Cycle Pure Agarbathies which is India's largest brand of Agarbathies. N. Ranga Rao & Sons is the flagship company of NR Group. Established as a cottage industry in 1948, NR Group is today an Agarbathi to Aerospace conglomerate head quartered in Mysuru and managed by the third generation of the Ranga family.

Mr. Arjun has an engineering degree from SJCE, Mysuru, an MBA from Thunderbird, USA and certifications in many professional development courses. He worked and managed a variety of assignments before taking over the reins of Cycle Pure Agarbathies from his father in 2005.

N. Ranga Rao & Sons is currently the only Agarbathi manufacturing establishment to have Carbon Neutral certification and their agarbathies are exported to over 65 countries.

Under Arjun's able leadership, the Group has recently ventured into the online space with 'Soulveda', a portal that aims to encourage people to engage with their inner spirituality to spread happiness and well-being.

Another initiative, PurePrayer is an App that helps to connect devotees to divine and one more App PurePuja that supports and imparts guidance on our puja traditions.

Women empowerment and education for the betterment of society at large is an important activity of NR Group's philanthropic arm, the NR Foundation. Ranga Rao Memorial Residential School for visually impaired girls in Mysore, is managed entirely by NR foundation under the guidance and support of the Ranga family.

Arjun Ranga is the President of All India Agarbathi Manufacturers Association and the Past Chairman of CII, Mysore Chapter.

Under his able guidance the group aims at touching many more great heights.

Archana Aggarwal is a passionate media advocate with 20+ years of media experience. She has worked across multiple brands at both media agencies and advertisers. Her last assignment was Country Media Manager, P&G where she spent 8+ years and has now been with Airtel for the last 7+ years as VP, Media. She was instrumental in P&G winning their first Cannes in India in 2006 post which they won many prestigious international awards for the Gillette Shave India Movement. She also led the media for the high decibel launch of 4G and Payments Bank in India. She identified ideas like Sim sampling with Economic Times, Roshandan and Google countdown clock.

Aishwarya Pratap Singh, is heading marketing - snacks, noodles and pasta businesses at ITC Limited. He is a distinguished alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with over 14 years of experience in brand management, product development, consumer engagement, channel management, sales & distribution management spanning across diverse categories and geographies.

In his free time, he tries to share his knowledge of marketing domain, mentor young talent and guide them towards their career advancement.

Jiten R Mahendra, Senior Vice President Marketing, Max Fashion India, has in-depth, hands-on knowledge of the retail industry and is an astute observer of emerging trends. Under his guidance after he took on the Marketing mandate in 2010, Max Fashion India has been able to anticipate much of the direction the industry was taking in the last decade. This has ensured that Max Fashion has been at the forefront of ground-breaking strategies making the company one of the top value-fashion brands in the country today - both online and offline.

Max Fashion India, under Mr Mahendra, was among the first to understand the concept of the Omni channel approach and interpret it to create brand strategies and value propositions for the Omni channel consumer. His continuous endeavour has been to drive sales with cutting-edge Marketing, CRM and Digital strategy; and identifying experiential ways through brand activation, conventional and new age media to enhance brand experience and create roadmaps in association with associate agencies.

Mr Mahendra has the distinction of being the first marketing personnel at Max Fashion India. He has put together a sharp team, and plays an instrumental role together with the team, in steering Max Fashion India from a 100 CR brand to becoming the country's first billion dollar company by 2022. Dynamic and willing to take risks, Mr Mahendra is the perfect team leader, always encouraging his team to push boundaries, blue sky and never hold back from voicing their thoughts, ideas and concerns. Today, he takes up the omni channel challenge by ensuring a seamless experience for customers across online and offline business.

Kishan is the Chief Growth Officer & Office Head -- South at Wavemaker. He is part of the Wavemaker India Executive committee and has served on the Global Creative Leadership team. A MICA post-graduate with 16 years' experience in strategic planning, revenue management, innovation and mentorship, he led business impacting work for Titan, Britannia, Tata Consumer, Myntra, Acko, Arvind Fashion, MTR Foods etc.

He is the recipient of 100+ national & international awards including Cannes,FOMA, WPP Creme-De-La-Creme, Mashable, Spikes, WARC Prize, Emvies, Goafest and Big Bang Awards. Kishan is a keen observer of culture and its impact on consumer behaviour. His passions include sports, cinema, music, theatre, travel, and food. He also runs a podcast called Alternate DiaMentions with his 8-year-old daughter.

A postgraduate in Management from North Maharashtra University and currently based in Mumbai, B. Krishna Rao has more than 20 years of work experience in the FMCG sector across several leading companies such as Parle Products, Uncle Chipps, Maxwell Apparels and Excelcia Foods. Over the years, Krishna has also grown to become one of the key opinion leaders within the industry on several aspects such as manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing, advertising and branding to name a few.

In his current role as Senior Category Head, Krishna is responsible for Parle's entire Snacks, Confectionery, Cakes and Rusk portfolio. Krishna works closely across teams within the company to drive need gap identification and new product launches, pricing and profitability, advertising and media management, building brand equity and imagery and budget management.

In the 18 years that Krishna has spent at Parle, some of his landmark achievements include launch of Parle's snacking portfolio comprising brands like Parle's Wafers, Chatkeens, FullToss and Mexitos, launch of Parle's Kachha Mango Bite to be the leading candy brand in the category and launch of Magix cream biscuits to be a market leader within a span of three years of its introduction.

A strong believer in work-life balance, Krishna enjoys playing word games, reading, watching Bollywood movies and listening to retro music in his downtime.

20 years of experience in advertising media across Universal McCann, Carat, Maxus (now Wavemaker), Motivator, Mindshare, Initiative and Lodestar UM, panning several FMCG, Retail, Lifestyle, Tech and Ecommerce sector clients. Have been the Business Lead for Titan Company, Google, Myntra, Amazon to name a few key clients. Currently, heading up the Lodestar UM South offices. Over the years, have led teams of media planners, buyers & strategists and worked across complex matrix organization structures including creative agency, digital media and content teams to lead clients on their marketing strategies, which deliver on brand building & ROI driven marketing outcomes. Choreographing client delight through thought leadership, business development, profitability and talent management have been the other key role responsibilities over the years.

Passionate about harnessing opportunities presented by the very vibrant media landscape in India and make it work to deliver business outcomes.

Mr. Sanjay Vakharia, is the co-founder and the CEO of Spykar Lifestyle Private Ltd. Founded in 1992.  Prior to founding Spykar, Sanjay had launched a vibrant and an exciting Denim Brand, Ragz. And thats where he met Mr. Prasad Pabrekar, with whom he started Spykar.

Prior to Ragz, he had worked with Magna Publications as the the Marketing Manager for Society and Savvy ( lifestyle magazines from Magna Publishing co), and as the Export Manager (Garments) wherein he was also responsible for setting up the marketing network in the US & UK markets. Additionally, he served also as Marketing Manager for Toys & Games division of the Magna group.

His sharp business acumen saw him rise from overseeing product development and Marketing to being at the helm of the business since the business was bought over by the Bagri Group in 2014, as Executive Director and CEO. He has in past played a pivotal role in the overall Marketing & Brand Communication strategies at Spykar and shaping the Brand Spykar to its current shape and size.

Spykar has the distinction of serving one of the ficklest consumers of the country, the youth, since over two decades and this has translated in Sanjay Vakharia of being one of the few professionals in the industry having a wealth of knowledge on this consumer segment.

Besides loving what he does at Spykar, he is an avid traveller and a voracious reader.

He loves to spend his time with his family and friends.

Vaibhav has over 20 years of extensive experience in building new businesses across industries such as healthcare, business process outsourcing, technology & supply chain management. He is an accomplished speaker & has presented his views on various topics at forums/events such as InterOp, CII, TiE, and Cloud Connect; & has numerous papers and articles to his credit.

He is also actively involved in mentoring entrepreneurs; and serves as a Board of Director, Advisor and Mentor to many fast-growing companies across Internet, Retail Consumer and Technology verticals. Vaibhav has also been a judge and mentor at many Industry events like Power of Ideas (ET), TiE Entrepreneurship events, NEN, IBM SmartCamp, Women Entrepreneurship Quest, IITK fest and SLP etc. He is a regular guest lecturer at leading management schools in India.

Vijesh Vijayan is a profound brand marketing professional, with over 12 years of experience in the field of Brand Marketing and Communications. Vijesh is currently the Brand Head of MK Agrotech Pvt. Ltd. - Sunpure product line. His core competency lies in ideating, conceptualising, and developing brand plans. His diversified market expertise makes him a consumers' man. Vijesh gained his formal degree in Art and Marketing and holds a diploma in Events and BTL. He is seen as one of the founding members of the BTL industry. Being a Gen-X he has seen the industry evolve and adapted to its needs.

Vijesh's journey started with leading event agencies of the country. From there, he quickly adapted to brand and marketing side of the industry and switched to the corporate world. He started his brand journey with Jawad Business Group as a Marketing Executive where he gained immense FMCG distribution knowledge along with marketing global products in GCC. In 2010 he became the Head of Marketing and Business Development for UAE Exchange WLL in Bahrain. After spending a fruitful 8 years in the middle east, home called, and he made his way back to India. He joined his mentor in Max Fashion India where he learned the basics of Indian consumer behaviour. In 2014 he became a Brand Solution Consultant for Velocity Brand Server Pvt. Ltd. After which he once again he dabbled in fashion retail with Arvind Brands Pvt Ltd., and became the National Marketing Manager for UNLIMITED & MEGAMART. Driven by a hunger to learn and do more creative assignments he joined an on-demand ecommerce start-up Housejoy as Sr Manager Marketing - Brand. He then went on to become a freelance consultant for various SMEs and Government bodies before becoming a part of MK Agrotech Pvt. Ltd.- Sunpure product line in 2019.

At MK Agrotech Pvt Ltd. Vijesh has been instrumental in drafting the Brand Communication Strategy. He has deployed several successful marketing campaigns and executed self-administered experimental ideas with diverse organic and paid acquisition channels which has increased brand visibility and equity in the consumers mindset. Vijesh has built strategic relationships with key industry players and media for Sunpure.

He was awarded as 'Best Campaign Curator' which catered to the success of the team for record- breaking sales within 6 months of taking over the position.

His work has given him exposure to multiple fields like the start-up market, traditional organisations, domestic (north and south regions of India) and international markets. Vijesh Vijayan is an influential leader, having led his team to ground-breaking success. His experience has given him a global exposure and he is widely considered a marketing marvel among the industry circles.

Despite being without a B-School Masters, he has achieved a remarkable position in the industry. He always believed in listening to the consumers and communicating with them, which in turn has produced incredible results for the brands he has been associated with.

"Be the moon among the stars you will be recalled"