Prime Highlights-
- FICCI FLO honours India’s top women entrepreneurs shaping the food industry.
- Padma Shri awardee Rajni Bector leads distinguished panel discussion in Delhi.
Key Facts-
- Panel features founders of Cremica Group, The Baker’s Dozen and Coriander.
- FLO Waste to Wealth Drive promotes responsible e-waste recycling nationwide.
Background-
Under its Agriculture, Agro-Based and Food Processing Industry Initiative, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), the apex body of business women, organised a panel discussion titled “The Women Behind What India Eats” at FICCI Federation House in New Delhi.
Accomplished women entrepreneurs from the food industry took part, sharing stories of innovation, resilience and business driven by purpose. Minal Jain, Lead and Radhika Gupta, Co-Lead of the Initiative, conceptualised the session, which highlighted the transformative role women are playing across India’s food ecosystem, spanning food processing, nutrition, hospitality, retail and food technology.
Puja Garg, 43rd National President of FICCI FLO, welcomed the gathering and said women are emerging as key drivers of India’s evolving food industry. She described women as the silent architects of the Indian food ecosystem and custodians of traditional recipes and culinary heritage.
Garg added that women entrepreneurs are building brands that combine innovation, quality and sustainability while responding to changing consumer preferences.
The panel featured Padma Shri awardee Rajni Bector, Founder of Mrs Bector’s Food Specialities Ltd and Cremica Group, Aditi Handa, Co-Founder and Head Chef of The Baker’s Dozen, and Pooja Singhal, Founder and CEO of Coriander.
The discussion, guided by moderator Smita Mishra, covered the panellists’ entrepreneurial paths, their reasons for starting their businesses and the methods they used to scale up.
Talk also turned to new trends shaping the food industry, along with technology, sustainability and shifts in what consumers want. Alongside the panel, the FLO National Waste to Wealth Drive ran as part of the FLO Greentech and Sustainability Initiative, with a kiosk set up to collect e-waste such as old phones, laptops, chargers and expired medicines.
The event adds to FICCI FLO’s continuing push to support women agripreneurs via mentorship and capacity-building work.
