Conference Agenda

4 September, 2021
10:35 - 10:45 LIGHTING OF THE LAMP & INAUGURATION
Welcome Note: Gaurav Marya, Chairman, Franchise India
11:00 - 11:20 Session I - Key Note Building a Franchise Brand in Bharat
Sachin Agarwal, Whole Time Director, Kamdhenu Limited
11:20 - 12:15 Panel Discussion
How to Expand as a Brand & Grow in India through franchising
Franchiseindia.com

Session Highlights:
  • Hear from Successful Franchisees on how they grew their business Growing from 1 to 10 units & creating infrastructure to support 20-30 units
  • Maintaining system standards and protecting the brand.
  • Outsourcing Why, When, What, and How
  • The Ins & Outs of Building a Business & Brand Partnerships
  • Franchising your way to success:Managing aspirations & conflicts in channel expansion.
  • How to Build value for partners
Arunabh Sinha, Founder & CEO, UClean
Mayank Jain, Founder & CEO, Efill Electric
Prabhjot singh Sachdeva, Founder, Shangz
Dipanjan Purkayastha, Co-founder & CEO, HyperXchange
Virendra Ranawat, Co-Founder & CEO, WoodenStreet
Session Moderator: Ashita Marya, CEO, Franchise India
12:15 - 12:35 Session II - Key Note
Structures and Operational Strategies for Successful Expansion within Bharat by Franchiseindia.com

India is today Emerging as the 3rd Largest Consumer Market in the World and there is Big opportunity to be captured in the heartland of India
Dr. Om Manchanda, CEO, Dr. Lal Path Labs
12:35 - 13:00 Key Note
The A to Zs of Buying a Franchise. Selecting a business and be legally right


Session Highlights:
  • Points to consider while deciding the right franchisee
  • Things to look out for a potential franchisor/franchisee
  • What should franchisers look for in a prospective franchisee
  • Finding the right franchiser for business
Seema Jhingan, Senior Partner and Co-founder, LexCounsel
13:00 - 14:15 LUNCH BREAK
14:15 - 15:00 SESSION III: THE FUNDING LOGIC: SHOW ME THE MONEY Panel Discussion
Tomorrow, Today: How to Think Exponentially Growth Hacking For your Business with External capital

Session Highlights:
  • How do early stage VC’s/ Angels identify where the investments should go: Sectoral trends and identifying small opportunities for starting up?
  • How Start-ups and VC’s/Angels work together: less pressures, more productivity?
  • Investment trends across Real Estate Asset Classes
  • Funding 101: Navigating the VC and Angel Landscape in Consumer business
  • What Investors Really Want to See & Hear
  • Emerging Investment themes considering the COVID disruption and current economic scenario
Vishal Gandhi, Founder Director & CEO, BIORx Venture Advisors PLC
Abhishek Agarwal,Managing Partner, Rockstud Capital,
Shiva Shanker, Vice President, Ankur Capital
Session Moderator: Ritu Marya, Editor in Chief, Franchise India & IndianRetailer
15:00- 16:00 SESSION IV: New-Age Businesses Ideas for 21st Century
The Future of Businesses in Present times.

Session Highlights:
  • How modern-day businesses are brand and community-led, asset light and a platform of change and yet accelerating growth and disrupting industries.
  • How the entrepreneurial environment is boosting hyperlocal opportunities.
  • The Innovative Business Ideas for 2021 and beyond
  • The New world opportunities Electric vehicles to dark kitchens, Healthtech , EdTech co-working /co-living ,Waste Management, Ecommerce & D2C is the latest buzz, are you benefiting?
Nitin Sharma, Founder & CEO, GoWaterless
Ram Singam, CEO & Founder, Vistan Next Gen Pvt Ltd
Varun Gupta, Founder & Director, Zorgers
Akshit Bansal, Founder, Statiq
Rahul Dhyani, Co-Founder & Director, The Connplex Smart Theater
Anish Patel, Co-Founder & Director, The Connplex Smart Theater
Ashita Marya, CEO, Franchise India
Session Moderator : Ashita Marya, CEO, Franchise India
5 September, 2021
10:30 - 11:20 SESSION I: Consumer Experience 101
New Relationship between Consumers & Retail Brands & Experience stores

Session Highlights:
  • How, When, Where, and Why of the Indian Consumer
  • The Big collaboration: How brands-retailers-franchise partners-shopping centers are creating a collaborative ecosystem
  • How are Retail Brands consistently innovating to deliver breakthrough & customer-friendly stores?
  • The New experience store outlook as Brands go Omni channel
Deepak Chhabra, Managing Director, Tupperware
Dharmender Khanna, Brand Head, SSIPL
Sunil Menon - Chief Retail Expansion officer, lensKart.
Niladri Mukherjee, Founder, Glue Design
Saurabh Sharma, Head of Marketing, ASICS India
Ritu Marya, Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur Media & Franchise India media (Moderator)
Session Moderator : Ritu Marya, Editor in Chief, Franchise India & IndianRetailer.com
11:20 - 12:10 SESSION II: FECs - New Social Spaces - Food Service & Leisure is
changing retail real estate landscape, How can you also participate?


The food service & Entertainment industry is heating up again. With young Indian Consumers looking to The sale, deliveries are seeing global influence. The whole food game is enticing and mouth-watering for Start-ups.

Session Highlights:
  • Business Strategies for maximizing revenue & profitability for restaurant Business partner
  • Casual dining, QSR, fast casual, Cafes – Transforming Business formats
  • The New Outlook to takeaway formats and Food Delivery
  • How big brands are transforming their in-store experience from Food to Leisure
  • How will food enhance the customer experience in new lifestyle destinations - New formats, new destinations: how will food revitalize the new urban landscape?

How Retail Destinations discovered New Love with Food service and Restaurants

Deepak Zutshi, Center Head & VP, Select CITYWALK
Chef Manish Sharma, General Manager- Operations & Projects, Jubilant Food works
Nandani Taneja, VP, Reach Group
Session Moderator: Benu Sehgal, Director – RE/Max Commercial ,CEO Freeport Brands Pvt. Ltd
12:10 - 12:45 SESSION III: Fashion, Beauty & Wellness in the new World

Session Highlights:
  • Making wellness, salon and spa accessible - Expansion in Tier I and Tier III markets through partnerships and real estate collaborations
  • Mastering your SOPs and leveraging your Beauty and Wellness Brand to grow
  • Benefits of associating with a Global Brand in 2021
  • How wellness pharmacy, Ayurveda initiatives and programmes are enhancing consumer experience
  • Social commerce in Beauty & Wellness + more
PushkarajShenai, CEO, Lakmé Lever
Santosh Kumar, DGM, Kiehl’s India
Dr. Ipsita Chatterjee, Head - Innovation Development & Brand Strategy, Lotus Herbals
Pooja Nagdev, Founder & Director, Rising Sun Aromas and Spirituals Pvt. Ltd
Session Moderator: Ritu Marya, Editor in Chief, Franchise India & IndianRetailer
12:45 -13:30 SESSION IV: UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECT TO CONSUMER MARKET OPPORTUNITY

Session Highlights:
  • Why are brands going D2C: Strategies, challenges and opportunities
  • The booming e-commerce industry
  • D2C and the consumer-brand relationship
  • How brands can open up new revenue streams using D2C strategies and gain customer loyalty much more quickly and efficiently
  • Benefits of on boarding the D2C model
Bharat Sethi – CEO & FOUNDER, Rage Coffee
Agnim Gupta - Principal: Tech & Growth, Amrutam
Aakash Anand, Founder & CEO, VellaBeta Organics
Deepak Gupta, COO, Bombay Shaving Company
Divij Bajaj, CEO, Power Gummies
Session Moderator : Ravi Swarup, Partner, Bain & Company
13:30 - 14:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
14:30 - 15:15 SESSION V: HOW RETAIL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IS TRANSFORMING

Session Highlights:
  • Current trends shaping the Retail Real Estate in North India
  • Reinvention of the retail and lifestyle destinations including Retail Real Estate Malls, Shopping Centre, Hi-Street Retail, Standalone Retail
  • New leasing models
  • New Development in Mixed Use Commercial Spaces.
Prashant Gaurav Gupta, Vice President & Head Luxury Malls at DLF Limited
Rehan Huck, VP Retail,The ILC Group, Co-founder & CEO, Propel - A Venture of ILC Group of Companies
Abhinav C Ajmera, President (Leasing), Omaxe Ltd.
Ravinder Choudhary, Assistant Vice President – Leasing & Marketing, Vegas Mall
Preeti Chopra, National Head Business Development- Retail, Raymond
Vivek Srivastava, Head Of Business Development, Benetton Group
Session Moderator: Saurabh Kumar, Editor - Special Projects, Entrepreneur.com
15:15 - 16:00 SESSION VI : HOW NEIGHBOURHOOD MALLS ARE CHANGING THE RETAIL LANDSCAPE IN INDIA

Session Highlights:
  • Consumer Experience in neighbourhood store
  • Brands getting closer to customer
  • Big gains in neighbourhood retail real estate
Ashish Gupta -Head - Leasing Elan
Vineet Jain, COO, Vmart
Rema Menon, Vice President- Retail & Commercial PAN India, Parsvnath Developers Ltd.
Sunil Menon, Chief Retail Expansion Officer, Lenskart.
Session Moderator: Benu Sehgal, Director – RE/Max Commercial, CEO Freeport Brands Pvt. Ltd
16:00 PM - 16:20 PM How To Win In The New Game Of Retail and making the most of your Retail Business in the New Normal.

A Mentor/Business Coach Perspective
A Talk by Ratish Pandey, Business Coach - Mentor - Consultant

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