Following personalities in their own way have contributed to Indian Bakery Industry ,which is now transforming into biggest food processing industry estimated to be Rs 11000/- crore and had now established its own huge supply chain from vendors , workers , consultants , equipment manufacturers , ingredient manufacturers , packaging design , packaging material , material handling , food safety ,pest control bakery cafe s ,marketing and advertisement .
Nulsi Wadia - Took over Britannia from erstwhile Biscuit King Rajan Pillai . Had increased his stake in BIL by buying Danone ( french ) and Fontera ( New Zealand -dairy business ) shares . Shrewd Business man expanded Britannia s foot print in Middle East through buying out Strategic Food Int llc -UAE and Al Sallan foods -Oman .
Vinita Bali - Guiding Britannia to robust growth from stagnation . with experience in marketing through her stint with Coca Cola and Cadburys She is now engaged into diversifying this Biscuit giant into dairy , Health and wellness beverages market . I would like to mention the predecessor to Vinita Bali , Sunil Alagh was responsible for turnaround of Britannia from Rs 600.0 crore company to Rs 2000 crore company
Sharad and Vijay Chauhan - Gained No-1 position for Parle as biscuit market leader in India . Aggressively driving Parle distribution network and launching new products .
Jayant Kapare - New entrant to Indian biscuit market but with brand like United Biscuits under his leadership is trying to establish itself into major biscuit player .With launch of products like cookies , cream , digestive and Marie in very short span United Biscuits is set to give good competition t
Nikhil Sen - Took the challenge to give Indian consumers something different from what has been offered till now through branding of cookies with leading Australian firm Unibic . Mr Nikhil Sen has been an old hand in biscuit industry as Ex -COO Britannia .
Chitrajan Dar - Taking over from prolific leader in ITC food division Ravi Navare . Marketing aggresively to get larger market share of biscuit market through launch of new products
B.P Agarwal - No one ever thought that a small player like Priya gold would give a tough competition to biggies of biscuit industry but through clever marketing and pricing it made inroads to uncharted rural market thus making Priya Gold in Top 100 fmcg brand .
Sanjeev Kaushal - In less than a decade time Sanjeev Kaushal has made a mark in Indian bakery equipment manufacturing with his company New Era Machines and simultaneously building automation centre for these ventures through its arm New Era controls .
K.B .Kale - Pioneered Biscuit Ovens in India with his company Prima Engineering . Now manufacturing complete biscuit line .Exporting biscuit lines to several countries .
J.R . Trivedi - Doyen of Indian packaging machinery manufacturing . Mr JR Trivedi has developed low cost packaging machines for Indian food processing which can compete with imported machines on performance . Multipack systems pvt ltd is now exporting these packing machines to several countries .
Adil Hassan and Taab Siddiqui- Made Harvest Gold Bread a run way success in Delhi - NCR region with in small period of time . Thus becoming consumers most preffered bread in capital region dislodging Britannia and other brands . Hence they proved that if you make quality product you can beat the established players of the Industry .
H.T.Khorakhiwala - Established Monginis Foods and initiated indian bakery cafe s in different cities . Monginis cakes/muffins cup cakes are now availbale in major cities and have 250 retail shop across India .
M. Mahadevan - Responsible for setting up bakery retail shop by the name " Hot Bread " . Now expanding in different parts of world .
Anand Kripalu - MD Cadburys India Now under Kraft Food Inc would be responsible for launching brands like Oreo biscuit in India
Many more on regional levels
Add your own favorites you think have contributed to Indian bakery industry .
Nulsi Wadia - Took over Britannia from erstwhile Biscuit King Rajan Pillai . Had increased his stake in BIL by buying Danone ( french ) and Fontera ( New Zealand -dairy business ) shares . Shrewd Business man expanded Britannia s foot print in Middle East through buying out Strategic Food Int llc -UAE and Al Sallan foods -Oman .
Vinita Bali - Guiding Britannia to robust growth from stagnation . with experience in marketing through her stint with Coca Cola and Cadburys She is now engaged into diversifying this Biscuit giant into dairy , Health and wellness beverages market . I would like to mention the predecessor to Vinita Bali , Sunil Alagh was responsible for turnaround of Britannia from Rs 600.0 crore company to Rs 2000 crore company
Sharad and Vijay Chauhan - Gained No-1 position for Parle as biscuit market leader in India . Aggressively driving Parle distribution network and launching new products .
Jayant Kapare - New entrant to Indian biscuit market but with brand like United Biscuits under his leadership is trying to establish itself into major biscuit player .With launch of products like cookies , cream , digestive and Marie in very short span United Biscuits is set to give good competition t
Nikhil Sen - Took the challenge to give Indian consumers something different from what has been offered till now through branding of cookies with leading Australian firm Unibic . Mr Nikhil Sen has been an old hand in biscuit industry as Ex -COO Britannia .
Chitrajan Dar - Taking over from prolific leader in ITC food division Ravi Navare . Marketing aggresively to get larger market share of biscuit market through launch of new products
B.P Agarwal - No one ever thought that a small player like Priya gold would give a tough competition to biggies of biscuit industry but through clever marketing and pricing it made inroads to uncharted rural market thus making Priya Gold in Top 100 fmcg brand .
Sanjeev Kaushal - In less than a decade time Sanjeev Kaushal has made a mark in Indian bakery equipment manufacturing with his company New Era Machines and simultaneously building automation centre for these ventures through its arm New Era controls .
K.B .Kale - Pioneered Biscuit Ovens in India with his company Prima Engineering . Now manufacturing complete biscuit line .Exporting biscuit lines to several countries .
J.R . Trivedi - Doyen of Indian packaging machinery manufacturing . Mr JR Trivedi has developed low cost packaging machines for Indian food processing which can compete with imported machines on performance . Multipack systems pvt ltd is now exporting these packing machines to several countries .
Adil Hassan and Taab Siddiqui- Made Harvest Gold Bread a run way success in Delhi - NCR region with in small period of time . Thus becoming consumers most preffered bread in capital region dislodging Britannia and other brands . Hence they proved that if you make quality product you can beat the established players of the Industry .
H.T.Khorakhiwala - Established Monginis Foods and initiated indian bakery cafe s in different cities . Monginis cakes/muffins cup cakes are now availbale in major cities and have 250 retail shop across India .
M. Mahadevan - Responsible for setting up bakery retail shop by the name " Hot Bread " . Now expanding in different parts of world .
Anand Kripalu - MD Cadburys India Now under Kraft Food Inc would be responsible for launching brands like Oreo biscuit in India
Many more on regional levels
Add your own favorites you think have contributed to Indian bakery industry .