Talks & Events
Talks, panels, pitches and awards I have been part of. Newest first.
KEL Award 2026, Rajasthan Region
JPPL won Alibaba.com's KEL (Key E-Commerce Leader) Award 2026 for the Rajasthan region. At the regional finale in Jaipur I presented our export journey to the jury, and what we are building next.
"The Next Chapter", JPPL 32nd Anniversary
My keynote at our 32nd anniversary celebration, on the road ahead for JPPL and the team that will take us there.
TEDxMotilal Nehru College, Delhi
Talk: "Not Despite It – Because of It" — on where we come from. My journey from a small town near Jaipur to a business with global clients: language barriers, setbacks and financial loss, and why our beginnings are a strength, not a limit.
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Shiprocket SHIVIR 2025, Bengaluru Edition
Panel: "The Now Economy: Redefining Scale, Speed & Customer Experience", moderated by Gaurav Mangla (CEO – Checkout & Ads, Shiprocket), alongside leaders from Amazon Shipping, Herbalife Nutrition, Joom, Blink Digital and Stelcore. We discussed how marketplaces, logistics and fulfilment partners are reshaping speed and customer experience in Indian commerce, and where packaging fits in.
"Excel at Your Export Business" (Export Initiative Summit)
Organised by Alibaba.com, TDI and Payoneer for exporters from Jaipur. I joined the panel "Sharing from successful sellers: journey with Alibaba.com as B2B exporters", speaking about JPPL's eight-plus years of exporting through Alibaba.com.
Sustainable packaging, Empack Gorinchem 2024
I pitched JPPL's sustainable packaging range on the Pitch-Pack-Square stage at Empack, the Netherlands' packaging trade show.
JPPL 25th Anniversary — My address to the audience
At our 25th anniversary I spoke to our stakeholders, teammates and guests about the success we built together, and shared the roadmap for our next 25 years. We renewed our pledge not to manufacture any single-use plastics, and I presented our new company policy: World Class, World First, World Best. I closed with thanks to everyone who has been part of the journey.
India Trading Business Summit
As CEO of JPPL, I joined a panel of B2B ecommerce experts at the India Trading Business Summit. Together we shared five practical ideas for growing a business through digital exports, and discussed the challenges and wins of digital marketing for B2B and ecommerce.
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Importance of plastic in COVID-19
A live session on how plastic helped curb the spread of COVID-19, and how to recycle it better. I was joined by Mr. Mohit Agarwal, director of Jagannath Foundation and founding chairperson; Mr. V.K. Gupta (MBBS, PGDCC, FCCP, FACC), consultant physician in cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation; and Mr. Shailendra Pratap Singh Bhati, media academician and Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at JECRC University.
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Amazing Plastics — JECRC University, Jaipur
I introduced students at JECRC University to JPPL and to careers in the plastics industry, and spoke about the role plastic plays in everyday life.
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