{"id":2942,"date":"2026-03-20T14:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/?post_type=team&#038;p=2942"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:47:36","slug":"s-ganesh-kumar","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/speakers\/s-ganesh-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"S Ganesh Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ganesh\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Sundararaman\u00a0is the Chief Executive at ITC Agri Business.\u00a0 ITC Agri Business has presence in 22 states of India\u00a0working\u00a0with\u00a02.2\u00a0Mn. Farmers,\u00a02150\u00a0FPOs across various\u00a0agri\u00a0value\u00a0chain\u00a0such as\u00a0wheat,\u00a0paddy,\u00a0spices,\u00a0coffee,\u00a0shrimps.\u00a0 It is amongst the largest Agri value chain players in India.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ITC Agri is systematically working to digitize and\u00a0enable\u00a0the Indian farmer into best practices through the\u00a0custom built\u00a0app \u2018ITCMAARS\u2019 used across\u00a0in\u00a0the direct engagement\u00a0at farm and FPO\u2019s.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prior to this, Ganesh was the Chief Executive of the Staples, Snacks,\u00a0Meals\u00a0businesses at ITC Foods.\u00a0\u00a0A member of the team that led the diversification of ITC into Foods, he has played a key role in\u00a0building the\u00a0brands\u00a0\u00a0Aashirvaad, Bingo, Yippee and Kitchens of India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He is a member of the CII National\u00a0council\u00a0on Agriculture.\u00a0\u00a0He is a Director on the Board of\u00a0Technico\u00a0Agri Sciences Ltd.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2926,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"team_designation":[],"team_department":[8],"class_list":["post-2942","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-speakers-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/2942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_designation?post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/gsa\/agri-summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_department?post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}