Raghavan Sampathkumar

Raghavan Sampathkumar has over 18 years of experience working across the Asia Pacific in various sectors such as agri-inputs, protein (animal & plant) value chains, international trade, and biotechnology. He is currently working as Head – Policy Advocacy & External Affairs, with Samunnati, India’s largest agri-tech enterprise with a vision of making markets work for the smallholder farmers. As a seasoned agribusiness professional with a 360-degree, holistic understanding of the Agri-Food value food chain, he regularly writes on global agri-food trends, food & nutritional security, Agtech, and sustainability-related issues for national and international publications and social media platforms. Raghavan speaks regularly at agri-food industry events and also delivers guest lectures at various educational institutes including B-schools. He is also a poet, a published author and is active with more than 16000 followers on his LinkedIn blog. He can be contacted at vnsraghavan@gmail.com