Shilpa Divekar Nirula
Founding Partner
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AGVAYA, India
Shilpa is an accomplished professional with over 29 years of experience in consulting and the agriculture and food sector. She has held leadership roles at Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Bunge, Monsanto, and Bayer CropScience, where she led Strategy and Commercial Excellence for Asia-Pacific and co-led the Global Smallholder Strategy. Formerly CEO of Monsanto South Asia, she co-founded AgVaya LLP, an outcome-focused agri-food consulting firm. She serves on the Boards of AstraZeneca Pharma India, GMM Pfaudler, Cleanmax, and Grow Indigo, and advises Omnivore.
Sessions
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Breeding Better Ingredients: Accelerating AI-Powered R&D for Regional Crops04-Nov-2025Main Auditorium