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                                     VIKRAM MOHAN               and an upmarket cafe Bread and Chocolate.
                                     Culinary                    An active member of Round Table India, Vikram has
                                     Anthropologist and         held many important positions within the National
                                     Restaurateur               Executive Council of the body. He has been actively
                                     Vikram Mohan is a          involved in the board of Confederation of Indian
                                     seasoned entrepreneur      Industries and the Automotive Components
                                     who has created over 10    Manufacturers Association.
                                     companies in the past 20    Vikram shares a vision of philanthropy along with his
                                     years. To his credit goes   wife Lakshmi and both of them are actively involved in
                                     the setting up of India’s   many social causes for the underserved such as facilitating
                                     first integrated vegetable   purified drinking water, creating primary health centres,
                                     processing business.       providing sanitary facilities in remote schools, planting
                                       Armed with ample         tree parks and creating computer literacy centres in tribal
                                     experience in executing    schools.
                                     exemplary ideas into
                                     successful businesses,     NIKESH LAMBA
          Vikram started VM hospitality in 2015 which has since   Sommelier, Co-Founder and Executive Director,
          morphed to become Pricol Gourmet.                     Pricol Gourmet
           Vikram is a keen culinary anthropologist on the cuisine   Nikesh Lamba comes from a family of army doctors. His
          of peninsular India. His culinary ventures include Savya   passion towards hospitality propelled him to carve a
          Rasa; Soy Soi; Bharat Bistro; Double Roti; Abyssinian,   career in the gourmet industry.
          India’s first Ethiopian restaurant; Origin; Bayroot; Delish   Nikesh became the first in his family to venture into

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