Kushal Chakravarthi

Regional Sales Head - Compostable at Pakka

Kushal Chakravarthi is currently the CBH - Compostable at Pakka, taking the initiative to replace single-use plastics with 100% Compostable tableware in the food and beverage industry. Prior to this role, Kushal was the Founder and CEO of Dopy.in, focusing on solving printing problems for customers. Additionally, Kushal has experience as the Head of Expansion at Meghavi Wellness Spa, Business Development Manager at an unnamed organization, City Head at Shathayu Ayurveda Pvt Ltd, and involved in the family business at Al sarhaan advertising & Trading. Currently pursuing a degree in Product Management and Business at Duke University, Kushal also holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

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Bengaluru, India

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Pakka

Pakka Limited (located in Ayodhya, India) provides regenerative packaging solutions for food products. We aim to contribute towards a cleaner planet by developing compostable products made from sugarcane waste (bagasse) which is locally sourced & pulped by us. We work in 3 domains: - Food packaging - Food carry - Food service We are India's 1st Manufacturing B Corp and also one of only 7 public listed B-Corps in the world. We've also been awarded Top 10 environmentally sustainable company by the B-Corp organization. Our whole DNA is around sustainability & highlight some key features:- • All products produced are backyard compostable for sustainable packaging • We are 100% based on our own biomass-based energy • We recover 95% of our cooking chemicals • All our raw materials & fuels is locally sourced (within 200 km of the factory) • We work with local villages towards better education, sanitation & employment. Established in 1981, by entrepreneur-promoter KK Jhunjhunwala - with an installed capacity of 1940 MT per annum in 1983, Pakka started production of low grammage kraft grades. Today, Pakka has shifted its focus towards producing compostable packaging solutions. CHUK is the product brand of Pakka that produces 100% compostable tableware that is completely safe to eat from. Launched in 2017, today it has presence in major cities of India and has 150+ QSRs like Haldiram's, Lite Bite Food, Chaipoint, Google, Starbucks, PVR, Inox and Amazon as its customers.