About
Haribol Foods
Empowering Communities, Advancing Technology, and Expanding Global Horizons.
The company is a leader in ethical innovation within the food industry, committed to bridging the gap between rural and urban India while promoting sustainability, transparency, and cruelty-free practices.
Empowering Rural India
At the heart of the company’s mission is its dedication to rural empowerment. By integrating over 2,000 farmers from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh into its supply chain, the company has revitalized rural communities. This effort has encouraged reverse migration, bringing youth back from cities to villages, engaging them in sustainable dairy, non-dairy, and honey production. HariBol serves as a crucial link between rural and urban economies, driving inclusive prosperity.
Tech-Driven Transparency with IoT & AI
The company pioneers the use of IoT and AI technologies to ensure full transparency and accountability in both dairy and non-dairy operations. All cows in its dairy network are AI-tagged for lifetime monitoring, promoting optimal animal health and maintaining cruelty-free practices. In the non-dairy sector, IoT-based systems track crops from sowing to harvest, offering farmers real-time crop health data. Consumers can access this information through a mobile app, fostering transparency in sourcing and reinforcing ethical consumption.
Global Recognition for Impact
HariBol’s innovative approach has garnered global recognition, including being selected as one of the top 8 case studies in a World Economic Forum (WEF) report at Davos. This highlights the company’s significant socio-economic and environmental contributions, aligning faith-based principles with modern business practices.
Expanding Retail Presence
With a presence in over 400 modern retail stores across India, including Nature’s Basket, Reliance Signature, and Tata Star Quick, the company makes its cruelty-free and sustainable products easily accessible. Additionally, products are available on leading e-commerce platforms like D-Mart Ready, Zepto, and Blinkit. The company is also a trusted brand within the global ISKCON community, with its products featured in more than 150 ISKCON temples worldwide.
Global Expansion
HariBol’s commitment to ethical and sustainable practices extends internationally. In the United States, the company has established a presence through ISKCON temples and retail outlets, with plans to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility focused on yogurt and ghee production. These initiatives aim to demonstrate a cruelty-free dairy model. Moreover, the company is expanding into the UAE, and its products are already available in retail stores and ISKCON temples across the UK. This global expansion reflects the company’s vision to reshape industry standards and offer transparent, sustainable choices to conscious consumers worldwide.
ISKCON Temple of Vedic Planetarium (TOVP)
HariBol is more than just a farm-to-consumer brand; we are a heartbeat in the fabric of society, fiercely dedicated to instigating transformative change and fostering empowerment among the women of India and our country's stalwart farmers.
We wear our association with ISKCON and the TOVP as a badge of honor, a testimony to our shared values and missions.
At HariBol - the proceeds from our temple sales, the fruits of our labor, are not just numbers on a ledger. They represent a pledge, a promise to TOVP and the myriad social upliftment endeavors of ISKCON.
We have committed our gross margin from the temple sales to all social welfare drives of ISKCON and TOVP like cow protection initiative, well-being of women and farmers, de-addiction camps, food for life program and so on.
Our Mentors
Kushal Desai
Chairman and Managing Director, Apar Industries
Mr. Kushal Desai is the Chairman and Managing Director of Apar Industries, an industrial conglomerate and a co-founder of Apar Technologies. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Business degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Kushal Desai is on the Board of Governors of both Dharmsinh Desai University and DDMM Heart Hospital, Nadiad (Gujarat), which are charitable institutions in the field of Education and Healthcare. He is on the Board of Trustees of The Lady Northcote Orphanage and is an Advisor to Midday Meal Program “Annamrita” which caters daily Lunch to over 1.6 million underprivileged school children in India.
Ashish Chauhan
Mr. Ashish Chauhan serves as the CEO of India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE). He is also the Chancellor of University of Allahabad.
Earlier, Ashish served at as the MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange for 10 years. He also served on the Board of Directors of Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL), etc. Ashish is also on the Board of Governors of IIM Raipur, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management. He has been ranked amongst the 60 most influential Gujaratis in the world by Chitralekha, a Gujarati magazine for several years. He also currently serves on several government and regulatory committees.
Ashish holds a B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay (1989) and MBA from IIM Calcutta (1991).
Gauranga Das
Director - Govardhan Ecovillage, India
Shree Gauranga Das is a director at ISKCON's Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV), founded by Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Under his leadership, GEV has won several awards, including the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Award in 2017. He has enabled GEV's accreditation to multiple United Nation bodies like UNEP, UNCCD, ECOSOC and CBD. A graduate from IIT Bombay, he worked for the Kirloskar Group briefly before joining ISKCON, Mumbai.
Braja Vilasa Das, (Vijay Subramanian)
Co-Director of ISKCON Mayapur and the Vice Chairman of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP)
Braja Vilasa Das, (Vijay Subramanian), serves as the Co-Director of ISKCON Mayapur and the Vice Chairman of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP). He holds an M.Tech degree from IIT Roorkee. In his leadership roles, he has been instrumental in advancing the mission of ISKCON and overseeing the development of the TOVP project.
Capt. Yogeshwar Pushkarna
Mentor - Quality & Procurement, Haribol Foods
Capt. Pushkarna comes with over 4 decades of management experience in end-to-end quality, inspection & export. He helped setup India operation for Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) including their agricultural, mineral, consumer product, laboratory divisions over a period of 30 years. His leadership role in establishing export parameters of Non-Basmati rice in the ‘90s helped India achieve global acclaim in the segment. He was also Director International at L T Foods Ltd. (Dawat) where he led the procurement, quality & export divisions for over a decade making Dawat a leader in Thai & Filipino Rice exports.
Our Team
Yachneet Pushkarna
MD & CEO, Haribol Foods
Brings over 20 years of international experience in product development, sales & market research. He was part of the Global Business Intel team at Agency France Presse, Paris & EU Business Development team at XWiKi. During his stint at Sanofi S.A., Paris, he played a vital role in the launch of their pre-diabetic drug trial. He also served in sales leadership roles for expanding Asia Pacific footprint of Reliance Lifesciences packaged products based out of Singapore, Hong Kong & New York where he helmed research projects related to Indian FMCG market. Form last 5 years he has been working with AIIMS, Govardhan Eco Village & Haribol on multiple social impact & sustainability projects.
Punit Khandelwal
Head of Sales, Modern Trade & Institutions
Punit, our Head of Sales for Modern Trade & Institutions, brings over 20 years of rich experience in the Retail & Sales industry.
Proficient in sales and operations, budget planning, pricing, and promotional strategies, Punit is instrumental in driving growth and fostering partnerships.
Punit is a graduate in Commerce from Kolkata University.
Krishna Andri
DGM Operations
Krishna brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Haribol serving as the Deputy General Manager of Operations. With a career spanning over 13 years in the FMCG, Krishna Andri has been instrumental in driving operational excellence and efficiency. He has held key positions at Kayempee Foods Pvt ltd, where they demonstrated exceptional leadership and strategic thinking. He has successfully managed large-scale projects and operations, leading cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals and Implementing innovative solutions to enhance productivity and profitability.
He has done his M.Sc. In Chemistry and an MBA in Marketing.
His commitment to operational excellence and ability to drive change makes them a valuable asset to HariBol Foods.
Sanket Pednekar
Deputy General Manager, Compliance & Special Projects
Sanket comes with over 12 years of experience in Research, Product Development & Project management across Engineering, IT & Food sectors. He was also the founder & COO at RGM Technologies – a software startup funded by Startup India Seed Fund.
Prior to his stint as an entrepreneur, he was part of the Intellectual Property and Research teams of MNCs, such as Mettler Toledo & Netscribes Inc.
Ketan Nathani
Assistant General Manager, Accounts & Finance
Brings over 15 years of experience in Finance & Accounts across Logistics, Travel & Food sectors. He served as a Finance Controller at Rhenus Logistics before joining his family business in the Travel segment where he managed all operations, sales, accounting & compliances. He currently heads the Finance, Accounting & Costing divisions at Haribol. He is a certified CA from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a CS Inter from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Ketan also holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce with a focus on Accounts & Finance from Mumbai University.
Ravi Shinde
Factory Manager
As our Factory Manager, Ravi Shinde spearheads the processing and packing of our A2 milk and milk products. With over 15 years of experience in the Dairy Industry, Ravi possesses extensive knowledge in milk procurement, milk and milk product processing and in training farmers. His expertise extends to manufacturing Naturally Flavored Milk, Dahi, Paneer, Ghee, Butter, and Skimmed Milk Powder.
Ravi graduated with a specialization in Chemistry from the University of Pune.