Wednesday
10
April 2024
3 PM - 4:30 PM IST
Location
Ahmedabad University Auditorium
GICT Building
Central Campus
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Leading Legacies: Family Business Chronicles
Talks
Behram Mehta
Founder, Owner and Director
Aava Natural Mineral Water
Speaker
Shiroy Mehta
Managing Director
Aava Natural Mineral Water
Speaker
Avanti Mehta
Water Sommelier and Brand Lead
Aava Mineral Water
Speaker
With more than 1000 HORECA clients, 200+ five star hotels serviced and over 650 million bottles sold - Aava is the preferred water partner for some of the biggest brands in the business. With more than 3,00,000 bottles sold per day, Aava has a huge pan India footprint. In 2019, in line with its environmental ethos, Aava embarked on a bold journey to become a genuinely carbon-neutral company, and as of 2020, Aava has successfully achieved a recycling rate of 110%, recycling nearly 440 tons (50 million) of plastic bottles. With this Aava houses numerous international and national honours, including the International Bottled Water World Awards in Mexico and the Superior Taste Award from the International Taste and Quality Institute in Brussels to its accolades.
Speaker
Behram Mehta
Behram Mehta, is the founder, owner and director of Aava Natural Mineral Water. He is a graduate of HL and worked with Godrej prior to starting his own business. He started his career by selling granite tiles out of his garage, eventually opening his own granite quarry in Gujarat and soon went on to build Ava, which holds 40% market share in India's Natural Mineral Water category.
Speaker
Shiroy Mehta
Shiroy Mehta is the Managing Director at Aava Natural Mineral Water. After completing his engineering from DAIICT he went on to pursue his MBA from the prestigious IIM-A. Shiroy has been working at Aava for the last 11 years and has seen the company grow 3 fold since 2011 under his able guidance and expertise in the Natural Mineral Water & Premium Beverage Market in India.
Speaker
Avanti Mehta
Avanti Mehta is India's youngest certified water sommelier and brand lead at Aava. Avanti's diverse professional background in advertising, e-commerce, and journalism, coupled with her academic credentials, underscores her entrepreneurial mindset and ability to navigate various industries., believing that caring for what we consume translates into caring for the planet, showcasing her entrepreneurial leadership in fostering environmental stewardship.
