Kaushik is the Chief Research Manager at F1rst and holds a PhD in Food Biotechnology. He has over 13 years of experience in market research and consulting within the food and beverage industry. Kaushik has managed projects covering global market research for protein ingredients, Savory, bakery intermediates, Emulsifiers, polyols, sweeteners, starches, preservatives, extracts, and many other functional ingredients. He brings a techno commercial perspective to the data that our team of highly qualified analysts generate.

Ayesha Rahman is a passionate nutritionist with about a decade of experience in clinical and consumer nutrition. A gold medalist in Masters in Food and Nutrition from Jadavpur University, she has worked as a clinical nutritionist in prominent hospitals like Hiranandani hospital -Mumbai & Jayashree Todkar Obesity Solutions -Pune and Fortis Hospital – Anandapur. She has been working for the past 8+ years at Nestlé across diverse categories driving the Nestlé Health Science business and consumer facing Food & Beverage business across various categories including noodles, chocolates and confectionery, dairy, coffee, beverages etc. She has significant experience in creating engaging nutrition education content for digital platforms to empower consumers with nutrition knowledge and conducting live consumer facing expert nutrition sessions on social media.

Kishore Kumar is a seasoned market researcher, featured author and supply chain intelligence expert who works in F1rst as technocommerial head with 7 years in market research and 3 years in food industry. His worked in global studies includes protein ingredients, prebiotics, probiotics, savory systems, bakery intermediates, emulsifiers, sweeteners, starches, soluble, insoluble fibers, functional ingredients, and pharmaceutical APIs. In academic collaborations, he has organized Pan-India NPD hackathons for global ingredient players, PITF course modules featured in IIT Swayam Plus.