Arjun Ayyagari, Co Founder & CEO
With over 15 years of work experience in the Manufacturing & Service industry, he embarked on the entrepreneurial journey to build an organisation to reimagine food production & distribution. Arjun carries extensive experience in Agtech sector and works very closely with urban farms to enable farm management services & to build market synergies
Arjun has an MBA from the SP Jain School of Global Management – Singapore & Dubai and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Production Engineering from Vishweshwariah Technological University (VTU), India.
Vaibhaw Dwivedi, Co Founder & COO
An experienced people leader, Vaibhaw has 15 years of experience transforming operations for large organisations leading to improved customer experience and bottom line. An avid reader, Vaibhaw is passionate about sustainability and food security. He co-founded Urban Tiller with the vision to make our food industry more sustainable and make fresh & contamination free food available to everyone.
Vaibhaw is an ex merchant navy officer and has sailed on the high seas for 2 years before pursuing his MBA from Great Lakes institute of Management, Chennai.
Shiva, Co Founder
Shiva is Co-Founder of Urban TIller and the Founder of RENERGII Ventures, which has spawned startups like Mycovation, FeedWerkz, Insectifii. Shiva is also the Founder of XIRCULAR, a product studio and Circular Cities Asia, an open innovation platform for the urban circular economy.
Liu Yu, Research Scientist Protein Extraction
Liu Yu is a doctorate in chemistry from Nanyang Technological University. She will spear head the product development of RuBisco and establish all protocols to build the commercial scale production
Sachin Kulkarni, Chief Advisor - Agtech
Qualified Agronomic consultant with a Master's Degree in Horticulture with 26 plus years of hands on work experience in Hi-Tech open-field and Soilless cultivation
Sachin is open to share the knowledge and expertise for wider adaptations of improved farming practices. Sachin also happens to be the Founder and Managing Director of Proactive Agri Solutions Private Limited.