About Carica


“CARICA RETAIL PRIVATE LIMITED is a swadeshi organization and manufacturing all its products under Atmanirbhar Yojana” having association with respective FPO’S to enhance farmer produce.
Carica Retail Private Limited established in 2020 with a vision of developing and Branding FMCG Products across globe
Carica Founders has >25 Years of Experience in Food Processing, Product development and Retailing across globe
Carica Retail Launching > 120 products across 8 Categories
Establishing State of Art Manufacturing facilities at Mastenahalli Industrial Area in 14 Acres Land 65 Km from Bengaluru, 36 km from KIA International Airport.
Focusing on Rural Retailing and General Trade across India and Export
Identified 20-25 FPO Across Karnataka to Procure Required Raw Material Directly from Farmers


Dr. Vishnuvardhana D


Chairman & Managing Director

Dr. Vishnuvardhana D is an Agriculture Graduate from University of Agricultural Science Bangalore and Doctorate in Plant Pathology (Malaysia) also a dynamic and successful entrepreneur. He is a founder of Carica Retail Pvt Limited in 2020 with a vision to become one of the top 10 agro processing and FMCG food companies in India.
Dr Vishnu has rich experience working in 41 counties globally in agribusiness both input and output industries.
Associated with Future Group as a CEO New Products Development in 2016 at India Food Park Tumkur, Karnataka and Managing Director with Fampro Agribusiness Pvt Ltd Bangalore and Managing Director with Wadhawan Retail Pvt Ltd Mumbai.


Deepak Kaverappa


Director & CEO

Over 20 years of experience in spearheading FMCG Procurement, Buying & Sourcing, and Category Management for FMCG products having exposure of >6000 skus with profit accountability across Food & Grocery Retail, e-commerce, Cash and Carry and Exports Business.
Strong exposure in dealing with variety of product categories with accountability of buying, finalizing vendors/suppliers, Expertise in price negotiations, purchase management & Effectively handled pricing, category management, also handled e-Commerce and Exports across different business segments areas/markets; with different locational characteristics. Resourcefully managed excellence in FMCG.
Expertise in managing various kinds of distribution & supply segments.
Effective in a core leadership role revitalizing internal groups, building & managing vendor relationships.

Directors

Gayathri Shridhar Pujar
Rajeev Shwetha
Srinivas Rama Naik
Sushma Rathod
Vimala Kani