Mr. Amit Burman
Vice Chairman - Dabur India Ltd, Chairman- Lite Bite Foods

“No Goal is unachievable, If you have the Right Approach”

It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of this year’s Indian Restaurant Congress. It is one of the few platforms that brings together a huge chunk of Industry professionals where they have a lot to share and inspire. Year 2014 has been tremendous for various industries including F ‘n’ B. The industry has become more competitive than ever as it has witnessed a variety of concepts including some of the most innovative restaurant set ups, menus and food presentation.

The passion and love for good food enabled me to try my hands on setting up restaurants and serving varied cuisines including Coastal, Pan-Asian, Mediterranean and many more over the years. With more than 70 operational outlets, I look to hit a ton soon and continue serving good quality food to my patrons.

A fourth generation entrepreneur with an eye on identifying emerging business opportunities, Amit Burman is the brain behind the introduction of packaged fruit juices in India way back in 1997 with Dabur India Ltd, a leading consumer products maker in the country. Outside Dabur too, Amit Burman has successfully identified and ventured into key growth sectors that include food retailing, with a chain of quick service & fine dining restaurants and food courts, wine distribution, insurance and sports. His F&B retail venture by the name of Lite Bite Foods has forged a strategic alliance to manage Food Courts on behalf of PVR Cinemas. In addition, Lite Bite also runs Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) and casual dining outlets as well as manages entire food courts in a wide range of locations including malls, office complexes, high streets, highway locations, hospitals, metros and airports. Amit Burman is also the man behind several innovative concepts in the Indian F&B Services market, foremost among them being Street Foods of India (SFI), a QSR business with a unique collection of Indian cuisines. Amit has also established a wine business in India, christened as Nature's Bounty Wines.

Amit Burman has been honoured with many prestigious awards and recognition including the Columbia SABA Young Leader Award 2008 by the Columbia Business School’s South Asia Business Association (SABA). He holds an MBA degree from the University of Cambridge, a MSC degree in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, USA and a BSC degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.