Mr Sunil Sanklecha,

Founder and Managing Partner - Nuts ‘n’ Spices

Born in Chennai in a grocery business family, he had done his schooling in Chennai. A school drop-out but a passionate retailer, he joined his family business at a very young age.

“Nuts ‘n’ Spices”, his brainchild was conceptualised in early 1990's but launched its first store in 1999 and went on to become one of the most successful gourmet retail chains of the country. A man of strong principles with his creative ideas, he always endeavoured to be on par with the international standards that made Nuts ‘n’ Spices a very popular and a successful retail brand with 34 outlets in Chennai & one each in Coimbatore & Puducherry currently.

He also then filled the gap of having a premium sweet shop in Chennai by conceptualising the ‘’Indiska Magic’’.

He believes in the power of brand and always strived to make his brands a world class brand. A hard-core Karma yogi, he is a workaholic who always believes and says that ‘’a person must work only where his heart is, then for him his work is meditation’’.  He is now the Co-Chairman and an active member representing the Chennai Chapter of the Retailers Association of India.