Foodlink: Nitin Nagrale, Vice President, Materials and Projects at Foodlink Services was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Supply Chain Management by the National American University.

He is the first person in the World to have completed the Certified Hotel Purchase Manager Certification Course from the American Hotel and Lodging Education Institute (AHLEI). He founded the Hospitality Purchasing Managers' Forum in India - the first-ever platform to converge over 2600 buyers from the Hospitality Industry.