Podcasts

Launched in 2025, the Smart Protein Pod brings you candid conversations with changemakers across the alternative protein ecosystem. Brought to you by the GFIdeas India community, this podcast caters to students, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry experts, offering accessible insights and inspiring journeys from the frontlines of food innovation.

The Smart Protein Pod brings you candid conversations with changemakers across the alternative protein ecosystem. Brought to you by the GFIdeas India community, this podcast caters to students, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry experts, offering accessible insights and inspiring journeys from the frontlines of food innovation.
In this episode of The Smart Protein Pod, Mr. Sanjay Dave, former Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and senior international expert with the FAO and WHO, joins Ojasvi Uppal to shed light on the evolving landscape of food regulations.
With nearly five decades in agri-trade and food safety, Mr. Dave offers a rare inside view into how India can build a transparent, science-based regulatory framework for cultivated meat and fermentation-derived foods.
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By the year 2050, we will have 10 billion people on our planet–a sixth of whom will be in India. If we want to feed all 10 billion of us in a sustainable, healthy, and just way, we need to reimagine how we source our food. Running for two seasons until 2021, this podcast has all those answers and much more.
