India, March 16 -- Q. What are your views on the current state of Indian food industry?

A. I think the whole world is looking towards India. The kind of opportunities that one can see here is phenomenal. We can see restaurants and hotels opening up every other day. But the flow from the universities and colleges is not enough to meet the kind of opportunities that the industry is generating. So I think we need to catch the opportunities because this is the best time to be in this industry.

Q. Do you think Indian food has received the global recognition it deserves?

A. We are just limited to northwest frontier and scream only Butter Chicken and Tikka. Life is beyond that and there are a lot of regional cuisines which haven't even been e...