Vikram Khurana
# Vikram Khurana

Vikram Khurana is an Indian barista and chef who won the silver medal at the 2002 World Barista Championship held in Oslo. He is the president of the United Coffee Association of India and serves as the founder and chief executive of Kaapi solutions. He was formerly associated with Café Coffee Day. Khurana was a judge at the 2016 National Barista Championship held in Bangalore.

## Career

Khurana was born in Delhi, India. In 1999, he worked as a chef in the United Kingdom and later joined Café Coffee Day in Delhi as a cafe manager. In 2000, he represented India at the World Barista Championship in Oslo, where he won a silver medal. The competition was organised by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe and supported by its US counterpart, Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Khurana is an Arabica Q grader, certified by the Coffee Quality Institute in the United States. In 2015, he also collaborated with Leena Nair, the Chairwoman of the Coffee Board of India, to open Probat Kaapi-Day.

