Mandate for resilience in supply chains is realized more than ever due to prevailing COVID 19 pandemic. The need for understanding potential risks and business continuity planning is now highly significant. There is an urgent need to develop potential human resources to manage and lead huge industrial workforce and prepare for the future. Logistics sector being one of the 12 champion service sectors comprising of the user and service provider segments is rapidly adapting to new normal. Draft National Logistics policy indicates the Government intent to introduce reforms for reducing total logistics cost from the present 14% of GDP to less than 10% in near future. It is estimated that proposed initiatives would yield estimated savings of Rs. 9 Lakh crores (US$ 120 Billion) per year. Logistics sector is 4th largest employer and is poised to provide close to 3 million jobs in next 3 years.
TRACK is one of the innovative professional programmes introduced by CII Institute of Logistics that aims to Transform, encourage Research, Assess, overcome Challenge leading to Knowledge in Indian Logistics sector. These CII Supply Chain Champions may be from any sphere of the supply chain such as warehousing, surface transport, aviation, ocean shipping, coastal and inland waterways transport, procurement, production support, in-plant logistics, distribution, packaging, technology, digitalization, handling equipment, human resource development and research.
Dr Sanjeevi has over 34 years of experience, including fifteen years as Managing Director / Director/CEO in various companies. He worked in diverse Industries such as pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and textiles. He currently works as Advisor to Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).He has PhD in Supply Chain management and has completed Global Managers Course at Harvard Business School in 1996.
Mr Asokan Sattanathanis an accomplished Supply Chain leader with over 34 years of experience. He has been in several business leadership roles and at the helm of Telecom, Automotive and Engineering industries. His experience spans functions such as Supply Chain, Marketing, IT and Materials, among others. Mr Asokan is Chairman of the Board of aahaa stores and Director at BETA Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Mr SS Raman has over 36 years of experience with core exposure in leadership roles, Manufacturing, Technology, Procurement and SCM across industry and globally. He handled several leadership roles which includes Executive Director in Whirlpool of India and CEO /MD at TVS Electronics ltd.Currently he engaged as a Certified Executive CEO Coach from CFI and in last 10 years he has done Coaching and Consulting for Sr. Leaders across industry.
Mr Kamlesh N Thakur (former Asia Pacific Director - Procurement / Integrated Supply Chain, Motorola Inc. and the Region Head & Director – APJI Operations / Services Enablement, NCR Corporation, US) is a Multi-country / Multi-cultural top Management Professional with significant domain knowledge, and over three decades of very credible leadership experience with reputed organizations in India, at Asia Pacific and globally, an excellent mix of Public and Private, Indian and Global Corporations. He is also the Founder and the CEO of Radbin Global [Management Consulting].
Mr Arvind Kalra has over 35 years of experience in Logistics and Supply Chain sector. He handles several leadership roles which included Sr VP Supply Chain of Amway India, Director Supply Chain of Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd. He Ledmultiple Strategic Initiatives to secure business objectives with consistency reliability. He also a Supply Chain Sourcing Procurement enthusiastcommitted to growth charter of business, driven by principles.
Mr Juzar Mustan (Joe) has over 20+ years of experience in the supply chain and logistics sector, he has experienced and learnt from a wide spectrum of businesses and clientele. Previously, Joe held leadership positions in several multi-national and Indian Retail and Logistics companies. Currently he is Founder & CEO at Reciprocity Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Ganesh is a senior knowledge expert and global head of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain (MSC) Center of Competence at McKinsey & Company. He is having a total of 16 years of research and consulting experience in the supply chain domain. Dr. Ganesh has worked in Organizations like Tata Consultancy Services,IBM,IITMadras and LMW. Dr. Ganesh graduated in Mechanical and Production Engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram with the university's first rank. He pursued his Masters degree in Industrial Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, and secured college first. He then moved to the Indian Institute of Technology Madras where he obtained his doctoral degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Mr Ajit Jangle is an accomplished leader with a career spanning about three decades in the supply chain. Before founding GRV Junction Agritech Pvt Ltd, Ajit managed several leadership roles in India as well as overseas like CEO- DP World-Supply Chain, Country Manager & COO-TVS Logistics, Group COO- Allcargo Logistics, Managing Director-Toll Global Logistics, Regional Director- APL Logistics and Head Supply Chain-Mahindra.
Mr Ramesh has about 36 years of rich industrial experience in different industries such as automobiles, plastics, ceramic manufacturing and logistics industry. His managerial experience spans across companies like LUCAS TVS, EICHER, VIP, GABRIEL, MURUGAPPA GROUP, etc. He had been associated with several Management Institutes & universities as a visiting faculty and as guest lecturer.
Mr. Chandramouli has over 4 decades of work experience, ranging from Finance & Costing, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Heavy Engineering, Auto Parts, Modern Retail; Logistics and People Transport. He has been handling Consultancy projects across industry in India and abroad. He has also been providing training and coaching support to industry and educational institutions.
Dr. Anita Kumar has over ten years' industry experience at the middle/senior management level in distribution, retail and supply chain management in FMCG, food and pharmaceutical industries. Later she moved to academics and has taught Supply chain and Logistics subjects at several prestigious institutions. Currently she is Director at CII School of Logistics, Noida campus.
