TagTalks - The Voice of Supply Chain

In this episode with Gokul Rajan, we discuss Digitization in Indian road transportation.

Gokul Rajan is COO at Gro Digital Platforms Ltd. He is currently focused on bringing digital tools in the hands of truckers in India to help them adapt and exploit the new paradigms, through a new business initiative that is part of the Hinduja Group. He brings two decades of multi-disciplinary experience in IT industry with focus on digital transformation in transportation and logistics.

In this episode with MR Sundaresan, we discuss Digital transformation of sourcing and procurement.

Sundaresan is Senior Leader with 20+ years of experience in the IT and Manufacturing industry providing stewardship and thought leadership on Sustainable Procurement, Digital Transformation, and Supply Chain. Empathetic problem solver, unlocking new potential with a sense of purpose and simplifying processes using cutting edge technology like AI, ML, NLP and RPA, enabling to grow business inspire and empower teams. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Institute of Supply Management. Currently with Nissan Digital heading Digital Platform Optimization Strategy. In past roles, held various leadership position in Cognizant, Wipro and other global firms.

Dr. Rajiv Aserkar is the Professor and Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at S P Jain School of Global Management, Singapore. He has a rich academic and corporate experience. He is also an active participant in the various Logistics and Supply Chain industry and academic forums in Southeast Asia, Middle East and India. He has authored a book titled “Logistics in International Business” and has co-authored another book titled “Export Import Management”.

In this episode with Mr. Shubhankar Chatterji, we discuss how to leverage crisis situations like Covid-19 pandemic to build a more resilient supply chains.

Shubhankar is a proven Operations and Supply Chain leader having 3 decades of industry experience with organizations like Tata Motors, Tata Cummins, Greaves Cotton and is now with Schindler India as CSCO. Specializing in setting up large green field operations, turning around value chains, presently focussing on building up an agile and resilient supply chain organization. Academics: an MS in Mech Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur, MBA from Kelley School of Business, a certified Six Sigma master Black Belt and a Research Scholar in Management with IIM Kozhikode.

In this episode with Dr. Balakrishnan A.S, we discuss supply chain planning and sustainability in automotive industry.

Dr. Balakrishnan A.S. is vice president in material planning and logistics department at Ford Motor Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.  He completed PhD in the area of management studies under the faculty of engineering and technology from SRM University. He has about twenty-four years of industry experience primarily in supply chain management and logistics, worked across the globe primarily in India and China, and published papers related to supply chain, logistics, material flow and engineering changes in various international journals.

In this episode with Mr. Rajesh Dhuddu, we discuss the applications of BlockChain for supply chains.

Rajesh Dhuddu is a Blockchain & Cybersecurity Leader for USD 5.2 billion IT giant Tech Mahindra. He was instrumental in establishing Blockchain practice at Tech M that made Blockchain real and valuable for several global customers.

Lattice80 has listed Rajesh as one of the top 100 Blockchain Influencers in the world in recognition of his contributions over the last 5 years. Thinkers360 has recognized him in the Top 5 Global list of Blockchain influencers.

In this episode with Mr. Sivakumar Gnanasambandam, we discuss whether AI and ML technologies are hype or reality, especially for supply chain applications.

Sivakumar manages Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management and AI Manufacturing at Oracle India. He is excited about the evolving trends of AI in Supply Chain Management. As a Certified Project Management Professional, he has executed many IT projects over the past 14 years.

In this episode with Mr. Pankaj Mehta, we discuss the state of the Indian cold chain ecosystem and the technologies that can help create an unbroken cold chain.

Mr. Pankaj Mehta is the Managing Director of Carrier Transicold India and South Asia including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. In his current role, he is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operating performance of the truck-trailer refrigeration business in the region.

Mr. Mehta is the Co-Chairman of the National Task Force on Post Harvest & Logistics set up by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in association with the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Processing to stimulate the cold chain infrastructure development.

He is a member of the CII Task Force on COVID vaccine and member CII National Committee on Food Processing, CII National Council on Agriculture and Member of Governing Council CII Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE).

Mr. Mehta is actively involved with the National Center of Cold Chain Development (NCCD) and was awarded the ICE award 2011 by the Global Cold Chain Alliance.

In this episode with Dr. Ravi Prakash Mathur, we discuss various supply chain transformation stories from Dr. Ravi’s illustrious career. Given current focus on Covid vaccines globally, we also talk about usage of advanced technology to ensure safe distribution of Covid vaccines.

Dr. Ravi Prakash Mathur is Vice President and Global Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Excellence, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. He works on Supply Chain Transformation and on Digital Innovation including projects based on Artificial Intelligence.

He is the winner of top 25 Digitalist Thought Leaders of India award, by SAP Ace, and “Logistics-Week Young Achiever in Supply Chain Award”. Academic paper, he coauthored in 2020, titled “Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd: Inventory Management Under Resource Constraints” is hosted by Harvard Business Publishing and is available on the HBR store.

He is member of various Logistics and Supply Chain Councils, including CIIL Elite Community and is on various academic and advisory boards in India and abroad.

In this episode with Mr. Sunil David, we discuss how an organization can embark on IOT projects, the key components of an IOT solution, examples of IOT use cases for enterprise supply chain segment and trends seen in supply chain IOT space.

Sunil is the Regional Director (IOT) at AT&T India. He has more than 27 years of experience in the IT and Telecom industry and has been bestowed with many awards:

• “Indian Achievers Award” for year 2020-21 for Outstanding Professional Achievement and Contribution in Nation Building conferred by the Indian Achievers Forum
  
• “India’s Fastest Growing Leaders 2019-20- Pride of the Nation” at the Asian Business and Social Forum
  
• One of the “50 Most Influential Digital Marketing Leaders” across India at World Marketing Congress.
  

Sunil is registered as an IOT Tech Guru and Mentor for NASSCOM’s Women Wizards Rule Tech (W2RT) initiative. He is also a Mentor and Elite Council Member at CII Institute of Logistics.