Logistics Summit 2020 - Session 1

Global Digital Conference on
LOGISTICS SUMMIT 2020
COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Logistics Sector
5 June 2020

Session I: Deglobalisation - Restructuring of Global Supply Chains and Impact on India

In recent years there has been a rising sentiment amongst countries to encourage localized production. Events like Brexit and US-China trade tensions have been disrupting global supply chains and COVID-19 has further exposed the vulnerability of just-in-time, global supply chains. There has been growing demand to provide enhanced resilience in terms of flexibility and redundancy by nearshoring. Below are topics for discussion:

a. Global and domestic driving forces for realigning/ redesigning companies’ supply chains
b. Global trade overview and India’s position - Can India emerge as China’s substitute?
c. Policy thrust areas and impact on driving India’s global competitiveness
d. Potential challenges and threats for India

Session Chairman : Mr R Shankar, Member - CII National Committee on Logistics, Group Chief Executive Officer, TVS Supply Chain Solutions

Dynamics of global value chains - Opportunity for India : Mr Mohammad Athar, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Panelist : Ms Manisha Thaker, Vice President, Trialliance Global Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd

Panelist : Capt. Abhay Kumar, Sr. Manager, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd