Governing Body
Umesh Madhyan
President
Vice President, Supply Chain at Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Umesh is a Supply Chain Expert, Transformation Leader & Innovator with more than 20 years of experience. He is accredited with formulating and implementing key SC strategies with an innovative & competitive edge since 2013 for Coca-Cola. He is also Steering Committee Member of AMCHAM, CII & USIBC.
Dharmesh Srivastava
Vice President; Lead - Collaboration & Best Practices Projects
Vice President-Supply Chain at Agro Tech Foods Limited (ConAgra Foods)A Supply Chain Management Professional having 25+ years of experience with Gillette, P&G and ConAgra Foods in India, UK, Dubai and Singapore. Currently, heading the Supply Chain and Purchasing India Organization at ConAgra Foods (Agro Tech Foods Ltd, India).
Ashish Mendiratta
General Secretary
Founder and Director, Advanchainge Pvt. Ltd.Supply Chain professional with 30 years of experience in supply chain across industries, including leadership roles for South Asia and Asia Pacific region with companies like Gillette, Nestle, Philips, Kohler. Have strengths & keen interests in Supply Chain strategy, processes, tools & training. Had been involved in many supply chain transformation initiatives.
Chetan Kumria
Treasurer
Managing Director and CEO, Xcell Supply Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd.Chetan is a Supply Chain professional with experience in Indian and International Markets and has worked across different industries that spreads out through Automotive, Engineering, Consumer electronics, Hi-tech, Electrical & Electronics, Logistics, Healthcare and Food & Beverages Industries.
Mani VGS
Lead Academic Connect
Founder of The Chainworks and Principal at EFESO, Mani's career of 25 years includes responsibilities of Factory & Vendor management, Operations management, Lean manufacturing, Project management, S&OP, Logistics, warehousing & distribution, Strategy Formulation, Process Re-engineering, Change management, Customer Engagement in companies like Nokia, Whirlpool, Voltas and L&T.
Manu Raj Bhalla
Lead - Institutions Connect
Director & Global Head - Contract Logistics & Supply Chain, Freight Systems Group. An alumni of IIM Kolkata, he has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Logistics & Supply Chain Management. He is also Member – CII National Committee on Logistics.
He is alumnus of IIM Calcutta and St. Xavier's College
Kartik Shah
Lead - Events Organization
Head Supply Chain & Logistics at Sennheiser IndiaRich experience of 15+ years in Freight Negotiation, Custom/Excise Clearance, Documentation, Liaison & allied activities of international trade. Has worked with companies like Philips, Honda Motorcycle & Scooters, Pegasus Logistics and Ruchi Infrastructure.
Saurabh Goyal
Lead Start-ups Connect
Founder at Thinklink Supply Chain Services and leading the business for Jusda India, Middle East and Africa, Saurabh has many achievements to his credit. It includes putting up the biggest AS/RS system at the Global Parts Centre for an automotive company, developing innovative picking kart for eCommerce business and creating multi-million logistics business in a very short time.
Ronit Verma
Lead Communication
Ronit is the National Logistics Manager for Red Bull. His 15 years of Supply chain experience includes Distribution, Planning, Warehousing, Logistics, Imports and operations Management with companies like P&G, L'oreal, Samsung Electronics.
He has expertise in Modern Engineering Practice and Techniques, Lean Six Sigma, process excellence and continuous improvement.
Kirat Mohan Singh
Support Institution Connects
Kirat is Head of Supply Chain Strategy, APAC & Head Of Supply Chain, India at Baxter International Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in managing supply chain operations and developing capabilities for all aspects of supply chain in the areas of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, Cost Optimization , Inventory Management, Network Design Optimization , Warehouse & Logistics Distribution models, Deployment of Quality Management System (QMS) meeting ISO 9001 requirements.
Divya Bhouraskar
Support Collaboration & Best Practices Projects
Divya is a Supply Chain Strategy & Digitalization leader at Johnson & Johnson. Her 14 years of experience includes presenting and implementing supply chain strategy & end-to-end digital enablement roadmaps for multiple fortune 100 companies. She has helped companies accelerate their digital enablement & journey, in the sectors F&B, Consumer Goods, Agri Chemicals, Automotive and Telecom in India, US, Thailand, Belgium.
Sushil Agarawal
Support Events Organization
Sushil is General Manager - Supply Chain at Geodis. He has 20 years of international experience across APAC, India and Middle East Africa in companies like Microsoft, HMD Global, Nokia, TNT, in strategy execution, managing complex supply chain operations and developing technology driven capabilities for all facets of supply chains including Sales & Operations planning, Inventory Management, Customer Order Management, Distribution, Warehousing management.
Parul Arora
Support Events Organization; Collaboration & Best Practices
Parul is a Supply Chain & Procurement Leader, Change Management Expert, Leadership Coach, Transformation Specialist and Ex.COO & Global Supply Chain Expert. She has more than 20 years of experience in the supply chain across industries, including leadership roles for South East Asia, APAC & European region that includes an end to end supply chain management, strategies, S&OP, analytics, procurement, projects, transformation, and continuous change management.
Advisory Board
Harry Himmat Lagad
Advisor
Regional Director Integrated Logistics APAC at GEODIS
With a career spanning over 25 years in Business Management, Harry HimmatLagad, is an astute business Leader, who has successfully headed Supply Chain functions, Manufacturing, Sales, Business Development and General Management portfolios across a variety of industry verticals, from Third Party Logistics, Plastics, Photographic Goods, Engineering, Sporting Goods, Footwear and Clothing, Consumer Electronics, Telecom and Timber.
His work has carried him across almost all continents, with various stints in USA, Russia, Europe, Singapore, South East Asia, Australia and currently India. He has worked with such astute organizations as Gati Ltd, BrightstarInc, Nokia, Intercraft Australia, Pacific Brands (Pacific Dunlop Australia), Tech Pacific (Ingram Micro Austral-Asia), TNT Logistics and Toll Global Logistics, Asia. Harry has also served in the Electronic Engineering branch of the Indian Navy
Alagu Balaraman
Advisor
Partner & Managing Director - Indian Operations at CGN Global
He has 35 years of experience with companies like L&T, PwC, Brandquiver Ltd, Godfrey Phillips, Britannia Industries and CGN & Associates
His work keeps moving across the areas of process design, information technology and business strategy. In most cases, it has been working in the interfaces of two or more of these areas.
He has been working extensively in the area of business-technology interface and bringing in alignment between business strategy, process design and technology. He likes to make things work be it design, shop floor and software, or businesses.