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.
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He is alumnus of IIM Calcutta and St. Xavier's College
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Guru Shukla
Lead - Events Organization
With over 27 years of management experience in international trade & supply chain solutions, spearheading three boutique companies engaged in Brand Distribution, Int'l Trade Consulting & Freight Forwarding. He brings in an entrepreneurial perspective to logistics and freight forwarding
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He is alumnus of Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Ghaziabad
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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.
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