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DETAILS PAGE NO.

Conference Schedule 2

Chief Guest 6

Guests of Honours 7

Experts for Session: I 8

Experts for Session: II 10

Experts for Session: III 12

Experts for Valedictory Session 14

ARTICLES BY FACULTIES

Logistics & Supply Chain Management: Opportunities Ahead 15

Opportunities and Challenges of Port Sector 20

ARTICLES BY STUDENTS

Future of Supply Chain Management 26

Supply Chain Management: A gateway of Start-ups 27

Supply Chain Management for E-Commerce 28

Transport Management System 29

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT(SIP) 30

SIP experience at Mormugao Port 31

SIP experience at Adani Port & SEZ 32

SIP experience at CONCOR 33

Tarini Ship 34

Future of Marine Ship Building Technology 35

Marine Traffic 38

Port Privatization in India 39

Success or Failure of any business depends on Logistics Management 44

Orientation and Teachers’ day Celebration 45

Faculty Interview 47

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ORGANISER

DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME MANAGEMENT

(B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies)

Gujarat University

Ahmedabad

Venue: Senate Hall, Gujarat University

Date: September 21, 2019

THEME: PORT AND ALLIED SECTOR IN THE STATE VIS-À-VIS INDIA AND WORLD:

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION AND FELLOWSHIP

10:00 – 11.00 INAUGURAL SESSION

Speakers Floral Welcome and Presentation of Mementos

University Song

Welcome Address: Dr Prateek Kanchan, Director, B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Inauguration by Lighting of Lamp

Guest of Honour: Dr Pankaj Shukla, Executive Council Member, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Guest of Honour: Dr. Jagdish Bhavsar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Presidential Address : Dr. (Prof.) Himanshu Pandya, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Special Address: Shri Amlan Bora, Trade & Investment Commissioner, NBSO, Ahmedabad, Embassy of Netherlands

Awards Distribution by Chief Guest

Chief Guest & Inaugural Address: Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Vote of Thanks: Dr. Mehal Pandya, (Conference Convener), Associate Professor & HOD,

Department of Maritime Management, B.K School of Professional and Management Studies, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

National Anthem

11:00 – 11:30 TEA BREAK & NETWORKING

11:30 – 13:00 SESSION I: PANEL DISCUSSION : INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Invitation to Speakers, Floral Welcome and Presentation of Mementos

Moderator: Shri Chetan Bhojani, Management Consultant & Founder, Add Value Consultants Rajkot

Panel Expert: Dr. Hanna Olasiuk, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Business School, Haryana

Panel Expert: Shri Kalpesh Vaghela, CEO, Infra Control Systems, Vadodara

Panel Expert: Shri Deven Patel, General Manager - Human Resources, Bosch Rexroth India Pvt. Limited, Ahmedabad

Question Answers and Concluding Remarks by the Session Moderator

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30 SESSION II: PANEL DISCUSSION : LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT : OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD


Moderator :Shri Samir Shah, Chairman CII Skill Development Panel - Gujarat State, Partner JBS Group of Companies, Immediate Past Chairman Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India

Panel Expert: Shri Kapil Modi, COO, CTA Logistics Ltd, Ahmedabad

Panel Expert: Shri Madhukar Roat, Chief General Manager, Container Corporation of India Ltd’s

(CONCOR), North West Region, Ahmedabad

Panel Expert: Mr. Josep Ragull, Business Consultant & Lecturer, Operations and Supply Chain, EAE Business School, Spain


15.30 – 15.45 BREAK

15:45 – 17:15 SESSION III:PANEL DISCUSSION : EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES &

CHALLENGES IN THE MARITIME SECTOR


Moderator: Dr. Ganesh Radhakrishnan, JGU/Advisor, PWC, New Delhi

Panel Expert : Shri Amardeep Singh Parmar, Terminal Head, Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (Group company of The J M Baxi Group), Kandla

Panel Expert : Shri Inderjeet Nagar, Chief Manager, The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., Mumbai

Panel Expert: Capt. Saurabh Mathur, CEO at CWCNSL - DP World Company


17:15 –17:45 VALEDICTORY SESSION


Dr. P. M. Patel (I/C), Registrar, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Shri B R M Rao, Director, Vimal Group, Mehsana

Concluding Remarks: Dr. Sonali Chatterjee, Assistant Professor & Conference Coordinator, Department of Maritime Management, B.K School of Professional and Management Studies, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

TEA BREAK & NETWORKING

18.30 – 19.30 CULTURAL EVENT

HERITAGE WALK IN THE AHMEDABAD CITY

ORGANISER

DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME MANAGEMENT

(B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies) Gujarat University

Ahmedabad

Reporting Time: 6.45 AM


INDUSTRIAL VISIT

ORGANISER

DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME MANAGEMENT (B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies)

Gujarat University Ahmedabad

Venue: Gandhidham


00:00 Departure from B K School of Professional & Management Studies Institute, Gujarat University

06:00 Reaching to Kandla

09:00 Entry to Deendayal Port Trust, Kandla

09:00 – 11:00 Visit

11:00 – 12:00 Visit to Kandla International Container Terminal

12:15 – 13:30 SEZ Units Visit (Two Units)

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

15:30 – 17:30 Interaction with officers of Deendayal Port Trust at The Gandhidham Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Chamber Of Commerce & Industry

Vote of Thanks : Dr. Mehal Pandya, HOD, Department of Maritime Management

Concluding Remarks: Mr. Raghav Acharya, Assistant Professor,

Department of Maritime Management, B K School of Professional & Management Studies

Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Government of India

Chief Guest

Guests of Honor

Dr Prateek Kanchan,

Director, B.K. School of Professional

and Management Studies,

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Shri Amlan Bora,

Trade & Investment Commissioner,

NBSO, Ahmedabad, Embassy of

Netherlands

Dr. (Prof.) Himanshu Pandya

Hon'ble Vice Chancellor,


Dr. Jagdish Bhavsar

Pro-Vice Chancellor,


Dr. Pankaj Shukla

Executive Council Member,


PANEL DISCUSSION: INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SKILL

DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Shri Chetan Bhojani

Shri Chetan Bhojani has more than 20 years of experience in Strategic HR

Management, Performance Management, Cultural Change Management, Training

& Development, Leadership development and Competence development. Mr.

Chetan holds Masters in Information Technology, Masters in Chemistry, and

Studied Behavioural Psychology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

USA. Currently Pursuing studies in “Empathy and Emotional Intelligence” from

University of California, Berkeley, USA.

He has worked with many reputed organizations at lead managerial role in

diversified industries. He is the founder of Add Value Consultants- A Management consulting firm providing

Management Solutions to the industries in India and Europe. His last association was with a Healthcare

IT/ITeS company as Head-HR (India & US). Previously he has served with reputed Mahindra group as

Manager Human Resources-WEST with Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. He is a secretary of

Saurashtra Kutchh HR Forum and is also a Member of Board of Studies at Marwadi University.

Dr. Hanna Olasiuk

Dr. Hanna Olasiuk currently holds a position of Assistant Professor at OP Jindal

Global University and Associate Professor at KROK University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Dr. Hanna graduated from KROK University with a master’s degree in International

Economic Relations in 2007. Her doctoral dissertation on Economic security of

pharmaceutical companies in modern competitive environment was successfully

defended in 2015.

Overall, she has more than 10 years of teaching experience and 6 years of industry work. She used to work

as an export-import manager in international chemical and pharmaceutical company and head of marketing

department in IT firm.

Currently Dr. Hanna is teaching B2B Marketing, International Business and Business, Govt, Society subjects.

She has published 3 books and 11 articles in globalisation, international trade, business security and green

marketing and eco-friendly consumption. She has participated in 15 international conferences in Ukraine,

India and Europe.

SESSION I:

Shri Kalpesh Vaghela

Shri Kalpeshkumar R. Vaghela is the CEO of Infra Control Systems. He has 33

years of experience as Automation and Software Validation Specialist, Expert

Trainer on CSV- Data Integrity. Since last two decades, Mr. Vaghela has been

helping Indian and International Pharma – Process Companies achieve its

compliance by training and motivating professionals. He is also conducting

Governance-Risk and Compliance Seminar for Information Technologies Giants

like Wipro, HCL Technologies, etc.

He has worked with 60% of most big pharma Companies as a CSV Consultant and Trainer. He has close to

a decade of international experience of working with companies located in USA, Canada, Europe, Far East

and Middle East.

Since his two Company ICS & KVS is involved in real life CSV Validation, GAP Assessment , Data Integrity

Audits and remediation, there is a chance for all to learn the practical way of doing the work with all problem

solving techniques which can help you avoid or reduced 483 – Warning letter and Data Integrity Issues.

He has conducted training at many MNC’s and also participated in many International Data Integrity

Conference as a lead speaker and many more.

Shri Deven Patel

Shri Deven Patel is Human Resources Professional with around 28 years of Post

Qualification experience of working in Indian & Multi National Organizations of

repute.

Shri Deven hold bachelors degree in Commerce, Post-Graduation in Human

Resources Management & Degree in Law.

Shri Deven started his Professional Career with Textile giant Arvind Mills Ltd. & further moved & worked for

bigger professional exposure in companies like Parekh Platinum Ltd., Windsor Machines Ltd. & Swedish

MNC Sandvik before moving to his current Organization. Since last 11 years, he is heading human

Resources function of German Multi National Company Bosch Rexroth India.

Shri Deven has exposure of managing whole employee life cycle and taking care of various aspects related

to their welfare.

Shri Deven has represented Indian HR Functions at various International Company meetings at Germany,

USA, China (Beijing, Shanghai & Xian), Sweden,Finland, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.

PANEL DISCUSSION: LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGEMENT : OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD

Shri Samir Shah

Shri Samir J Shah, Partner in JBS Group of Companies, involved in all International

Freight Forwarding activities and Advisory and Training with a focus on Skill

Updating has an experience of 36 years in this field. A TEDX speaker; lauded by

World Customs Organisation with a Certificate of Merit; and winner of many awards

in the Logistics space both Indian and International. He believes in sharing his

knowledge which he is doing through books written by him; audio and video training

; webinars and classroom training having over 300 such programmes to his credit. He is also a much sought

out speaker both in India and abroad on all Logistics related events.

Shri Kapil Modi

Shri Kapil Modi has done B.com from H.L. College of Commerce, Gujarat University

and MBA from South Gujarat University with specialization Marketing and

International Mkt. Currently COO of CTA LOGISTICS LTD having strong workforce

of 650 personnel. CTA’s monthly cargo volume is 3 lakh metric tonnes.

Mr. Modi has 35 year experience in the field of Logistics, expertise in Multi-Mode

transport . Actively working with Indian Railways, CONCOR, SCI. He has a working experience on all Major

Rail Head of Railways in all India basis including Assam North East, Jammu and Kashmir. He has also been

working at all major Ports of the Country. He has been associated with companies like Amul, Tata

Chemicals, Nirma Ltd, GHCL Ltd, Adani Willmar, Cargill, Ruchi Soya, Dhara Oil of NDDB, HUL, P&G, ITC

Consumer Products, Britannia, Nestlé, NDDB, KingFisher Beer, Rakieetee and Bankizer, Godrej Consumer

Products, Patanjali. Gadhi Detergent, Hindustan CoCaCola Beverages Ltd, Tata Global Beverages,

PepsiCo, Mahindra Cars ,Hyundai, Ultra Tech Cement, Ambuja Cement, ACC, Ashapura International.

Arvind Mills for Fabrics and Denim. He has been associated with Adani Group since the inception of Mundra

Port, Visiting Faculty of Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

He has also been associated with Reliance Industries, CTA Logistics also has C&F depot and Distribution of

Amul, ITC, Fortune Oil and Rice, Godrej Consumer Products and PepsiCo.

SESSION II:

Shri Madhukar Roat

Shri Madhukar Roat is working as Chief General Manager of the Container

Corporation of India Ltd.(CONCOR), North West Region, Ahmedabad from 1st

November2018. Shri Madhukar Roat is heading the entire North West zone of

CONCOR, which is a Navratna Company.

He is from the 1997 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He has worked on

various commercial and operational posts of Western Railway. He has worked for

port operation for more than 4-years as an Area Manager, Gandhidham. Rail

operation of both the major ports i.e. Kandla & Mundra were closely monitored and he was associated with

the rail working of these ports. Apart from handling huge manpower in Railways, he has handled

infrastructure planning issues very successfully in regard to opening of Private Fright Terminal in Ahmedabad

Division as a capacity of Senior Divisional Operating Manager. Under his flagship the new concept of non-

government railway (NGR) of Kandla Port was initiated and implemented.

Mr. Josep Ragull

An executive leader with International FMCG background on health, food & drinks

industries. Wide expertise in Operations, Supply Chain and Purchasing with

operational hands-on experience in markets and regions. He is associated with this

field since 1999. He is currently working as a lecturer in EAE business school as

operations & supply chain & business consultant. He also possesses the

experience of International Supply Chain Integration manager in Sara Lee

household and body care, Customer Supply Director Germany & Austria in Diageo,

Regional supply chain director, UK & Ireland in Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Director

supply chain, Purchasing & sustainability Spain with Danone Waters.

He envisions supply chain as the driver for the business of the future in a more sustainable way.

PANEL DISCUSSION : EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES &

CHALLENGES IN THE MARITIME SECTOR

Dr. Ganesh Radhakrishnan

Dr Ganesh Radhakrishnan, Advisor PwC (GRID), Associate Professor, Jindal

Global School of Business, is a graduate from the National Defence Academy. He

is the leading maritime expert in the country and is uniquely qualified with expertise

across operations, consulting and research in the sector. His consulting experience

extends across the maritime spectrum in shipping, ports, shipbuilding and repair,

IWT and related multimodal transport domains. He has been consulted for several

national and state governments and most corporates with interests in the maritime

sector. Before pursuing the doctoral program, he led the maritime practice in PwC. Mr. Ganesh has an in-

depth insight into the interdisciplinary complexities facing the maritime sector. He is a prolific speaker on

maritime subjects and has regularly presented in several Indian and global conferences in USA, Norway,

Denmark, Finland and China.

Shri Amardeep Singh Parmar

Terminal Head, Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd

An engineering graduate with 20 years of extensive experience in liner business,

stevedoring, CHA, Bulk, Break bulk and Container Terminal Business.

He is a proactive leader whose effective implementation of business plans, ability to

gauge dynamic business environments and holistic approach towards business has

helped the J M Baxi Group container liner business achieve tremendous growth in

volume and revenue in Gujarat region.

Under his able guidance and leadership, Kandla International Container Terminal, one of the flagship

projects of JM Baxi Group has reached 80% capacity utilization in just a span of two and a half years of

commencement of operations.

SESSION III:

Shri Inderjeet Nagar

Current assignment for Shri Inderjeet Nagar, SCI, Mumbai - working as nodal head

for the Coastal Services (Pan India) and the Middle East Services. Prior to this

assignment, undersigned has worked with various other Divisions of SCI, like, P&S

(prominent was Purchase & Leasing of Containers), Container Operations,

Commercial Services to Europe, RGM at SCI London for four plus years. It's an

overall experience from the container shipping perspective. While working on the

job, he had an excellent exposure to know the working pattern, behaviour, etc.,

concerning local Shippers, Consignee, Freight Forwarders vis-a-vis the global class of shipping fraternity. He

had a chance to visit and meet many terminals, ports in India as well as abroad. The major and unique

difference include "Working more towards automation" beside more working discipline & strict weight

regulations as far as mobile cranes/reach stackers are concerned, weighment-bridge (container weight

measuring) machine at entrance of almost all the ports, connectivity of mobile rail-lines for faster turn-around

of cargo as well as trains, larger number of reach stackers/crane having better reach over the vessel width

and, hence, a higher overall productivity. As you know, SCI is covering pan-Indian locations and our Coastal

services are augmenting our efforts to cater to EXIM trade obligations as well through the Gateway ports.

Capt. Saurabh Mathur

CEO, CWCNSL - DP World Company

A Strategic and visionary operations & management specialist with an enviable

track record of driving financial returns, and enhancing brand value across domestic

and international markets. Valued advisor, with prominent leadership roles held

within Claims & Insurance, Infrastructure Management/Multimodal Logistics/Port/Terminal, Business

development Ship Management, Marine operations, Supply Chain operations & Information technology.

Regarded as Performance Turnaround personality with proven ability to combine vision, creativity and strong

business acumen with well-developed project management and leadership qualities; having excellent

business relations with the trade, distributors and Management. Able to overcome complex business

challenges, highly articulate, demonstrated exceptional relationship building, communication, decision

making, analytical and interpersonal skills across all levels. Adaptable in working in multinational

environment & capable of speaking in many dialects.

Dr. Piyushkumar M. Patel

Dr. Piyushkumar.M.Patel, currently at a position of Registrar(I/C), Gujarat

University. He holds master degree in M.Pharm as well as Ph.d holder with an

excellent 20 years of an experience. There are total 25 presentations and

publications in different National and International journals and conferences. He

also guided more than 100 Ph.D students.

Shri B R M Rao

Shri B R M Rao, director, of Vimal group. He has consulted many companies like

Gokul oil refoils, Lohiya oil industries, Swastik Ceracon Limited and so many. His

marketing idea have converted sick unit to a profitable organisation (ARCOGUL).

He has organised sales training programs for Tata Nano, Aditya Birla cement and

Swastik tiles employees. He has worked with many organisations at top level

management. Accustomed to working with people with varied cultural backgrounds

and promoting multi-skilled team competencies via nurturing mentorship and inspirational leadership within a

fast-paced commercially-driven environment. Over 32 years of experience in Edible Oil Industry. All through

the career, transformed traditional personnel role to a strategic business partner and value added asset;

architect in the development of innovative strategies to streamline business processes and operations that

enables the healthy bottom line for the organization.

Valedictory Session

Saket Joshi

EUSU Logistics India Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Manager – Gujarat & Rajasthan,

Visiting Faculty at B.K.School of Professional & Management Studies.

Logistics is a field of vast study & research, there

have been a lot of innovations & change in trends

over past decade in logistics & SCM field.

From manual transactions to system upgradation

to digitalization, there have been changes, and as

quoted by Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher,

change is the only constant thing.

This is a field of constant innovation & companies

need to adapt to these changes, it is an example

for other industries too, as those who do not adopt

& adapt to change, perish.

Different categories of goods demand different

handling. With globalization, economies of world

have come a long way connecting to each other,

beyond the orthodox means of communication.

Countries can now procure products which are not

available to them locally. With advancements in

trade relations, there has been an advancement to

understand demand & supply gap. Which led to

fast & timely innovations approach to satisfy

customer needs.

Approach like JIT have been widely adopted,

globally by Automotive, Pharmaceutical

companies, which in turn lead to choosing logistics

partners who can cater this demand. With

complexities in ever growing business, there is

always a need for innovation in deliverables, which

led logistics companies to think beyond the

commonly offered solutions, like overseas lifting

as per purchase order and delivering within given

timeline, which may assist the manufacturer to

assemble goods well on time before next

production cycle, reducing storage costs at

factory, risk of stock loss, low monitoring and

effective planning. The approach is followed up

with a strong back up plan, to avoid any

production delays, which may lead to end

consumer being irate, losing customer loyalty and

deteriorated brand name.

Over the years, Indian economy has emerged as a

global player & with rising economy there is an

increasing demand for experts.

Logistics industry has different aspects from

different parties involved namely:

A. Manufacturer

B. Logistics service provider

C. Carrier – airline, shipping line, transporter

D. IT / support systems

Logistics & Supply Chain Management:

Opportunities Ahead

A. From manufacturer’s point of view,

important aspects can be namely:

1. Expert in-house logistician – who can not

only shortlist/ choose vendors, but also

define which vendors are best suitable for

their different business lanes/

requirements, including but not limited to –

transporter, freight forwarder, liner/s, but

can also connect their own business model

& requirements with a dynamic vendor.

Here the international business strategy

gets affected the most, as a logistician’s

decision will not only affect domestic

handling of goods, but also overseas

customer relations.

Manufacturer’s reputation is also

dependent on the service models they

have to offer, for example, an engineering

company supplying goods to its clients in

domestic market, the process post

production used to involve a trusted

transporter to ensure timely & safe

deliveries.

This has advanced to demand of expert

transporters who can provide customized

trucks as per goods required to be loaded,

e.g. close body, open body, tarpaulin

covered, one side open to name a few.

Further, GPS tracking has been in demand

to ensure safety of goods, minimum

stoppages by drivers, and on time delivery

to clients, which comes with added benefits

like optimum fuel consumption, less

chances of thefts, pilferage, lowering

variable costs.

Traditional methods of post sales service

were to send a designated/ specialized

personnel to attend repairs, servicing of

goods. This has now been advanced to

assigning a personnel along with mobile/

GPS/ wearable tracking devices, to ensure

they conduct the job properly in a timely

fashion, this ensures that personnel reach

on time, don’t wander and waste time to

increase work hour count, complete the

services within given timeline. This

approach has led not only happy

customers but also given manufacturers a

chance to diversify and think beyond

general business activities.

2. Trusted vendor – they are famously called

as business partners, because they are not

only responsible for serving their client

base, but also play a vital role in sustaining

their client’s customer base by efficiently

delivering services, in terms of visibility,

timely invoice submissions, preparing &

submitting shipment reports,transparent

and ethical dealing

3. SCM budgeting – Every activity in an

organization incurs a cost, and that is why

there are cost calculations at each level, in

order to understand, quantify & control

those costs. Though there are many

factors but a streamlined approach not only

helps in understanding final selling cost of

a product, but also in quantifying the

percentage share of logistics cost in final

product cost.

4. End to end cargo visibility – With this

approach, companies have been able to

understand delays, practical issues and

improvement areas. For example,

Pharmaceutical company supplying life

saver drugs to a hospital in a refrigerated

mode needs a trusted vendor who can give

a complete visibility from pick up, in transit

to final delivery, which gives minimum

chances of errors, cross deliveries, and in

case of delays prepare a CAPA (Corrective

and preventive action) to avoid same

mistakes in future.

5. Tracking systems from vendor – With ever

increasing demand in a growing economy,

the business scales and demands have

been changing leading to requirement of

customized solutions. Example, perishable

commodities need to have a set

temperature range during entire transit, say

2 to 8 degrees, but how do they ensure it?

The solution devised was using data

loggers to monitor & record temperature

data, right from stuffing till delivery. The

data transmitted can be real time, if

connected via central server, reflecting

data as & when required, and keeping a

check on excursions if they occur and

getting a root cause analysis done in such

cases, so as to define accountability and

responsibility.

6. Building long term customer relations – to

develop a client consumes much longer

time than to lose it out, they are based on

trust, quality of goods, post sales services,

cost efficiency, consistency to name a few.

7. A diversified portfolio helps in catering

different size & demands of customers, like

small, medium & large volume contributors.

8. Dependency on single customer comes

with a high risk of entire business

shutdown if that particular customer’s

business is affected/ lost.

9. Government policies – Ease of business

facilitates start-ups, encourages

entrepreneurship, enables business

houses to run smoothly, and allows

economy to grow at a fast pace. Policies

like tax holidays, export schemes are a few

examples of government incentives that

act as a good support system.

B. From Logistics service provider point of

view, important aspects can be namely:

1. Ethical business model – this ensures that

the company’s brand name stays clean in

market and boosts up word of mouth

publicity, also encouraging employees to

achieve company’s desired goals &

objectives in line with company’s vision &

mission.

2. Transparency – This has become vital in

today’s world, as this is not only related

with deliverables, but also enables the

company to develop a trust based relation,

which is necessary for sustaining business

in long term.

3. Dedicated customer service desks – Over

the years, with changing dynamics of

business & increased competition,

customer has a choice, to switch or to

retain existing vendors, and it totally

depends on how customer is treated. This

led to evolution of dedicated customer

service desks, which understand & take

care of day to day demands of customers,

resolve issues and bridge the gap between

supply &requirementof services.

4. Local presence – Companies have been

looking at economies of scale along with

expansion plans, the footprint expansion

depends entirely upon customers

developed a period of time. Local presence

not only serves as a service point but also

an emergency point in order to resolve

urgent issues on immediate basis. With

local presence, it helps in expanding local

business share and overall development.

5. Effective sourcing – Serving customers is

the prime motto, and serving them

effectively is necessary, not only in terms

of deliverance but also in a cost effective

manner, because profit is bottom line for

any organization to survive in long run.

Thus, effective procurement becomes an

area to focus upon, example developing

trustworthy vendors and negotiating

effectively so as to cater customers in a

profitable manner in long run.

C. From Carrier/s service provider point of

view, important aspects can be namely:

1. System access & ease of use – Over the

years, business model has been moving

from manual to online, with this, it has

become vital for liners to provide

customers a platform where they can

interact for bookings, raise disputes, get

issues resolved, example developing

mobile apps, interactive websites for

checking required data online

2. Building loyal customer base – Utmost

important for any asset based operator in

order to have a minimum base load to

cover up its basic operational costs and

run in profits in long run

3. Effective tracking systems – a lot of EXIM

activities take place on daily basis and it is

humanly impossible to maintain data for it,

and an effective online business & tracking

system ensures safety, reliability, builds

trust & confidence as it enables ease of

doing business and visibility across levels

4. Robust security systems – Cyber-attacks

can be a major setback for an established

setup, in recent past, one of the MNC lost

its access to hackers, resulting in data

leak, financial losses as invoices could not

be tracked for collection, and creditor

payments were held, resulting in stress

amongst suppliers/ vendors. Thus, a robust

fool-proof system is mandatory in order to

ensure smooth functioning and avoiding

losses.

5. With service providers facing stiff

competition, they need to differentiate

themselves from market and thus offer a

value proposition, e.g. RFID, GPS tracking

etc., this not only gives them a competitive

edge but also make them stand out from

their competitors, and of course all this

comes with a cost effect. Thus, choosing

quality product and offering value

proposition is key to success in this highly

competitive market

D. From IT/ service provider, important aspects

can be namely:

1. Fool-proof system offering – an effective

system is the key to security, organizations

cannot afford to have their data integrity

questioned & thus rely hugely on these

systems, which not only assure safety of

data but also in-depth analysis of their

customer’s buying patterns, to ascertain

gaps that may need to be filled to satisfy

clients or offer them a futuristic value

proposition

2. Effective back up system – an IT service

provider can offer safety solutions, but

setbacks/ breach in those systems can

cause immediate damage with rippling

effect at all levels, herein the service

provider having back up plan to restore all

invaluable data plays a vital role.

3. HR Policies - The Company needs to have

strategic HR system in place, which

ensures recruitment of skilled & ethical

staff to cater to different segments of

clients. This will benefit not only the clients,

but also help in growing company’s market

value

4. Robust R&D team – Continuous

development & upgradation is a mandate

for IT. As obsolete systems are vulnerable,

continuous R&D assists in keeping

systems up-to date and ensures clients

database safety

With revolutionary invention of containers, EXIM

business evolved and started moving across

geographical boundaries efficiently. Since then,

there have been constant innovations &

standardization.

The more regulated the product or market, the

more is the ease of business across boundaries.

And this has led to a number of innovations, like –

online business tools: shipment tracking, booking,

doorstep deliveries, customised solutions for

reefer/ pharmaceutical cargoes like GPS, RFID,

Thermal Blankets, Data Logger.

With digitalization being an upcoming concept in

SCM, it will soon be an integral part of every

organization. Companies have been investing

heavily in these systems as it is promising ease of

business for their customers, nurturing loyalty and

a developing a robust customer database.

As of now, the systems have reached to a level of

online bookings, wherein exporter needs to just

login into a secure system of service provider and

they can have their cargo moved as per their

convenience, just in a click.

A step further, BlockChain is an upcoming

concept, wherein soon, EXIM trade may entirely

be a paperless transaction, based on a fool-proof,

clearly defined responsibility & accountability at

each level.

4

Ms. Dhara Jhala

(PGDM, M.com, PGDIBO, UGC NET)

Visiting Faculty at B.K.School of Professional & Management Studies,

Faculty at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

“For whosoever commands the sea,

commands the trade; whosoever commands

the trade commands the riches of the world,

and consequently the world itself” –Sir Walter

Raleigh.

The role of ports in maritime sector has undergone

evolutionary changes in past one decade. From

mere providers of wharf and berthing facilities for

loading and unloading of cargoes, the ports of

today offers last mile connectivity. Shift from

regulators to facilitators of the port services, there

have been structural and operational changes in

the roles and responsibilities of port authorities.

Across the world, the port authorities are fast

becoming agents of development, growth,

innovation and seamless logistics connectivity

through private investments supported by various

PPP models. From less automated, unorganized,

highly labour intensive bulk ports to fully

automated, highly organized and most efficient

container ports today, the nature and working of

ports have changed a lot.

Port sector in specific and maritime sector in

general have faced huge volatility post global

recession of 2008. Since then, the countries world

over have been trying to push their exports and

reduce the fiscal pressures generated due to slow

economic growth, geo-political conditions and

environmental changes taking place in the overall

world trade scenario.

Opportunities and Challenges in World

Maritime Sector:

The world maritime trade has seen a general trend

of increases in total trade volume. Increasing

industrialization and liberalization of national

economies have fuelled free trade and a growing

demand for consumer products. Advances in

technology have also made shipping an

increasingly efficient and swift method of

transportation. Indeed, following several years of

incredibly buoyant shipping markets, for many

trades the best in living memory, much of the

international shipping industry has fallen prey to

the worldwide economic downturn. Shipping is

inherently the servant of the economy, so the

contraction in trade, following the beginning of the

‘credit crunch’ in late 2008, has translated into a

dramatic and abrupt reduction in demand for

shipping. As of today, World shipping sector is

going through a recovery phase in the shipping

cycle. After the global recession of 2008, the

maritime trade is still struggling with the cargo

Opportunities and Challenges of Port Sector

volumes, freight rates and capacity utilization of

large sized vessels being operated by carriers.

Adding to the growth woes of shipping sector,

there has been a new set of trade wars being

declared by leading trading countries of the world.

United States have officially declared trade war

against China under which it has decided to levy

duty as high as 25% on Chinese products. Brexit

deal has further added tensions in the uncertain

trade scenarios. All this uncertainty has increased

the fuel prices and prices of various goods and

services across the world consumer markets.

Notwithstanding the current situation, the longer

term outlook for the industry remains very good.

The world’s population continues to expand, and

emerging economies will continue to increase their

requirements for the goods and raw materials that

shipping transports so safely and efficiently. The

volume of world trade carried by sea has again

begun to steadily increase in recent years. In the

longer term, the fact that shipping is the most fuel

efficient and carbon friendly form of commercial

transport should work in favour of an even greater

proportion of world trade being carried by sea.

Growth of containerization coupled with adoption

of new innovative technologies is an area which

holds huge potential for the growth of global

maritime and port sector development. More and

more cargoes are getting containerized and

customers are opting for smooth, easy and

efficient handling of their cargoes. They are further

demanding real time data on their cargo

movements, container status, vessel status etc.

This all requires innovation, investment and

adaptation to latest technologies like automated

ports, augmented reality, block chain, automated

vehicles, artificial intelligence, cloud based

platforms, mobile devices & applications and big

data. World over, many ports like Port of Antwerp,

Port of Rotterdam and Singapore port have been

already testing these technologies to turn their

ports into a Smart Port. These technologies will

not just allow efficient, seamless and cost

reduction in overall operations of the port, but will

also offer large amount of data which can be used

for strategic decisions on services offered and

revenue generation.

Adoption of technologies will require large amount

of skilled manpower consisting of understanding,

idea and knowledge about these innovations.

Threat of cyber-attack and data theft is result of

using these technologies on regular basis. In June

2017, A. P. Moller- Maersk fell victim to one such

major cyber-attack caused by a malware, affecting

many organizations globally. Maersk Container

Line moves 15% of global trade by containers. In

aftermath of this attack, Maersk’s container ships

stood still at sea and its 76 port terminals around

the world ground to a halt. Agile decision making

is very much important while adapting new

technologies in future.

Other than technology, risk from piracy attacks

and terrorist attacks are also something which

concerns the ships operating in world oceans and

ports handling ships from across the globe. Such

threats and issues become alarming given the

tensed geopolitical situations prevailing in the

world presently. As recently as August 2019, ports

of Kandla and Mundra, located in the Gulf of Kutch

in Gujarat, India was altered for potential terror

attacks from the seaside. Such threats forces the

ports to maintain high security levels at all the time

considering the strategic importance of ports for a

country.

Indian Port Sector:

India’s long coastline of 7500 km consisting of 12

major ports and about 200 minor ports of which

139 are functional handles the large amount of

export and import cargo. There are total of nine

areas of focus discussed in this article. These key

areas are of paramount importance to unlock the

potential of Indian port sector and offer large pool

of opportunities available in the sector. However, if

not focussed upon, these areas can also turn

away many opportunities available in this sector.

Infrastructure, technological changes and

adaptation, hinterland connectivity, policy support

by government, asset utilization and use of inland

waterways are some of the key strategic areas

which may make or break the growth and

development of Indian ports in times to come.

1. Infrastructure

Infrastructural bottlenecks are a common problem

faced by Indian port sector. Availability of deep

water draft, lack of rail and road connectivity,

landside development, port proximate industrial

clusters, lack of speed in communication

technologies and internet are some of the basic

issues which the sector continues to struggle.

Non-availability and high cost of finance coupled

with high bureaucratic or regulatory controls also

add up to the list of issues concerning

infrastructural facilities.

However, there have been few developments in

last couple of years in this area. Supported by

government initiatives and policy changes, the

sector has been able to attract PPP partnerships

in all the areas of infrastructure development.

Sagarmala project, which is a government

initiative to connect India’s waterways, and

coastline to minimize costs involved in movement

of goods across the country. As part of this new

initiative, Coastal Economic Zones (CEZ) are

expected to bring industrial development in port

areas, adding directly to the export volumes of

country. Eastern Freight Corridor and Western

Freight Corridors are another project of

government which proposes to build a seamless

rail network connectivity to and from India’s ports

to its hinterlands. These and many other initiatives

under PPP are being carried out at present by

government in different areas of sector namely

roads and bridges, greenfield ports, inland

waterways and airports. However, problems

relating to high cost of capital, lack of clarity in

contracts, delays caused by bureaucratic

approvals and huge gestation period of projects

during weakly performing economy are some of

the factors which acts as an area of concern for

shrinking public-private partnership appetite for

sector. Sagarmala is definitely going to provide the

much needed fillip to the port sector. However,

given the large variety of projects, requirement of

massive project investment to be sourced from

different sources/agencies, and the effective

coordination between the centre and the state

governments, the actual materialisation of the

projects could take more time than targeted.

Though there has been increase in the overall

infrastructure development at major ports in terms

of capacity addition, technology upgradation and

increase in cargo volumes in last three years, it

has failed to give a way to the sector for achieving

the targeted growth momentum. Many years of

underinvestment and lack of private sector

participation have further pressurized the overall

infrastructure to deliver to the best of its capacity.

Apart from addition of infrastructure facilities in

port sector, India’s ports are facing issue of

underutilization of assets due to weak global

demand, trade war between US-China, Brexit deal

and dismal state of economy on the domestic

front.

According to World Bank’s Global Performance

Index, India ranked at 35th place out of 160

countries. Its direct and immediate competitors like

Singapore (ranked 5th), China (ranked 25th) and

Malaysia (ranked 32nd) performed higher in this

context.

2. Operational Efficiency:

Operational delays are also a common cause of

worry in the context of Indian port sector. India’s

record in average ship turnaround time, average

container moves per hour, average pre berthing

time have been well below the high performing

ports of world and competitor ports in the region.

Infrastructural delays are one of the important

element of poor performance of Indian ports. For

example, ship turnaround time in Singapore is less

than one day, whereas it is more than two days at

some ports in India. However, in recent study

DMICDC Logistics Data Services, it is stated that

vessels are turning faster and containers are

spending less time in yards at the two container

ports of India, namely JNPT and Mundra. The

study reveals that at JNPT, ships are being

processed between two and two-and-half days,

whereas at privately operated Mundra Port, it is no

more than one day, which is on par with some of

the best performers in the world such as

Shanghai, Rotterdam, Singapore, Port Klang and

Hamburg ports. Adoption of technology, coupled

with removal of infrastructural glitches is surely

one of the ways through which the operational

efficiency at Indian ports can be improved.

Container moves per hour, average dwell time and

average pre-berthing time are other such areas of

port operations which needs to be focussed upon

urgently to match international benchmarks.

3. Market share of major ports:

Share of major ports in total traffic handled at

Indian ports is stagnant and is not improving

significantly as compared to the capacity additions

done at Indian major ports in last couple of years.

As per The Economic Times report, the market

shares of major ports in total traffic handled

declined continuously up to 2014-15. It has since

then been increased from 54% in 2014-15 to 57%

in 2017-18. At the same time, there have been

capacity additions and technological upgradation

at major ports. The stagnant or meagre increase in

the total traffic handling percentage has led to

underutilization of infrastructure and low value

returns at India’s major ports. This is attributed to

low economic growth, global recession, changing

global trade patterns and geopolitical situations

and poor monsoon in last the last fiscal.

4. Technological upgradation is another

challenge faced by India’s ports. World ports are

innovating and implementing technologies like

artificial intelligence, block-chain, augmented

reality, internet of things, cloud based platforms,

autonomous transportation and big data at

strategic and operational levels. Comparatively

Indian ports are lagging behind in adapting to

these technological changes due to poor basic

infrastructural facilities of internet and

communications, non-availability of finance and

low skilled manpower to run these technologies.

Also, low average cargo volumes and multiple

stakeholder’s support are some of the reasons

because of which the Indian ports are not able to

adapt to these technological disruptions

immediately. Launch of radio-frequency

identification (RFID) at JNPT and Mundra ports for

tracking of container is a ray of hope in mired

technological infrastructures available at Indian

ports.

5. Bureaucratic Delays and lack of speedy

customs clearances needs to be dealt with and

improved further for overall faster movement of

vessels and cargoes on ports. This can be

supported by technologies like Port Community

Systems (PCS) which connects various

stakeholders on one platform. Block-chain

technology can also come handy in this context. It

is a technology which other than speed, provides

an interconnected database which does way with

go-betweens and phone calls so that stakeholders

can communicate and track any consignment at

any time since the several transactions that take

place in the cargos’ journey are instantly recorded.

International ports have already started adopting

this technology. Port of Rotterdam launched pilot

project on this in year 2018.

6. Hinterland Connectivity plays a major role in

cargo throughputs of a port. India’s seaports are

responsible for nearly all of the country’s foreign

trade. The competitiveness of a seaport depends

on the extent cargo handled in the port can reach

its hinterland destination. Hinterland connectivity

by road and rail is critical for success of any port

project. Increasing containerisation of cargo and

introduction of new policies will provide further

impetus to growth here. The advent of the rural

evolving into urban, and the accessibility of inland

to the coast, has started to expose the potential

that our hinterlands hold. Sagarmala, Bharatmala

and other such infrastructure projects aim at filling

the gap between the seaports and hinterland.

7. Growth of economy is a major area of concern

for Indian ports today. Slow growth of India’s

manufacturing sector fuelled by weak global

demand, surge in oil prices and trade wars among

leading trade countries are adding to the cargo

volume woes of India’s maritime sector.

Government initiatives like Make in India are

aimed at increasing the export volumes of India.

Without the support of favourable macro and micro

factors of economy, this goal seems difficult to

achieve but not impossible as now Indian ports are

eyeing on the transhipment cargoes too.

8.High degree of containerization is a potential

opportunity for Indian ports to utilize upon their

large infrastructural investments and available

capacity. Other than origin – destination cargo, the

transhipment cargoes offer golden opportunities to

Indian ports to handle large amount of cargo which

gets transhipped at Colombo, Singapore or Jebel

Ali ports. The strategic locational advantage

available to Indian ports is restricted by some

regulatory and legal aspects like Cabotage Law.

This law restricts foreign flag vessels to enter

Indian coastal waters. Ensuring that cargoes that

are exported from India or imported to India do not

get transhipped at other ports outside the country

will not only improve the cargo volumes at Indian

ports but will also lead to reduced cost of

transportation for Indian shippers.

9. Use of inland waterways and coastal waters

possess a bright opportunity for Indian maritime

sector. Large part of India’s inland waterways is

unutilized for commercial movement of cargoes

due to various problems faced in its

implementation. Removing these glitches can

reduce the road traffic, accidents, deaths and

cargo damages. Coastal movement of cargoes

can also lead to better fuel efficiency, faster

movement of cargoes and utilization of natural

resource. Problems like clean water and

uninterrupted vessel movements in the water,

administrative delays, regulatory and legal

hindrances need to be focussed for availing the

advantages offered by inland waterways and

coastal waters. Countries like China, Canada,

Germany and UK use their inland waterways

optimally for easing the movements of goods

inside the country.

Conclusion:

The overall landscape of ports and allied sector

looks vibrant and positive when discussed in the

context of positioning India on the world map as a

global hub for cargo movements and

transportation across the world. India possess lot

more strategic advantages in comparison to its

direct competitors in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and

Indonesia in terms of the location. Other than that,

high amount of PPP projects, supportive

government policies, investment in the areas of

infrastructure and technology can actually highlight

India as potential transhipment hub for global

cargoes, a centre in the value chain and a

potential logistics hub in establishing intermodal

connectivity. All of this and many more such

opportunities can be availed by Indian ports only

and only if above discussed threats and issues are

considered strategically. Having considered the

global and domestic challenges facing the sector,

it is imperative to conclude here that Indian port

sector is waiting and growing larger each day to

be tapped fully by world in the nearest future.

Neel Parikh

(Semester III, Department of Maritime Management,

B.K.School of Professional and Management Studies)

Our world is constantly changing, so is the field of Supply Chain Management. From the first assembly lines

to today’s robotic solutions, the process is continuously evolving. The latest trend in Supply Chain and

Logistics focus on smart, tech-driven management to increase efficiency and reduce operating cost. Some

key trends expected to affect Supply Chain practices in the future are:

Supply Chain Digitization is the process using latest tech solutions together. The IoT (Internet of Things)

holds a prominent place in the logistics. IoT refers to a system of interrelated computing devices allowing

transfer of data without human input. It helps in monitoring inventory, manage warehouse stock, and reduce

dead mileage.

Artificial Intelligence, Advanced AI solutions have numerous applications in supply chain segment, especially

warehouse management. It includes use of gesture recognition solutions, autonomous vehicles. The latest

generation of robots are more affordable and flexible, their role is to assist workers in physically challenging

task.

Circular Supply Chain, involves uses previously used products as raw materials. The reuse of products and

materials is known as reverse logistics. It helps companies in reducing transportation costs, better customer

service and conserve resources.

SaaS in the Supply Chain, Software-as-a-service model is gaining popularity due to its safety and security

and convenience of being able to use only the services you need on pay-per-use basis. Thus it helps

companies in reducing fixed costs of system maintenance and upgrades.

Future of Supply Chain Management

Madhav Rathod



One of the most interesting things about the technological revolution is that it has turned some of the least

glamorous areas of business operations into key competitive assets. India is a breeding crushed for cultural,

grassroots and frugal innovation. Add a population of over one billion to the mix—it becomes an exciting

geography for start-ups to create scalable and repeatable business models. Pre 21st century, the companies

focused on profit-oriented model. Now, however, thanks to a surge of technological advancement, supply

chains are competitive assets. On-demand carrier tools, warehouse automation, GPS tracking, route

optimization and much more has changed the focus of company towards the supply chain, the more you can

differentiate yourself from similar companies, the more you can earn as they wanted to achieve competitive

advantage.

The logistics industry is the backbone of an economy. The growth of e-commerce websites in India enabled

start-ups dealing in logistics to scale up their business and tap into other areas. This allowed them to solidify

the existing supply chain solutions and fill the gaps in the otherwise fragmented and unorganized Indian

logistics industry. Government of India is also pushing up people towards the start-ups by introducing various

schemes and policies like Make in India, easier public procurement norms, Economic Zones, Income Tax

exemption, Self-certifications, patent application & IPR Protection, liberalization in foreign direct

investment (FDI) etc. The current value of Indian Logistic sector is $160 Billion. With the current growth

rate, the Indian logistics industry can reach $215 billion by 2020. An anonymous 2018 report says that India's LPI

(Logistics Performance Index) rank is 44 and it is expected to grow up within 2 years.

The top supply chain start-ups in India for the FY 2018-19 are FreightBro, LEAP India,BlackBuck,4tigo, Rivigo,

GoBOLT, Trukky, LoBB, LogiNext, FourKites, etc. that aims to transform the sector by adopting latest

technologies, high standard of proficiency, work ethics, transference, etc. With the development in Indian

economy, SCM and allied industries will grow and will strengthen the economy. The sector is wide and need

more such start-ups to boost the Indian economy as well as ease for livelihood. The sector has huge

potential to bring a change in any sector by engaging Supply Chain with the sectors. But for that, India needs

to focus more on start-ups by new creative minds and it’s easy to start a business in Supply Chain sector.

For any industry or business, the importance of supply chain is very much crucial. Even one can provide

supply chains solutions through 3PL to other companies. So it can be concluded that Supply Chain

Management is a gateway of start-ups.

Supply chain management - A gateway of start-ups

Alfaz Saiyad

(Semester I, Department of Maritime Management,


In layman terms, Supply chain is the movement of raw materials to the factory and the final finished goods to

the consumers. With advent of e-commerce, this function has taken an all new meaning where the

functioning of supply chain can actually build an enterprise.

Since e-commerce is buying and selling of goods over the internet, hence besides payment between two

parties, it is movement of goods that also needs to happen in a correct and timely fashion, hence the need of

supply chain for businesses to boom in time of e-commerce supply chain becomes the most critical aspect

which needs to be quick, uninterrupted and secure. The competition is fierce as there are not one or two but

hundreds of e-commerce firms fighting for market share, each identifying and developing unique selling and

delivery strategies.

Consumers today want quick results, if they can order and have goods delivered at their door step today,

they would not want to wait for two days to have it delivered, they would go with the firm that offer quick and

hassle-free delivery.

E-commerce works on a two way supply chain business from warehouse to consumer and consumer and

back. E-commerce firm offers the flexibility and scope to the consumers to return a product in case it’s faulty

or not of their choice. This in turn led the companies to also plan and support a reverse supply chain of

getting it back from the consumer to their warehouse.

Supply chain has indeed become a critical part of today’s business. Initially associated with only

manufacturing firms, it is now an integral part of all enterprises and especially in the online sale business.

There a huge scope and demand of supply chain professionals in these industries and are also paid well.

Supply chain management is indeed a lucrative part of e-commerce.

Supply chain management for E-Commerce

Darshit Patel



A TMS is a type of supply chain management program that gives shippers the ability to see Logistics costs

and planning processes. However, systems vary in scalability and function. The core function remains

logistics management, including managing freight and carriers, but modern systems are capable of much

more than just management.

A modern platform leverages the cloud-based capabilities to offer access from anywhere with internet

connectivity. It serves as an extension/module within company’s Enterprise Resource planning (ERP)

software to keep freight costs under control.

Benefits of TMS:

The ability to track more information surrounding transport management offers additional benefits to shippers

through new capabilities, powered by data.

1. Improved Auditing Process: Auditing process within TMS run automatically as the system looks for

instances of over- and under-billing processes charge backs for overbilling charges and ensure

shippers get what they expect.

2. Real-Time Comparison between carriers: Managing carriers sounds easy. All major, regional, local

carriers, as well as their modes, are play major role in freight calculation. Meanwhile, each shipment

includes a host of details and possibilities, route between multiple carriers, and more. The complexity

requires a complete view of all options which carrier can provide the lowest-cost, timeliest service.

3. Cloud based systems: Instead of devoting many resources to integration, a cloud based, modern

platform can leverage APIs and EDIs to deploy a system within minutes. Most importantly, this means

the platform can integrate with existing systems.

4. Advanced Platforms even enable faster freight claim management: Face it; things go wrong.

Even the best laid plans could fail, and the shipper ends up eating the cost. When a problem arises,

the TMS may be used to manage freight claims or process the booking of cargo insurance, to avoid

the pitfalls of higher freight spend as well.

Transport Management System

Following is the list of few recuiters which includes last year’s Placement and current year’s Summer

Internship Project (SIP) companies:

Summer Internship Project (SIP)

Bharat Dhar



Mormugao Port Trust, Goa is considered to be one of the oldest port in handling Iron one for more than 20

years. I was fortunate enough to get an opportunity to work as an intern at MPT as part of our SIP Program.

We were a team of 7 people who were supposed to undergo training in operation activities starting from

Cargo handling, Vessel Traffic Management, Cruise Terminal Operations, Warehousing to inventory

management. Being a part of culturally diversed, highly competent and experienced network of people with

an eagerness to learn and impart it on to us made me a learned individual in the field of maritime.

This eight weeks internship program showed me a clear path of learning and working towards a meaningful

vision for a safe and sustainable future to assimilate from the bottom line up to the hierarchy of the industry

and look up to different angles of work and time management, team work, taking responsibility and technical

expertise.

Over all, The internship was success for us and as an individual I came back satisfied and grateful enough

for such an eventful internship through the ambient approach of the college and also the company for giving

me a platform to embrace the plethora of meaningful information to build and grow my career opportunities in

this respective field.

SIP experience at Mormugao Port

Nishchay Antani



Summer internship plays an important part in student’s career path. As a student, we are given an

opportunity to do internship in Port or any Logistic based company. Fortunately I got a chance to work as an

intern in Adani Port and SEZ, Mundra, India’s biggest private port.

The environment in the company gave me good learning platform. During first three days of my internship, I

got chance to learn ethics of safety and security procedures. During this process, the interns get chance to

know each other and also to interact with people joining the organization. Due to this, we got a chance to

interact with various field experienced people such as CNG engineer to the Procurement officer to an

Accountant.

After completion of induction session, I got my hand over to my guide Mr. Paulson Joseph. That was the time

when my learning experience started. With the help of the “Team Central Planning”, I got a chance to learn

each and every process in depth. During our internship, the employees treated us as their family members

and imparted the best knowledge that they could. At APSEZ, interns were taken on field with the supervisors

and engineers who were actually performing the work and we had freedom to clear our doubts and queries.

Apart from our core training objective, APSEZ HR team also ensured that we developed our soft skill and for

that, APSEZ organized a Soft Skill Development program of one day in which a Toastmaster Award winner

Mustafa Lokhandwala from Amber Soft Skill development Academy, taught us various aspects which needed

polishing

After completing my internship, I can say that the environment provided at APSEZ helps candidate to reach

to new heights in their professional life.

SIP Experience at Adani Port & SEZ.

Mahipalsinh Parmar

(SEM- III, Department of Maritime Management,

B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies)

Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR), is a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking under the Indian

Ministry of Railways. CONCOR is Multi Model logistics containerized cargo Transport Company. They have

been providing their services since 1989.

This eight weeks summer internship experience has been a blessing at CONCOR. First week, there was a

training session at ICD Khodiyar, Ahmedabad. There, I have learnt about custom clearance procedure, Rail

operation, cargo handling, warehouse Management and current market scenario of shipping & logistics

industry. After completion of my training, I focused on some major topics like Multi model transport, bonded

warehouse, Import- Export procedure, Technical expertise and Assessment of need of an ICD in Rajkot

region.

The experienced gained has helped me to better understand the information that was taught in the

classroom and showed clear meaningful vision for my bright future in this field. It was my gratitude to work at

CONCOR .They have provided me such a great platform and opportunity to enter into real corporate world.

SIP experience at CONCOR

Pooja Kothari



“If women understood and exercised their power they could remake the world.”-Emily Taft Douglas

Sailors have many superstitious. Like if they see a dolphin in sea is good they consider it a good sign, One

should not start the sail on Thursday and women cannot sail.

The last myth is being proved wrong in India. Indian Navy's INSV Tarini had only 6 women's crew to

complete a circum navigation of globe and this has created history.

Tarini was constructed at Aquariou Shipyard located in Goa. These women vessel had departed from Mandvi

Jetty in Goa on 10th September 2017 and after circumnavigating globe, it had arrived back on Mandvi Jetty

on 21st May 2018. During these 254 days, the vessel had covered a distance of 22000 nautical miles facing

all the difficulties.

The crew of INSV Tarini included lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, Lieutenant Commander

PratibhaJamwal, P. Swathi, Lieutenants S. Vijaya Devi, B. Aishwarya and Payal Gupta. The mentor of the

crew was Commander DilipDonde who was India's first solo circumnavigator in 2009-10. He had given 2

advices to sailors which were:

1) "Unlike boats, which are always feminine in English language, the sea is gender neutral. It does not

distinguish between men and women. "

2) Look at the boat and she will reciprocate. If you don't, she will connive with the sea and give it back to

you. "

All these six women in 254 days voyage worked like a team leaving behind everything to bring back glory to

India. Duties of each and every one was allocated properly by Commander and not imposing anything on

anyone. They even celebrated birthdays, made cakes, baked breads and even made halwa and rasgullas.

Besides these festinates, they even had to face rough sea many times especially in South Pacific sea.

In this way conquering all the emotions like happiness, threat, anxiety, etc. all women crew completed its

voyage and brought pride to India by creating history.

Tarini Ship

Raj Sham



Advancement in technology is a key to the development of any industry. The shipbuilding industry is no

exception. In fact, shipbuilding is changing at a rapid rate taking advantage of highly advanced technologies

which aim to solve the issues such as environmental pollution, rising fuel costs etc.

Riding high on R&D activities, the shipping industry has developed some potentially revolutionary

technologies.

1. 3-D Printing Technology: 3D printing technology makes it possible to construct real objects from

virtual 3-D objects. This process is carried

out by cutting virtual object in 2-D slices and

printing the real one slice by slice. There

have been several 3-D printing processes

invented till date but very few are

commercially affordable and sustainable.

The Economist claim this technology to be

the “Third Industrial Revolution“.

2. Shipbuilding Robotics: Recent trends suggest that the shipbuilding industry is recognizing robotics

as a driver of efficiency along with a

method to prevent workers from

doing dangerous tasks such as

welding. The shortage of skilled labor

is also one of the reasons to look

upon robotics. Robots can carry out

welding, blasting, painting, heavy

lifting and other tasks in shipyards.

3. Ballast Free Ship Design: The concept has potential to mitigate the problem of ballast water

disposal which causes discharge of non-native species and creates several ecological problems. The

design has network of longitudinal pipes from bow to stern in ship’s hull causing constant flow of local

sea water which prevents transfer of contaminated water or water of one ecosystem to other. Though

Future of Marine shipbuilding technology

this technology is in experimental and

developmental stage, if it is successfully

tested, then ballast free design is definitely

going to be the future of shipbuilding.

4. LNG Fueled engines: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) surge in popularity as an alternate fuel for ships

is visible these days because of its environmental friendliness. That is why, the market of LNG fueled

ship engines is emerging and its prospects are high as well. Besides being an environmental friendly

fuel, LNG is also cheaper than diesel, which helps the ship to save significant amount of money over

time. Furthermore, LNG powered

escort tug has been developed

by BB with LNG engine support

of Rolles-Royce marine. If these

indications are anything to

believe, most of the future ships

will be LNG powered contributing

in green shipping.

5. Solar & Wind Powered Ships: Imagine the situation when we will have finished all our reservoir of

oil and gas; really horrible! but shipbuilding industry is trying hard to develop technologies to utilize

renewable sources of energy (i.e., wind

& sun) to run the ships considering

today’s challenges. Recently, many

technologies have come which support

the big ships to reduce fuel consumption

by utilizing solar panels or rigid sails. A

device named Energy Sail (patent

pending) developed by Eco Marine Power will help the ships to extract power from wind and sun so

as to reduce fuel costs and emission of greenhouse gases. It is exclusively designed for shipping and

can be fitted to wide variety of vessels from oil carrier to patrol ships.

6. Buckypaper: Buckypaper is a thin sheet made up of

carbon nanotubes (CNT). Each CNT is 50,000 thinner

than human air. Comparing with the conventional

shipbuilding material (i.e. steel), buckypaper is 1/10th the

weight of steel but potentially 500 times stronger in

strength and 2 times harder than diamond when its sheets are compiled to form a composite. The

vessel built from this lighter material would require less fuel, hence increasing energy efficiency. It is

corrosion resistant and flame retardant which could prevent fire on ships. A research has already

been initiated for the use of buckypaper as a construction material of a future aero-plane. So, a

similar trend can’t be ruled out in case of shipbuilding.

7. Integrated Electric Propulsion: The integrated electric propulsion technology is an arrangement

wherein gas turbines or diesel generators or both generate three-phase electricity which can be used

to power electric motors which turn propellers or water

jets. The system uses electric transmission instead of

mechanical transmission which eliminates the need for

clutches and reduces or eliminates the use of gearboxes.

Some of the advantages of using this technology are

freedom of placement of engine, less noisy ships,

reduction in weight and volume etc. Warships of future like

HMS Queen Elizabeth of Royal Navy and Zumwalt Class Destroyers of the US Navy will use the

integrated electric propulsion.

Sakina Makda



Since many years, Oceans have been an important mode of transport. Boats were developed in the Stone

Age to permit navigation and fishing in the rivers. As the time passed, development of civilization took place

and vessels evolved for the expansion of trade business. This expansion leads to the growth of waterways

transport. So, 20th century is regarded as transport revolution which boasted the marine cargo traffic.

Today around 80% of the global trade by volume and 70% of global trade by value are carried by ships. This

creates a huge traffic all over the ocean. The following picture shows the cargo traffic.

Due to issues such as accidental spills, environmental pollution, busy shipping lanes and ports, wastage of

goods and materials, etc. are faced problem of traffic occurs.

With such great traffic, it became inevitable to track ship movements in order to prevent from collisions,

environmental damages and keep an overview of marine traffic situation. For this, Automatic Identification

System (AIS) is developed. It is an automated system which provides information such as a unique

identification of ships, position, course and speed allowing authorities to track and monitor vessel

movements. It is also used for collision avoidance supplementing the marine radar. According to International

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, all international voyaging ships with a gross tonnage of over 300

and all passenger ships regardless their size must be equipped by AIS.

Marine Traffic

JIGAR RAGHANI

(Semester III, Department of maritime Management,


INTRODUCTION

Ports play a significant role in the economy of countries and development of regions in several ways. Since

ports are value creating logistics centers and a vital part of supply chain system, their importance becomes

more crucial for port users. Hence, port governance in a country requires ample policies to ensure effective

management of ports, and their users and public receive the maximum benefit from ports. Governments in

different regions of the world apply privatization and port governance methods to assure that users of ports

achieve efficient and cost effective services, and eventually, the public receives the maximum gain.

Port privatization has been one of the most important topic. Since efficiency of ports dramatically influence

the trade and economic development, port privatization has not only attracted attention of academics, but

also policy makers. The first port privatization activities occurred in the UK in 1980s and the privatization of

ports has become widespread in other corners of the World such as South America, Far East, and Middle

East.

DEFINITION

Defining "privatization" is a difficult, complex and controversial task. Many definitions have been proposed,

often covering very different concepts and values, such as:

1. Privatization is the act of reducing the role of government, or increasing the role of the private sector,

in an activity or in the ownership of assets;

2. Privatization means the opposite of nationalization: the objective of nationalization is for government

to take over the ownership of private enterprise, while privatization means the transfer of government

services to the private sector;

3. Privatization means transferring the production of goods and services from the public to the private

sector. It is not a policy but an approach, one which recognizes that the regulation which the market-

place imposes on economic activity is superior to any regulation which can be devised and operated

through law.

The forms of privatization that can be distinguished are the following:

1. Comprehensive privatization. This is a scheme in which a successor company becomes the owner

of all land and water areas as well as of all the assets within a port’s domain (this is equivalent to the

sale of an entire port to a private or public/private company);

2. Partial privatization. This is a scheme whereby only part of the assets and activities of a public port

body are transferred to the private sector (such as the sale of existing berths, the transfer of the

Port Privatization in India

pilotage or towage functions to the private sector or the concession granted by a public Port Authority

to a private company to build and operate a terminal or a specialized port facility);

3. Full privatization. This signifies that the complete ownership of the facility or service provider is

entirely in private hands (e.g. ownership of a specific terminal or storage facility, or of a tugboat

service, has been wholly transferred to a private company);

4. Part privatization. This signifies that part of the same facility or service provider is owned by the

public body and part by the private sector, with public and private bodies thus effectively executing a

joint venture agreement.

There is a general expectation among private and public interests that privatizing some or all aspects of

Indian port operations would solve several problems. This is partly because of the successful outcomes of

Port privatization initiatives experienced in other parts of the world. Another reason for this is the success of

the relatively minor port privatization attempts in India itself. The dedicated berth programs—at Bombay (for

American President Lines and Sea-Consortium) that lasted for a year and Madras (for Bengal Tiger Lines

and Sea-Consortium) that is on-going are perceived very successful. In both the above cases, the Port

Trusts became land lord ports with regulatory authority and the carriers effectively run the terminals and

invested in new equipment. The initiative in Bombay reportedly enhanced efficiency by 90% during the first

six months of operation despite considerable constraints. However, other attempt at privatization in major

Indian ports as Madras, New Mangalore, and Cochin have been impromptu, haphazard and confusing to say

the least. Foreign interests including the US ambassador to India have referred to vital lacunae in Indian port

privatization initiatives such as "finance and inter-connectivity.” A study for the Asian Development Bank

identified the following major frustrations in the context of privatization in India

the absence of a firm national consensus in favor of privatization that sent conflicting

The absence of a firm national consensus in favour of privatization that sent conflicting signals to

likely bidders especially from abroad.

the suspicion that privatization efforts are pursued primarily to seek funds rather than

The suspicion that privatization efforts are pursued primarily to seek funds rather than in response to

policy objectives.

privatization efforts often result in a simple transfer of ownership from Government

Privatization efforts often result in a simple transfer of ownership from Government of India to

Government-controlled mutual funds with no firm introduction of market discipline.

Limited liberalization of the bureaucratic procedures for clearance and approval of projects.

EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE PORT

PIPAVAV PORT

Project type Port name District

Green Field port Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.

Now, APM Terminal

Pipavav, Amreli

Initially, development of port has been taken up in joint sector by the joint sector company M/s. Gujarat

Pipavav Port Ltd. (GPPL) in which, 26 % of shares were with Gujarat Maritime Board. Later in 1998, GMB

disinvested from the project and it has been decided to develop in private sector on BOOT basis.

Initially, development of port has been taken up in joint sector by the joint sector company M/s.

Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (GPPL) in which, 26 % of shares were with Gujarat Maritime Board

Pipavav port, the first private port in the country was developed under the BOOT Policy.

The port is operational since 1996 having a jetty of 725m long for handling solid bulk, containers and

one liquid berth for handling liquid cargo.

The port is now being managed by APM Mearsk and GPPL handled.

The Port is well connected with broad gauge rail connection with commissioning of double stacked

container train.

HAZIRA PORT


LNG Driven Port SHELL India Ltd. Hazira, Surat

As per the Port policy, Hazira port is being developed fully in private sector.

Govt. granted port development rights to M/s Shell Gas B.V - an international Company and a concession

agreement was executed with M/s HPPL - a company promoted by M/s Shell Group on April 2002 for

developing Hazira port.

http://www.pipavav.com/

The company had developed LNG import and storage facilities at Hazira port, which were made operational in

the year 2005.

Under the plan of Phase 1B, non LNG Terminals - Container, Liquid Bulk, Major Bulk & Minor Bulk, would be

established by the developer.

Consequently, the construction, Capital Dredging & Reclamation works are in progress. However, construction

of 5 berths has been completed and some are into operational phase.

MUNDRA


Green Field port Gujarat Adani Port and SEZ Ltd. Kutch

M/s. Mundra Port & SEZ Ltd. (previously known as Gujarat Adani Port Ltd.) is developing the Mundra port.

The Government of Gujarat and Adani group had joined hands in establishing Mundra port as a world-class

commercial port through a joint Venture company called Adani Port & SEZ Ltd. (earlier GAPL).

For handling of Crude M/s HPCL Mittal Pipeline Ltd has set up a SBM & COT for import of Crude for Bhatinda

Refinery, Punjab under Sub Concession at Mundra port.

PRIVATIZATION AT JNPORT Terminal

As the most modern major port in India and also the port with the fewest labor-related hurdles, JNP was the

natural choice as a test case in Indian Major Port privatization effort. Furthermore, in 1992, the P&O Ports

Australia Pvt Ltd., along with their Indian partner the RPG Group, openly expressed their interest in

managing the JNP container terminal. In 1993, the Government of India requested the World Bank fora team

of international experts to do the necessary ground work for the tendering for operation of the JNP container

terminal. The expectation was that the expertise gained from this experience would serve as a launching pad

in the much wider and far more complex privatization efforts at the other major ports.

In compliance with Section 42 of the Major Port Trusts Act, the Experts proposed to license the

management, operation and maintenance of the container terminal for a period of ten years. The licensee

would purchase all equipment owned by JNPT, and invest in container handling equipment and spare parts

as needed. The licensee would operate the terminal on common-user basis, and hand over the terminal and

all equipment and additional facilities to the licenser on expiration of the license. The licensee would be

responsible for the maintenance of all facilities on the terminal except fire, waterside and dockside safety

aspects. JNPT would be responsible for berthing, pilotage, towage, maintenance of the general port

infrastructure, fire safety, waterside and dockside safety, inland access to the port, and the supply of

electrical power and water.

http://www.mundraport.com/

In the meantime, the need for an additional container terminal became rather obvious. Thus, the scope of the

privatization plan was widened to include the building and operating of a new container terminal in addition to

the privatization of the existing terminal.

Other expansion plans for the future include:

Developing the ecology and recreational facilities, including a five star hotel and a golf course at an

estimated cost of Rs.165crore ($55 million)

Developing an Export Processing Zone

Setting up a floating dry-dock for repair of ships up to 45,000 dwt at an estimated cost of Rs.260crore

($ 75 million)

Developing an inland Ro-Ro facility for interconnecting different industrial nodes along the coast at an

estimated cost of Rs.150crore ($45 million).

Ishita Kumbhani



Any successful business leader will acknowledge the crucial importance of effectively organized logistics.

They understand that implementing seamless logistics is a key element in keeping pace with customer

demands and out performing competitors.

Supply chains are complex and sensitive as they depend on always-changing customer demands. A

supply chain cannot ensure high value if it is without effectively organized transport. For this reason,

logistics is one of the most crucial factors in the quality of any supply chain.

As businesses grow and expand (regionally, internationally or even globally), they become more reliant

on effectively organized supply chains which includes sophisticated logistics. This element of supply

chains is not something that “only matters in large-business development”. It is just as crucial in terms of

improving efficiency and profitability with smaller and medium-sized business as well.

Logistics play an essential part in supply chain management. It is used to plan and coordinate the

movement of products timely, safely and effectively.

Logistics management play a vital part in operating your supply chain. How smoothly your logistics work

will make a huge impact on your supply chain as a whole. With the correct logistics management in

place, you can save time and money and deliver superior customer service. Logistics management is

extremely important if your business is to be successful. It involves careful control of the goods both

leaving your business premises and the ones which are entering, thus keeping your company running

smoothly as a whole.

Success or Failure of any business

depends on logistics management

Raj sham



On 5th September, 2019, the students were very curious and excited as it was the day of orientation at the

Department of Maritime Management, B.K.School of Professional and Management. On this day, the

students were meeting their new batch mates and faculties for the very first time.

The day started with Expert Lectures. The first lecture was of Mr. Saket Joshi Sir. He is currently working in

EUSU Logistics India Ltd. He is specialized in Marketing and Supply Chain Management. He shared various

concepts of Supply chain Management like Six Sigma, features, factors, elements and all this with practical

examples.

The second lecture was of Mr. Hardik Sanchaniya Sir. He had vast experience as Logistic Manager. He gave

an idea of Logistics and shared the type of possible problems in Logistics sector with their solutions. The

session gave us a clear idea of Logistics.

The day became more thrilling as Teachers’ Day was being celebrated by the students. We made a very

beautiful rangoli in the entrance of the campus. It was our first cultural event in the college but we learnt

many things from our seniors while organizing this function. It was very well managed. A portrait of Dr.

Radhakrishnan Sir added beauty to the room which was decorated with flowers. The faculties were

welcomed by the shower of flower petals.

The students also played games and won prizes.

The function was concluded with a thanks giving note by our class mate Ms. Twinkal Godhani.

The day was yet not over. An interesting part of Junior-Senior Interaction added fun in this celebration.

Orientation and Teachers’ Day Celebration

Various Student committees were formed based on their skill, interest and efficiency.

The program kick started by performing a “Lamp Lighting” ceremony by our beloved faculty members.

As a part of entertainment, we had arranged games for the faculty members. Various games like blow the

glass, carry the ball, Dumb Charades were played by the faculties. They enjoyed a lot.

The day ended with lot of fun, memories and enjoyment.

Ghazala khan



Below are excerpts of interview between Ms. Ghazala Khan (Student, BKPMS- Department of Maritime) and

Ms. Dhara Jhala (Visiting Faculty, BKPMS- Department of Maritime) :-

Ghazala Khan: Good Evening ma'am. My name is Ghazala Khan. I represent myself as a student of BK

school of Professional and Management Studies. I request you for a small interview session for our student’s

newsletter.

Ms. Dhara Jhala: Sure Ghazala.

Ghazala Khan: Ma'am first of all, I would like to request you to throw some light on your professional

background.

Ms. Dhara Jhala: To begin with, academically I am a person with commerce and management background

with collective experience of 09 years in the industry and academics. After my post-graduation in

management, I joined maritime industry and got involved with its various aspects. From clearing and

forwarding to liner operations and port operations, I got the opportunity to learn and work in all these areas of

shipping industry. At the time of joining the industry, I had no theoretical knowledge of the industry, but the

passion to be part of this global industry and the challenges of the work led me to continuously learn practical

aspects of it. It’s been five years that I am professionally associated with academics and deal with subject

areas of Maritime Management, General Management, Human Resource Management and Communication

Skills. My journey in academics started with my alma mater Tolani Institute of Management Studies, Adipur –

Kachchh as Assistant Professor and currently I am associated with B.K. School of Business Studies and

Management- Department of Maritime, Gujarat University and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India as

a visiting faculty.

Ghazala Khan: Perseverance and zeal to learn are something we need to learn here.

Ghazala Khan: Why one should choose maritime Management and why did you prefer maritime field

as a career option?

Ms. Dhara Jhala: My career choice of this industry was an obvious one being surrounded by port activities in

the region of Kutch, Gujarat. However, it was not a planned one. Having entered the job market in the

aftermath of global recession of 2008, there were limited career options available and that made me enter

Faculty Interview

the industry when it was going through its rough patches. It was only after entering in it, I realized the vast

scope of opportunities and learning available in the maritime industry. There was no looking back then.

Learnings that you get during rough times helps you gain more knowledge fundamentally. The industry

accepted a complete fresher like me with open arms during its rough times and made me understand many

sides of it. The passion and affirmation to stay in the industry was based on many reasons which I feel also

applies to all students willing to joining the industry.

Apart from the fact that maritime industry is responsible for around 90-95% of cargo volumes world over, it is

also an industry which offers a wide array of roles in its different areas like logistics, clearing and forwarding,

port operations, chartering and liner operations, stevedoring and surveying, ship chandelling and ship

broking to international trade consultants, to name a few. There is a vast scope of opportunities available in

Indian Maritime Sector if we look at its growth projections over the years. Presence of private players and

MNC’s, growing number of global terminal operators, supportive policies and programs launched by

government and potential of growth of world trade and dynamic trends containerization and technology in

particular, are all hinting at the large pool of opportunities to arise in the industry for maritime management

students equipped with much needed skills and knowledge of the industry. There are other reasons as a

fresher and go-getter student to join the maritime industry.

1. Maritime is possibly one of the very few industries which offers you the knowledge about working of the

world economy and other related affairs, irrespective of the place you are situated at in the world. This

industry offers a universal platform to utilize and enhance your skill sets and knowledge of the industry in

any part of the world. For example, your experience of working in liner operations or port operations at

any port of India can form a common base for your future job in this or relative areas at any foreign port of

world. Due to its standardized procedures, processes and practices, it becomes easy for anyone to be

mobile and it continues to offer worldwide opportunities in terms of career.

2. Being a global industry involved into international trade, the industry develops and demands from you the

knowledge about not just maritime trade but also the overall external environment-political and geo

political happenings around the world, status of economic and social aspects of partner countries, legal

and technological changes etc. Thus expanding your scope of knowledge.

3. Shipping being a derived demand, it helps you gain knowledge about all the other industries as well. This

Industry is the one which caters the demand of other industries like FMCG, Automobile, Logistics and

Supply Chain, Textile, Pharmaceuticals and Agriculture etc. Knowledge of this industry opens the gates

for related roles in other industries across the world.

Ghazala Khan: Thank you so much ma'am. We can add it to our knowledge as well.

Ghazala Khan: As you are saying that maritime is industry is connected to all the other industries.

So, where do you see Maritime Industry in the next 5 to10 years?

Ms. Dhara Jhala: The next 5-10 years are going to be much more crucial than last 5-10 years. In the last 5-

10 years, I have seen huge ups and downs in industry. The trade is still struggling to cope up with the

recession that it was hit with in 2007-08. Cycle of shipping is undergoing recovery phase currently which is

expected to last longer than expected. In last one decade, industry has gone through many structural

changes as an outcome of collapse and trough phases of cycle. The next one decade or few years from now

are expected to continue as recovery phase leading the industry’s peak stage. The coming years will be

focused on to sustainable operations, cost reductions and efficiency through technological innovations and

upgradation. Further, there will be concentration of power in hands of few limited players with deep pockets

to sustain weak demand and freights, fight between two ideologies – globalization and trade protectionism,

rise of transhipment hubs and containerization and more secure and smooth flow of supply chain and

logistics. Other than this, export of services is fast exceeding the export of manufacturing goods, which will

remain a cause of worry for Indian maritime sector coupled with capacity utilization of large investments and

infrastructural developments at major and minor ports.

Ghazala Khan: Ma’am, can you please share a memorable experience from your professional career?

Ms. Dhara Jhala: There is not one but many memorable experiences of last 09 years of my professional

career to recollect. All those instances where I was challenged, motivated and was required to prove my

metal are my memorable ones. Joining a technically complex and globally competitive industry like maritime

without any academic base of it was a difficult decision to make, but the industry never stopped me from

learning out of my mistakes and rather pushed me to learn more and more by offering different set of

opportunities. My practical knowledge of the industry made me capable to take over the charge of teaching

the basic fundamentals of the industry to the potential talents of world maritime industry. The fact that I get to

build, expand and enhance the knowledge and skill base of large number of students undergoing ports &

shipping or maritime trade related courses each year, adds to my list of memorable experiences every year.

Ghazala Khan: Thank you Ma’am. We are sure that it is going to add to our learning.

Ghazala Khan: Ma’am what are your expectations from maritime students?

Ms. Dhara Jhala: A maritime student need to focus upon the needs of the industry, which keeps on

changing from time to time. Hence, a maritime student willing to join the industry should be dynamic in his or

her approach. Flexibility, adaptability and openness to new ideas is the first set of expectation from them.

For any student undergoing a maritime management course should be fundamentally aware about basic

working and latest trends of the industry. Discipline, punctuality and dedication are basic expectations

from any management student joining the industry, but it is more so when you are joining an industry which is

operating 24*7 around the globe. Passion to continuously learn, to add on to the skill basket and expand the

knowledge base about the industry is also what I expect from maritime course students. This will help the

organizations to grow, expand and achieve competitive edge in the areas they deliver their services. Last but

not the least, practical exposure to industry through trainings, visits and interactions with the industry directly

or indirectly is expected from a student joining the maritime industry in future.

Ghazala Khan: We assure you Ma’am that we will meet your expectations and thank you so much ma'am for

your precious time and it was pleasant meeting you

Ms. Dhara Jhala: Same here and I must say I absolutely loved answering all the questions. Hope it helps all

the students in one way or the other.

Ghazala Khan: It was a great time Ma’am and I learned a lot.

Ms. Dhara Jhala: Thank you so much Ghazala and it was pleasant interacting with you. I wish all the

students nothing but the best for their future endeavors. Thank you once again.

Newsletter Committee:

Newsletter “WAVES FROM THE VOYAGERS” will be published on quarterly basis, if you want to share your

article then please contact us.

Madhav Rathod (Semester III)

Aashka Medh (Semester III)

Avnesh Rawat (Semester III)

Talent Hunt

Look at the mountains and the sky, Let's sit here and say nothing for a while.

Hear the sound of birds that fly, And the raindrops and rewind

Memories of all the time.

Let's sit here and have a cup of tea together, Let this moment stay here forever.

This will fade away all the pains

And will break all the chains.

Life doesn't know how to live alone, It just wants someone who is known.

Ghazala khan



Ishita Kumbhani (Semester I)

Pooja Kothari (Semester I)

Raj Sham (Semester I)

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