There is an urgent need of better inventory and logistics system in India as logistics cost is increasing day by day, opined Chandra S lalwani of University of Hull, United Kingdom while delivering a keynote address in a day long ‘Agro Supply Chain Conference’ (ASCC-2015) organized by Centre for infrastructure and Project finance and Department of logistics and Supply Chain Management and Operations, Centre for Management and Economic Studies and UPES in association with NABARD on Sunday. Elaborating at length on the wastage in the entire supply chain he said that unavailability of stock leads to loss of customers.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frozen Delight, Aloke Bhatnagar said that India has the capacity to store only 11 Percent in its cold storages of the total produce. He also called for attracting investments in the field of cold supply chain as the current infrastructure is incapable for meeting the requirements of the industry. Bhatnagar dwelt in length on opportunities and challenges faced by an entrepreneur in setting up an agro cold chain.
The Chief General Manager (CGM) of NABARD, C.P. Mohan spoke about the role of NABARD in promoting value chain system. The CEO of Horticulture Marketing Board of Uttarakhand, R C Srivastava presented his research paper on the occasion. Research scholar Kritika Jindal, raised the issue of the continuous negligence towards floriculture in her paper and stressed upon exploring unearthed possibilities in India.
The Chairperson of the conference Dr. Neeraj Anand spoke about importance of Cold chain. He said that the students should do further research in this expanding field.
Informing about the event the, Director Media Affairs of UPES, Arun Dhand said that 50 delegates from six states and union territories participated in the conference.
The delegates were also felicitated for presenting research papers in professional category. The first prize was bagged by Gurveer Singh of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner and the second prize was claimed by Sangeeta Gairola of AT consultancies.