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BUSINESS CONCLAVES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

The second panel discussion on day 2 was on the theme ‘Reimagining
and Restructuring Supply Chain in The New Era’. Delivering the
welcome note, Prof. Aalok Kumar, faculty IIMV (Production &
Operations Management area), shared his views on reshaping supply
chain management and introduced the ‘Star model’. The esteemed

panellists for this session were Mr. Aniruddh Srivastava, Head of
Demand and Supply Planning at Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.; Mr.
Abhay Srivastava, President Operations at Mankind Pharma Ltd.; Mr.
Ramkesh Jangra, Head of Supply Chain at Ericsson, and Mr. Ashish
Tripathi, General Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Logistics & Agency at
TORM. Mr. Abhinav Sinha, Head of Control Tower & Supply Operations Africa-India-Middle East at

Michelin, was the moderator for this session. The session started with a brief discussion on top innovations
which had revolutionized supply chain. There was an incipient view that the supply chain has become
more matrix-shaped over shadowing the linear structure. The panellists then discussed how visibility and
transparency had become a mandate in the modern supply chain. The panel also vouched for good
mathematical and statistical tools which can improve the process of supply chain management. The
students were then introduced to the emerging quality issues by citing real-life examples of AI prediction in
the supply chain.

This virtual event witnessed active participation of students in large numbers from various B-schools,
along side the students and faculty members from the IIMV.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES, FACULTY

RESEARCH SEMINARS, AND INVITED TALKS

IIMV & NUBS Research Roundtable

15 SEPTEMBER

IIM Vishakhapatnam and Nottingham University
Business School (NUBS – Malaysia Campus)
organized a virtual research roundtable on the
central theme ‘Sustainability in Business’. As
signatories of United Nation’s PRME (Principles for

Responsible Management Education), both IIMV
and NUBS are encouraged to conduct research and involve in knowledge exchange on topics related to
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. The objective of this research roundtable was to share
research insights and develop linkages with peers in these two institutions. Prof. M. Chandrasekhar,
Director, IIMV, and Dr. Andy Chan, Vice-Prost RKE, NUBS, gave the opening remarks and noted the
common research areas of interest. They emphasized on the importance of collaborative research work
that can be undertaken by both the institutions. Dr. Lauc C. K, Dean NUBS, gave the closing remarks for
this event

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