IIM Amritsar To Host The 8th Edition Of Sankshetra

IIM Amritsar is all set to host its eight annual operations and strategy conclave, Sankshetra, on December 7, 2024. Sankshetra provides a platform for esteemed industry mavericks in operations and strategy to navigate the complexities of current trends and uncover diverse insights.

The conclave will have two sessions. The operations session will be conducted at 10 am on the theme “AI-Driven Route Optimisation and Fleet Management: Enhancing Real-Time Delivery Efficiency and Resilience.” Through this session, Industry Stalwarts from the operations domain will explore how AI-driven route optimisation and fleet management enhance delivery efficiency by analysing real-time factors like traffic, weather and schedules. 

They will share insights on the significant technologies that optimise routes, reduce operational costs and enable predictive maintenance, ensuring resilience and reliability in dynamic delivery operations. The keynote speaker for the operations panel will be the illustrious Shantanu Kodesia, Head Operations, Sun Life Global Solutions, with over 30 years of extensive experience across diverse fields, including sales and marketing within the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries and heading operations and customer experience for corporates like Eli Lilly, Dell, GE Capital International Services and IBM. He will be accompanied by the panellists Sharmishtha Niyogi, Director, Supply Chain, Merck Group; Rajiv Ganju, Senior Vice President (Manufacturing & Global Supply Chain), Luminous Power Technologies; Aditya Joshi, COO and Growth Hacker, SA Technologies; Dhritiman Chakraborty, Director of Operations, Ingram Micro India; and Mayur Chhabra, Head of Supply Chain (Paints & White Cement division), JK Cement.

The strategy session will be conducted at 2 pm on the theme “Competing on Agility: Strategic Flexibility in Fast-Moving Markets”. In this session, esteemed industry leaders from the strategy domain will delve into how competing on agility enables businesses to achieve strategic flexibility in fast-moving markets and how organisations can stay ahead of competitors by quickly adapting to changing customer demands, market trends and disruptions. The keynote speaker for this session will be the esteemed Debabrata Gupta, Director, USV Private Limited, a distinguished Chemical Engineer from IIT Kharagpur with a remarkable career in operations and supply chain management. He has held key leadership roles at companies such as Unilever, Coca-Cola, Reckitt Benckiser, UPL Limited and Pidilite Industries. The panel also comprises Nidhi Sethi, Director, Strategy & Transformation, NatWest Group; Srimathi Sridharan, Director, BNY; Subramanian Chidambaran, Chief Strategy Officer, Cummins India; Rakesh Narang, Director of Operations, Xerox; and Rahul Kumbhat, Head of Strategy Performance & Insights, Diageo.

Sankshetra serves as a conduit for thought leadership and innovation, motivating participants to explore solutions for emerging challenges in the modern business environment. Through this platform, IIM Amritsar aspires to empower future leaders with transformative insights and inspiration, equipping them to address the evolving complexities in operations and strategy.