Mr. Shammi Dua

Head Logistics and Customer Operations, Akzo Nobel India

A dynamic Supply Chain operations specialist with 12 years of international, corporate consulting & diverse industry experience, Mr. Dua has been working with Akzo Nobel India for the past 6 months.

Prior to that, he was National Manager : Logistics & Customer Operations, Cadbury India where he was responsible for Operations planning & management, Evaluating key value drivers for cost, revenue and margin optimization, Distribution planning for optimum Finished Goods stock; profitable inventory deployment, Strategizing and executing multi modal logistics solutions , Developing 3rd Party Logistics Partners to continuously improve distribution & warehousing KPIs , Negotiating freight rates across the country and setting up tracking mechanisms.

His past experiences also include Reliance Retail, Ariba Inc, KSA Technopak and Mahindra & Mahindra.

Mr. Dua is a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from DayalBagh Educational Institute & MBA in SCM & Operations Management from N.I.T.I.E

He has proven track record in conceiving and implementing smart operations strategies and is known for achieving exceptional results on an accelerated basis.

He is also an invited speaker at various Supply Chain conferences at International and National Levels.

Mr. Praveen Jhanji

Vice President SCM (Project Procurement), ISPAT Industries Ltd.

Mr. Jhanji is a Mechanical Engineer with about 24 years’ industrial experience across various aspects of an enterprise in the Steel Industry with specialization in Projects in setting up of Steel Plant and captive Port from Concept to Commissioning.

Presently, engaged with ISPAT Industries Ltd. for-Project Procurement for major projects Coke Oven, Power Plant, Pellet Plant, Railway Siding, Jetty expansion, capacity upgradation of main Steel Plant to 4.2 million tpa, etc.

He has worked with Essar steel and Karnataka Strips Ltd.

Mr. Deepak Bharara

Director Corporate HR - LANCO Group

Mr. Bharara is a Masters from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) with specialisation in HR & People Management.

Prior to this he has pursued PG Diploma in labour laws from Indian Law Institute with specialisation in labour laws, LL.B from Law Centre II Delhi University with specialisation in Central & State laws and Graduated in Commerce from Delhi University

As a professional, he has extensive experience of 30 years plus across a broad range of Corporate/Plant with multinationals and big business Indian groups focussing on Automobiles/ Manufacturing / Media & Publishing/White Goods Industries/Telecom/Textiles/ Aviation/ Infrastructure, etc.

The companies where he has served are Eicher Tractors Ltd, Indian Express Group, Samtel India Ltd, Whirlpool of India Ltd, Bharti Group, Jindal Steel, Aditya Birla Group & GMR Group

Currently working as Director - Corporate HR with LANCO Infrastructure taking care of people processes across the Group.

He is well versed with Infrastructure Industry & its processes to achieve operational efficiencies with customer service orientation approach aligned with commercial acumen.

He has attended various Behavioural & Technical training program during his tenure in organization for his overall development.