Dr. Pranjal Kumar Phukan [B.Tech with MBA] is interested in authoring, travelling, blogging and research activities related to emerging technologies. He is an accomplished nationally internationally acclaimed Supply Chain professional with over 25 years of experience in supply chain management operations management with leading companies in India in Automotive, Telecommunication, Engineering and Petrochemical sectors.
Dr. Phukan has authored the book titled ‘Limits to Infinity’ on philosophy and science which was published in 2013 by White Flacon Publishing, Chandigarh.
More than his role as reputed supply chain professional, he is also an avid case writer, author, blogger,columnist, key note speaker, expert panel speaker and have received many awards viz., Leadership excellence award in Supply Chain innovation 2016 from World Leadership Federation, Excellent Professional Achievement award 2016 from Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Peter F Drucker award from University of Swahili, Panama, Supply Chain Leader award from World Leadership Federation at Dubai, Innovative Technologist Dedicated Chartered Professional Engineer award from SET Engineering Today (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Society of Professional Engineers (India). MTC Global Outstanding Supply Chain Management Professional award 2017 from MTC Global, Excellence in Supply Chain planning 2018, Tata Strategic Management Group Supply Chain Excellence award 2018, Global Logistics Excellence, Mumbai, Procurement Leader of the year 2018, 12th ESLC Conclave at Mumbai, Responsible Business Leader of the Year 2019, World Leadership Federation at Mumbai
Moreover, he is the member fellow of many reputed organizations, some of them such as:
In particular, he has notable contributions towards entrepreneurship development, motivating youths towards sustainable business and supporting ideation projects for funding and market availability for entrepreneurs. Here he is also the core member as resource person to Kaziranga University (Jorhat, Assam), Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati and Gwalior Incubation Center [Govt of India initiative], Gwalior (M.P). Dr. Pranjal is contributing towards entrepreneurship as the honorary Director of Strategy, International Council of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ICTMAE), Bangalore.
In 2020, he has delivered more than 90 on-line lectures on Artificial Intelligence, Stress management, Employability skills, Industry related projects, Circular Economy, Financial modelling for entrepreneurs, mathematical modelling for supply chain etc. to more than 35 colleges and 5 universities along with various organizations like ICT Academy, ICSI New Delhi etc., IMechE across India educating post graduate and research scholars from science, mathematics, humanities and arts stream.
He is also instrumental in supporting MSMEs and Start-ups vendors through his various training and educational initiatives with Confederation of Indian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSEM) as Director (Strategy) and other various industry bodies viz., FICCI, ICC, PHDCCI, FINER, MSME Development Institute and NSIC. He is the Nodal Officer for MSME, Start-ups, SC/ST Hub and Government e-Marketplace (GeM). As on date he has trained and supported more than 1000 small and micro entrepreneurs of the North East India through assisting them in getting the opportunity to participate in public procurement, getting funds from MSME schemes and product development support with MSME DI Guwahati and CIPET, Guwahati.
Dr. Pranjal’s fascination with literary world comes with his relentless contributions to leading international national journals with publication of more than 45 case papers on Operations Supply Chain management for business, professionals and management students and with more than 40 industry related articles in magazines of repute viz., Chemical Today, Hydrocarbon Processing, Off-Shore World, ET Polymers, Business World, CPO Innovation, North East Today, NE Live on-line magazine etc.
Dr. Pranjal has significant contribution towards education domain and he has contributed articles in journals on the topic viz., Make in India – Essentials of educational institutions, Prospects of Block Chain Technology in Education and Role of Education in combating climate change. Dr. Pranjal also contributed to the development of policies for on-line MBA content reputed university in Assam and motivated establishment of incubation centres in all affiliated colleges of Assam under the aegis of Assam College Principal Council (ACPC).
Mr. Ajaya Babu Chaparala is Supply Chain Management Professional and currently working as Head –Outsourcing with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. He has 30+ Years of experience in SCM and handled multimillion dollar Procurement transactions with domestic and international vendors operated from India and Middle East.
He has vast experience in EPC procurement services to projects of Civil, Mechanical, Power Transmission & Distribution, Oil and Gas with exposure to Capital equipment, Construction materials, Equipment supplies, Bulk Materials, Package systems and Outsourcing services.
Mr. Gurunathan Mariayyah is currently Program Coordinator at Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), He was 20+ years Experienced on Supply chain management, Manufacturing and Production Management. More specifically on Chassis Assembly, Engine Final dressing, Front axle assembly, PDI, Pipe section. Experience gained on domains – Welding from Pipe section, Assembly operations from major Assemblies and Quality Management from overall functions.
As a Corporate Trainer, handled training sessions for working professionals (middle level Managers) on Supply chain Management, Manufacturing, Spare parts Management, Inventory, Stores/Warehouse Management, Procurement etc.,
Mr. Ramandeep Singh is currently working in Valvoline Inc. Head - Sales & Operations Planning, Asia, Middle East & Africa, He was Experienced and proven Supply Chain professional with a strong background in Supply & Demand Planning, Inventory Control and S&OP Management.
- Fully acquainted with Oracle, SAP, MS office with advance Excel, KPI Dashboards and other Business applications.
- Sound academics with top rank in Engineering and Gold Medal in MBA in Operations.
- Ability to communicate across the organization structure in multi-national and multi-cultural environment.