Logistics & Supply Chain are omnipresent issues: Pawan Kumar Agarwal
India’s future depends on how we resolve our environmental challenges: Jayant Sinha
Digital India going to be a driver of growth in the decade to come: Deep Kalra
New Delhi, NFAPost: Speaking at IAMAI 15th India Digital Summit, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Special Secretary, Logistics, Pawan Kumar Agarwal while giving the keynote on Building future-ready logistics network for the Country said logistics and supply chain are omnipresent issues across the sectors but we realized their importance during Covid time.
Pawan Kumar Agarwal said that unified laws across the different modes of transport is completed by the government however process on streamlining and backend system enabling are currently underway.
“The use of technology in logistics is a very important area and perhaps, one area where lot of work needs to be done. “Different departments are already working towards systems and initiatives in this direction and moving forward the idea is to merge all these individual system and build a logistics data stand which can be used by new age companies to give market solutions,” said Pawan Kumar Agarwal.
In another session on Farm to Frontier Model for India’s Development, Member of Parliament Jayant Sinha said India is forging a totally different development model – the farm to frontier model as opposed to the traditional one of farm to factory.
The a need for upgradation of skills and supporting people with the right ecosystem so that they can produce more. The individual needs to be embedded in a system where they can produce more – that is the path of economic development,” Jayant Sinha said.
Jayant Sinha explained his notion of Aatmanirbhar Bharat as Creation of Competitive, Sustainable and Resilient (CSR) industries in India. He also talked about how technology is the best solution to increasing productivity and to grow faster.
“The answer has always been technology to improve productivity – there is no other way. There is a need to give people the technology assistance so that they can be as adept to improve productivity and can generate more, earn more and become prosperous,” he explained.
MakeMyTrip Founder and CEO Deep Kalra in conversation with 1mg cofounder and CEO Prashant Tandon,shared his experiences as a pioneer of digital entrepreneurship in India for the past two decades.
Deep Kalra also gave his take about the future of the digital economy and India’s role in it. He explained that Digital India is going to be a driver of growth in the decade to come. Owing to the nature of innovation and the speed of innovation in the digital space, India will be able to innovate their way to becoming global leaders in the space.
He added that it is important for the Government to catch-up with the sector, but entrepreneurs should not rely on that to compete. Deep Kalra further clarified that all burgeoning new entrepreneurs can do is to minimize their fixed costs and find ample resources to persist and innovate till the market realizes their value.
The event comprised of six tracks: Building National Digital Infrastructure; Marketing for the Masses; Innovative digital services beyond the first 100 million paid customers; Digitally Recharging Small and Medium Business; Digital Policies from Global Perspective but Indian Reality; Nurturing Indian Startups.
IAMAI India Digital Summit 2021 had speakers who are leaders in their own fields and from industries such as Logistics, FinTech, AdTech, Digital Health and beyond.
The event comprised of six tracks: Building National Digital Infrastructure; Marketing for the Masses; Innovative digital services beyond the first 100 million paid customers; Digitally Recharging Small and Medium Business; Digital Policies from Global Perspective but Indian Reality; Nurturing Indian Startups.
The Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI] is a young and vibrant association with ambitions of representing the entire gamut of digital businesses in India. It was established in 2004 by the leading online publishers, and in the last 16 years has come to effectively address the challenges facing the digital and online industry.
Besiddes including mobile content and services, online publishing, mobile advertising, online advertising, IAMAI also brings under its umbrella ecommerce and mobile & digital payments among others.
Sixteen years after its establishment, the association is still the only professional industry body representing the online industry in India. The association is registered under the Societies Act and is a recognized charity in Maharashtra. With a membership of nearly 300 Indian and overseas companies, and with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata, the association is well placed to work towards charting a growth path for the digital industry in India.
