Can India be a global transhipment hub | K-Hub | Dr Deepankar Sinha

Deepankar Sinha, Head – International Trade Operations & Logistics Division, Head-Research at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT, Kolkata) and Program Director of Centre for Trade facilitation & Logistics (CTFL), IIFT set up by Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

Dr Sinha discusses the criticality of logistics management to smooth functioning of trade, current state of the logistics industry in India, growing role of technology, the growing emphasis on sustainability and what the future holds.

He also shares his views on a key question – can India indeed aspire to become a global transhipment hub, given its strategic location at the centre of the trans- Indian Ocean routes which connect the Europe and East Asia?