Presented by:
Mr. Dirk Lembregts, Former Chief Supply Chain Officer for Marks and Spencer, Philips, General Motors Europe & Visiting Faculty, MISI
Article by:
Prof. Yossi Sheffi, Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Presented by:
Prof. Dr. V. Sumantran, Ex Chief Executive, Tata Motors, Passenger Cars, Adjunct Faculty, MISI
Presented by:
Mr. Dirk Lembregts, Former Chief Supply Chain Officer for Marks and Spencer, Philips, General Motors Europe & Visiting Faculty, MISI
Co-Organized with:
Mohd Hanafi Bin Mansor, Agronomist, YARA
Soon Tat Chua, Senior Agronomist, YARA
Author: Dr. V. Sumantran
Dr Sumantran is an Adjunct Professor at MISI.
He is that unique combination of business leader, technocrat, academic and author, having lived and worked in the US, Europe and Asia over a 30+ year career. He is Chairman of Celeris Technologies and an advisor to several Fortune-100 organizations in autos, technology, industrial equipment, and aerospace.
He was Executive Vice-Chairman of Hinduja Automotive, UK, as well as Vice Chairman of Ashok Leyland, India’s 2nd largest Commercial Vehicle manufacturer. Prior to this, he was Member of the Board at Tata Motors and the Chief Executive Officer of TATA Motors’ Car business.
Dr. Sumantran has served on the Science Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of India, as Chairman of the National Defence Council of the Confederation of Indian Industries and on the Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institutes (Germany). He was also President, Automotive Research Association of India.
In the following series or articles written for the OpEd pages of The Hindu newspaper in India, he discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the auto industry and makes recommendations for the industry as it recovers from this crisis.
Published at: The Hindu BusinessLine
List of articles:
Co-Organized with:
Mohd Hanafi Bin Mansor, Agronomist, YARA
Soon Tat Chua, Senior Agronomist, YARA
Presented by:
Dr. Shardul Phadnis, Associate Professor, Director of Research
Mohd Syazwan Mokhtar, General Manager, The Lost Food Project
Author: Dr. V. Sumantran, Adjunct Professor at MISI
Published at: The Hindu newspaper