Need for Sustainable Energy-The Future is crying out an SOS

“What do we hope to leave for the future generations?” or let us look at a more realistic question, “What CAN we leave for our future generations?” One of the greatest challenges facing man...
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Why Upgrading skills is necessary for Professional by Kasturi Bhave

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” ? Lewis Carroll, Alice Throu...
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Changing Face of Indian Lubricants Industry in new normal world by Shailendra V. Gokhale

During September 2020, I was a speaker at ICIS Asian Base oils and lubricants virtual conference,where I talked about V-shaped recovery of Indian Economy and its favourable impact on Lubricants indust...
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Free Trade Warehousing Zones

‘For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.’ – James Forrestal James Forrestal’s words have not been m...
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Own your Warehouse Operations or Hybrid 3PL - Which will fits in today's scenario!

Background: In the yesteryears all companies were managing their warehousing operations through company owned depots. They had employed their own staff and menials to operate these facilities. However...
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Rise, Fall and Rise of Lubricating Oil Companies in India (1993 to 2020) (Part 3 - Conclusion) by Mr. Sudhakara Rao Ravipati, Former Executive Director International Trade Supplies - HPCL

  Rise, Fall and Rise of Lubricating Oil Companies in India (1993 to 2020)   (Part 3 - Conclusion) Then there was a new entrant in the market by name Valvoline who had an arrangement with Cummin...
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Rise, Fall and Rise of Lubricating Oil Companies in India (1993 to 2020)(Part 2 of 3) by Mr. Sudhakara Rao Ravipati, Former Executive Director International Trade Supplies - HPCL

  Rise, Fall and Rise of Lubricating Oil Companies in India (1993 to 2020)(Part 2 of 3) Almost all Indian lube marketing companies in public sector were very keen in getting the act right to fac...
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Rise, Fall and Rise of Lubricating Oil Companies in India (1993 to 2020)(Part1 of 3) ) by Mr. Sudhakara Rao Ravipati, Former Executive Director International Trade Supplies - HPCL

                                                                                    PREFACE Mr. Sudhakar Rao is highly respected leader in Indian Oil industry...
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Future Ready Procurement by Radha Mohan Gupta, Regional Procurement Director - South Asia at RB

It has been almost five months in India since when organizations have been facing multiple challenges in conducting their businesses in usual way. Social distancing, precautionary measures and various...
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Impact of Pandemic- Covid -19 on Supply Chain and role of CFO in managing the current crisis by Sunil Luthra

In India and globe at large, last couple months right from the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented period for most of industries and supply chain demand planners are struggling to acc...
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