The UK is keen to collaborate with India on skill development to make the Skill India campaign a success. Recently, the senior-most Indian-origin member of the British government Priti Patel has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK has deepened the bonds between the two countries. She emphasised on collaboration in skill development.
A seminar on ‘Enhancing India’s Competitiveness through Logistics and Supply Chain Efficiency’ was organised by Dun & Bradstreet Tangram Advisory Services Private Limited in Mumbai.
During the seminar, S K Goel, ex-additional chief secretary, agriculture and marketing, Maharashtra pointed out that ‘there is a need to connect the dots in the food value chain. The government cannot do it, organised retailers, processors are the most capable to do the same. The question that we need to answer is why are big corporate of India not thinking about value chain and product branding.” He further said that our corporate should develop a vision for value chain where all fruits and vegetables can reach the doorstep of the consumers. Focusing specifically on where the UK can contribute, the discussions show that there is scope to have specialised training for food supply chain logistics within the ambit of the existing training centres such as the CII Institute of Logistics.
In his key note address, N C Saha, director and principal executive officer, Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), said, “India is importing packaging machinery from countries like Italy and Germany but it is exporting packaging materials. The technology is available in India but the issues are related to its acceptability and adaptability.”
Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, ICRIER pointed out that there is a huge scope of collaboration between India and the UK in specific segments of skill development in food logistics. These include designing course curriculum and on line training modules.