Logistics Sector Skill Council is at the threshold of scaling up. Thus far, LSC has been focusing on short term training and placements for the school dropouts. These schemes under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Rural Development will continue to play an important part being socially relevant schemes. However, in addition LSC as an Industry Apex Body must necessarily focus on the sectoral requirement.

Apprenticeship as a route to skilled HR in companies is slowly gaining acceptance. Linkage with the educational sector has removed any perceived fetters by industry for Apprenticeship. Simply stated, there is no limit to taking graduates or for that matter those undergoing their Undergrad programs as Apprentices. This is a win-win route for all.

LSC has now created a parallel Logistics Skill Training in the Educational Sector from School to

the Graduate program. This is a first of kind program in the country and the industry will definitely stand to benefit in the long run just as the candidates would get gainful employment.

For LSC, jobs is God. Training without placement is a strict No..No. LSC has left no stone unturned in this path to placement. Almost a 70% placement conversion for a lakh plus certified candidates is an achievement LSC can feel justifiably proud about. In all this, the essential tools of training - the Qualification Packs-National Occuptional Standards (QP-NOS) has also undergone a metamorphosis and become a very flexible instrument that permits multitasking of the candidates thereby ensuring lateral mobility.

This issue of the Logistix Express is a publication that seeks to inform the various stakeholders about the activities of LSC. We now can truly say that we have something for every one.

We hope the industry will leverage on what we have to offer and grow wings. As always, we are here to serve.

From the Desk of CEO

Capt. T.S. Ramanujam, CEO,Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC)

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ChairmanR. Dinesh

Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS (Retd)Advisor - LSC

Co - ChairmanCyrus Guzder

TreasurerA.M. Visvanathan

Chief Executive OfficerCapt. T S RamanujamRamanujam@lsc-india.Com

Head - HR Standards & Quality AssuranceDhanasekar. Bdhanab@lsc-india.Com

Head - Training & AssessmentRavikant Yamarthy ravikant.yamarthy@lsc-india.com

Head - Industry PartnershipsRamesh VenkatRameshvenkat@lsc-india.Com

Head - Education InitiativesProf. S Ganesan

Consultant - Academia LinkagesMs. Gayathri Harish

Head - ApprenticeshipDr. Saravanabhava T. C.

Published byLogistics Sector Skill CouncilNo 476, Ground floor, Temple Towers,Nandanam, Chennai - 600 035Phone: +91 44 4851 4616www.lsc-india.Com

EditorRamesh Kumar+91 – 97115 44181 Layout & DesignPoorna Corp

Ramesh KumarEditor

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From the Editor’s Desk

Future brightens up on job frontNot even a single day passes without industry honchos – particularly from the supply chain fraternity - lamenting the shortage of trained workforce to keep the economy chugging smoothly. There is a huge demand for skilled labor and of course, there is equally a huge supply gap. Ultimately, everyone is harping on job creation directly or indirectly.

The Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) is literally burning the proverbial midnight oil to address this critical challenge. Rome, as the saying goes, was not built on a single day. Similarly addressing the skilled workforce shortage needs a holistic approach. Grasping the sensitivity of the national need for job creation, LSC has rightly embarked on a systematic path via an Apprentice-based Under Graduate Degree program in Logistics.

An Expert Committee set up by LSC, drawing experts from the industry and academia, has done its assigned role to meet the industry needs, even while keeping the guidelines under various government of India wings (the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Commerce) in focus so that facilitating funding of the mammoth project viz., job creation, especially in the logistics sector.

Significantly, this Expert Committee will be meeting twice a year to take stock of the changing needs of the industry in the logistics segment so that suitable tweaking to the curriculum can be executed. This move has to be seen in the light of addressing the potential employers’ grouse that the current passing out graduates do not meet their needs fully. So, this is a revolutionary step indeed in the Indian educational scenario.

On the other end, the Council has already signed up 18 Universities/Educational Institutions across the length and breadth of India to commence the much-awaited UG Degree program from the coming Academic Year (2019-20). The semester-based curriculum goes beyond the classroom teaching by giving 60% weightage for On The Job Training (OJT), thus ensuing theoretical knowledge coupled with hands on experience. Post the six semester degree certification process, the Council has taken upon the responsibility of placement of the passing out logistics graduates in the industry with a stipend under the Apprentice Act for 18 months. Yes, end to end solution: from curriculum creation to job placement. Total 360 degree engagement. Education is pursued to earn a livelihood. Until now, education and employment were in two separate compartments. Now, under the LSC program, life has been made easy for the new generation. Enrol for the Degree in Logistics which comes with the unexpected add-on: jobs on completion of degree course. An unusual, but pleasant phenomenon. The seed for job creation in the logistics sector is sown. Come the new Academic Year (2019-20), the new college-entrants have a new choice: a Degree in Logistics. A much in demand professional qualification. It can be safely assumed that the public outcry of skilled workforce shortage would die a natural death in the nearest future. Worth watching.

Apprenticeship Program in Logistics Degree Course Launched By LSC

Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC), established by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC), has designed an Apprenticeship-based UG Degree Program with the primary objective of creating adequate skills for gainful employment at supervisory / managerial levels in Logistics Industry.

At the inaugural function, welcoming the gathering Mr. Dinesh, Chairman, LSC, CII Advisory Council & Managing Director of TVS Logistics Services Ltd said that huge employment potential in the fast-growing logistics sector due to outsourcing of logistics activity, is available and transformation of the sector from largely unorganised to professionally organised is quite imminent. Congratulating LSC for promoting apprenticeship for the past four years, he said that Introduction of apprenticeship-based UG degree is the culmination of the sincere efforts made by LSC and workable model for a perfect linkage of Industry with Academia developed by LSC for the first time in the country.

Mr. Sandeep Barasia, Co-Chairman CII National Committee on Logistics & MD of Delhivery Pvt Limited, briefed on eCommerce Sector – about developments in Logistics.

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professional team of LSC has for having created apprenticeship-embedded UG degree programme that combines both worlds of academia and industry. Further he added that MSDE is determined to make the skill embedded degree programme successful in coordination with the Ministry of Human Resources & Development (MHRD).

Mr. Subba Rao, Senior Economic Advisor & Additional Secretary, MHRD, Government of India, said professionalising humanities education through skilling has become priority for MHRD and it has taken a number of initiatives to embed skilling in higher education program. Apprenticeship-embedded degree program is a logical step towards ensuring employability of graduates.

Mr. Dilip Kumar Gupta Managing Director & Director (Projects) Sagarmala Development Company Ltd. (SDC), made a detailed presentation on SDC, in his special address. Mr. Bharat Joshi, Co-Chairman CII National Committee on Logistics & CEO of Jcurve Ventures Pvt Ltd, made his closing remarks at the end of the session. Mr. K. V. Mahidhar, Executive Director, CII – IL was also present in the opening session. Later, Degree Apprenticeship program was launched in the presence of Mr. N Sivasailam, Special Secretary, Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and other dignitaries.

In his special address, Mr. Rajesh Agrawal, Joint Secretary & CVO of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship said that MSDE considers Logistics sector as crucial due to its potential for creation of gainful employment. Govt has many programs that are focused towards enhancing skills in the Logistics Sector such as Sagarmala Skills program and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways programs for Driver training. At MSDE Apprenticeship and the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme for the Services Sector has been introduced for the first time as Optional Trades and he applauded the well-experienced

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Capt. T.S. Ramanujam, CEO, said that the Council has been taking a number of initiatives with the support of industry to skill its human resources. Apprenticeship-based UG Degree programme in Logistics is the only solution to the unsaturated demand for skilled young graduates for deployment at the supervisory level. This degree program has been designed keeping in mind the various guidelines and norms of MHRD and MSDE. On successful completion of this degree program, students possess a degree and 18 months of industrial experience. LSC has taken up curriculum development for this degree program, faculty training, course material preparation, academic process audit and securing apprenticeship & final placements to the students.

LSC is poised and fully prepared for launching this programme in 21 institutions where this program would be offered from the ensuing academic year (2019-20) and a detailed list of institutions collaborating with LSC is ready. The core focus of the program is Skill Development and hence nearly 60% of the program component and duration constitute On-The-Job Training in the form of Industry Apprenticeship.

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First student of the apprenticeship- based UG Degree program, Ms. Shital Datt, was formally

admitted to the program by ATMIYA University, Rajkot.

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Vijay Rupani, ceremoniously inaugurated the UG Degree Program in a Gala function

at Atmiya University, Rajkot

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LogskimJob mela, held between Januaryand March 2019,across India

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Logskim Staffing Services Pvt Ltd.,

conducting interview @

various Job Mela, organised by NSDL &

MSDE.

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Mr. E Balaji, Group HR Head, TVS Logistics

welcomed the participants and delivered his

introductory remarks. Captain T.S. Ramanujam,

CEO of LSC made a presentation on the

structure of the institution, its objectives and

scope of logistics sector and modules offered.

Mr. Vijayakumar, COO of Express Industry

Council of India (EICI) gave an overview about

the services on Courier & Express, common user

express terminals in Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore

airports, challenges faced by the Indian Express

Industry. An overview on Warehousing was

touched upon by Mr. K V Mahidar, Executive

Director, CII Institute of Logistics and Land

Transportation by Mr. Rajinder Singh, Secretary

General – ACOGOA who also pitched on the

subject matter on skilled drivers shortage for

heavy vehicles and setting up of driver training

institutes during the discussion.

A detailed presentation was made by the Head

– Standards & Qualification Packs (QP) Mr.

Dhanasekar, on Quality Packs (QP), process of

Development of QP, Standard and Quality

Assurance, Level Descriptors for National Skill

Qualification Framework, eCommerce and

later on Functional analysis, occupational

mapping for Warehousing and the initiatives by

LSC & on Land Transportation.

Mr. N Sivasailam, Special Secretary, Logistics,

Ministry of Commerce in his concluding remarks

advised the Council to make a few changes in

the training system pattern after going through

and witnessing the workshop proceedings. He

further added that he would be taking up the

matter with the mininstry for the next step on

implementation. Mr. Anant Swarup, Deputy

Secretary, was also present and guided the

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Line MinistryValidation of QP Developed

by LSC IN MUMBAI

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LSC has the mandate of developing the Qualification Packs (QP) and National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the various sub-sectors that comes under Logistics.

The first such validation was held on 25th January 2019 at Chennai, in sub sectors of Courier & Express and E Commerce, Warehousing and Land Transportation.

The second program on Line Ministry Validation was performed 4th March in Mumbai. QPs from the sub-sectors of Port Terminals, ICD& CFS, EXIM Logistics, Inland Waterways, Air Cargo Operations, Cold Chain Logistics and Liquid Logistics were presented and got validated.

Mr. Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS (Retd) – Advisor LSC, welcomed the participants. An introductory speech was made by Mr. Julian Michael, Sr. Director, Group Relations – Maersk (South Asia). Capt T.S. Ramanujam, CEO, LSC made a brief presentation on the Logistics Skill Sector Council, its services offered to the logistics sector.

Whilst an overview on Port Terminals, ICD & CFS, was made by Mr. Unmesh Abhyankar, CEO & President – Adani Ports TBD, Mr. Samir Shah – Chairman JBS, Ex-President FFFAI, touched upon the subject on EXIM Logistics, and Inland Waterways by Capt. Subedar – President ICCSAA.

Presentation on QP Line Ministry Validations was done by Mr. Dhanasekar, LSC- Head. Standards & Quality. Mr. Manoj Singh, Sr. Vice President & Head Air Cargo briefed on Air Cargo Sub-sectors. Overview of Cold Chain was made by Mr. Sunil Nair, CEO, Snowman Logistics. Mr. N. Sivasailam, IAS, Special Secretary, Logistics, Ministry of Commerce made his concluding remarks.

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DEI, Agra on 6 December 2018 JIMS, Rohini Sector, Delhi on 7 December 2018

Jagannath University, Jaipur on 19 December 2018

Andhra Loyola, Vijayawada on 21 December 2018 KLU, Guntur on 11 January 2019

GITAM Vizag on 4 December 2018

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GIAL, Kottayam on 21 January 2019 PSGCAS, Coimbatore on 23 January 2019

VKR College, Gannavaram on 14 March 2019

Annamalai University on 01 February 2019 Hindustan University, Chennai on 03 January 2019

SBC Chenganacheri on 5 February 2019

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Abundant cheap labor used to be the reason for the skepticism among supply chain fraternity on the issue of automating warehouses in India. By the way, the old concept of “godown” has almost exited the lexicon. Godowns metamorphosized into modern warehouses in slow measure, driven mostly by the FMCG, telecom and automotive segments due to their foreign parentage for whom everything has to be “systematic and orderly” and certainly not “chaotic or haphazardly dumped”.

But the pace of economic development since the roll out of liberalization in 1991 had convinced better and improved production planning followed by distribution strategy. “Outsourcing” gained currency with manufacturers in a manner of speaking becoming “assemblers” of components supplied by handpicked

vendors and the gradual embracement of lean manufacturing and or zero inventory processes, an orderly place where these items that need to be fed to the assembly line has to be stored until asked for – maybe a few hours after arrival. Heard of the Japanese concept of Just In Time (JIT), that has gone global? Despite the unsympathetic road conditions, Indian companies have also embraced JIT huffing and puffing.

That’s on the production side. What about the distribution side, the most vital element and the very raison d’etre of production hinges on finally reaching the marketshelves as finished products?. Not to be forgotten is the after sales and replacement market. All this build-up is necessary to understand the pace of systematic and orderly collection and disbursal of raw materials/components (for production) and finished products (for distribution).

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India, let us remember, today is a US$2.6 trillion economy

feeding the needs of 1.2 billion populace. An aware

young population – sizeable at that - conscious of

happenings around themselves in multiple ways.

Awareness translates into potential and actual buying

power. Their needs are military-like. Need now and here.

Miss out when they demand, business enterprises lose out

improving their topline. This customer impatience and the

wider choice in almost all categories demand swifter

distribution – a tough task for manual handling.

Briefly put, the following factors, besides the above, are

leading to automation in warehousing: , e-commerce,

organized retail, GST and Make In India. Given the

contours of Indian geography, supply chain has become

complex giving sleepless nights to even the most efficient

3PLs. 10,000 sq.ft warehouses are becoming history. Need

of the hour: big warehouses which cannot be managed

by cheap Indian labor and or low end technology. Small is

definitely not beautiful, but unsustainable. Hence: big

ticket automation. Foreign players’ presence, directly or

via joint venture, is pretty high in warehouse automation.

Homegrown entrepreneurs too are jumping into the fray.

Some of the prominent startups in this arena include:

Addverb Technologies, GreyOrange Robotics, Hi-Tech

Robotics, Falcon Autotech, Armstrong Machine Builders

etc. Godrej Consoveyo is one of the prominent joint

ventures in this sphere. Areas of interest are robotic pick

amp; & place, palletization, bin-picking, automated

guided vehicles (AGV), Pick-Put- To-Light,

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Mr. C.V. Raman, Executive Officer, Maruti Suzuki & Mr. N. Sivasailam, IAS, Special Secretary, Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce visited our stall. Mr. Ramesh Venkat, Head-Industry Partnerships, was also seen.

LSC participated in the National Consultation Meeting on Implementation of Vocationalisation of Secondary Education under SAMAGRA organised by PSSCIVE at New Delhi on 21 February 2019.

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