IIMA launches centre for transportation and logistics
Team Careers360 | February 17, 2021 | 03:52 PM IST | 1 min read
The centre will offer integrated, multidisciplinary program of research, post-graduate and executive education, technology transfer, and policy advice
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad launched a Centre for Transportation and Logistics, or CTL, on Wednesday.
The centre aims to facilitate “cutting-edge research” in transportation, logistics and contribute to scholarship, practice and policymaking in India and abroad.
The CTL will offer an integrated, multidisciplinary program of research, post-graduate and executive education, technology transfer, and policy advice for enhancing the mobility of people and goods, an official statement said.
“Our objective behind establishing the CTL is to contribute to improving the efficiency of multi-modal transportation systems and supply chain logistics, thereby promoting economic growth and fostering sustainable development. We have faculty coming in from across the institute that has joined the centre as members,” said Debjit Roy, founder of CTL at IIM A.
Several teachers from North American, European and Asian universities with outstanding research accomplishments are members of the centre’s research advisory committee, Roy further added.
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