National conference on supply chain management from Monday

Mangalore, October 9: S D M College of Business Management, Mangalore in association with Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mangalore will be organising two day UGC sponsored National Conference on “Challenges of Supply Chain Management In 21^st Century” which will be held on October 10 and 11.

Prof. Dr. B R Ananthan, Vice Chancellor, Rani Channamma University, Vidyasangama, Belgaum will inaugurate the Conference at 9:30 a.m. on October 10 in the College Conference Hall; Sri K.S. Koppalkar, Chairman-Indian institute of Materials Management CGM (Mtls & IS), MRPL & Mrs. Deepti Shetty, Faculty, Department of Business Administration, Jain College of Engineering Belgaum and Alumni of SDMPG Centre for Management Studies and Research will be the guests of honor; Dr. R. Jagadeesh, Professor, SDMIMD, Mysore will deliver the keynote address and the function will be presided by Smt. Latha Kini, President, Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mangalore.

Two days long deliberation includes various sessions on – “Network Design in Supply Chain Management” by Sri Ramachandra Mijar, Associate Vice President, Manipal Media Network (P) Ltd., Manipal, Chaired by Dr. Cynthia Menezes, Associate Professor, Canara Bank Institute of Management, Bangalore; “Information Technology & Supply Chain Management” by Dr. H.N. Shivaprasad Nayak, Director, Reva Institute of Management, Bangalore, Mr. Lokesha, Faculty, Sahyadri Institute of Management, Mangalore; “Supplier Selection & Strategic Alliance” by Sri Radhakrishna L.,Sr. Manager, Faively, Department of Business Administration, Jain College of Engineering, Belgaum. Academicians, Research Scholars and Professionals from various fields will also be presenting papers.

In the Valedictory function to be held on 11^th October 2011 at 3:00 p.m. Prof. Dr. B.S. Sherigara, Former Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University; Dr. Cynthia Menezes, Associate Professor, Canara Bank Institute of Management, Bangalore & Alumni of SDMCBM will be the guest of honor. The objective of the Conference is to provide an overview of the relevant issues in Supply Chain management and Service Operations Management. Large number of delegates from all over the country will be participating in this national level conference said Dr. Devraj K., Chairman of Organizing Committee and Mrs. Smitha, Convenor in the press release.