Insightful conclave on Indian cold chain gaining momentum

At recently held digital conclave on Indian cold chain shipments handling and transportation, industry experts discussed about improving infra at airports and terminals and crucial pain points of stakeholders. “As far as understanding pharmaceuticals is concerned I would rate India on eight out of 10. There are some areas in airports which need improvement but those have nothing to do with terminals. In India, some airports are at larger advantage because they started as a greenfield airport but brownfield airports need attention. We will be having new airports soon that are taking infrastructure as a priority. Skilled manpower is another area which needs attention but improving simultaneously,” opined Satish Lakkaraju, Senior VP, Global Head-Air Freight and Pharma, WIZ Freight, Radar Ventures. Talking about crucial pain points, Tushar Jani, Group Chairman, Cargo Service Center said, “Infrastructure for cold chain is definitely improving. Mumbai airport alone has the throughput capacity of 14,000 MT per month. We are just doing 3-4 thousand tonnes a month. We have got capacity to handle much larger volumes. As a community, we need to educate each other, we need to collaborate with each other. There is whole data transmission which needs to come in time in a right format so it can help the process move faster.” Rashmi Karnad Gurung, Manager Climate Control Product, Qatar Airways also added, “We have everything to achieve the larger goals, we have bright minds, investments and enterprises. I feel visibility is the most impt thing today. End-to-end transparency ad visibility and tracking of shipments is required today. Lot of tech companies are also providing highly efficient tech services like shock mointoring, GPS, temp-controlled monitoring, humidity levels monitoring etc which are highly beneficial in today’s times.”