Award Overview
The Udaipur Branch of IIMM aims to augment professional competencies in the Supply Chain domain. We're thrilled to announce a significant milestone in our journey, the 4th edition of our signature event, SHRESHTHAM – NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE AWARDS, honouring excellence in Supply Chain Management on a pan-India basis. This award ceremony reflects our commitment to fostering a culture of excellence and innovation across the entire supply chain ecosystem. Started in 2022, three successful editions have been completed.
Industry Recognition
Recognized by IIMM and IFPSM - trusted globally
Global Standards
Meet international best practices in supply chain excellence
Prestigious Platform
Showcase achievements to industry peers and leaders
Career Growth
Enhance reputation and open new opportunities
Jury Panel
SYED JAWED AHMED
Executive Director-SAIL (CMMG)
DR. G. R. NYATI
Director – Techno India NJR
President – Polycab (EMS)
SWAPNIL DUBEY
Ex Head -Procurement At YES Bank Independent Consultant, Trainer and Faculty
ARIF SHEIKH
IIM & Harvard Alumnus | Global Business Leader | Author | Jury Member
RAJENDRA DAGA
Saksham Consultants
SYED JAWED AHMED
Executive Director-SAIL (CMMG)
Professional Summary
- Proven track record as Head of SAIL Procurement & Inventory Management for Materials and Services.
- Expertise in sourcing optimization – globally, regionally, and locally – while building talent and capabilities.
- Strategist-cum-implementer with recognized proficiency in accomplishing Corporate Plans and Goals.
- Proficient in formulating and implementing policies, guidelines, and managing crisis situations.
- Expertise in developing and implementing procurement frameworks for aggregation-based procurement.
- Result-oriented Materials professional with over 30 years of experience in diverse roles, including ERP (SAP).
- Led SAIL Corporate Turnaround initiative “SAIL-Uday” as Team Lead at Bokaro Steel Plant.
DR. G. R. NYATI
Director – Techno India NJR
President – Polycab (EMS)
Dr. Giriraj Nyati is a professional with 40+ years of global experience in Engineering & Technology, Research, Operations, SCM, Strategy & Leadership. A PhD holder from IIT Delhi, with BE (Electrical & Electronics) from BITS, Pilani & MBA from Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Giriraj, brings on rich international experience of working with fortune 500 companies & Nobel laureates like Nakamura san.
SWAPNIL DUBEY
Ex Head -Procurement At YES Bank Independent Consultant, Trainer and Faculty
A Supply chain professional with over 36 years of corporate experience spanning project management, sourcing, procurement, contracts, logistics, and cost optimization. Managed global Procurement, Contracts management and Logistics across 40+ countries at Tata Communications and has worked with companies like Godrej, L&T, Airtel, Reliance, Yes Bank etc.
ARIF SHEIKH
IIM & Harvard Alumnus | Global Business Leader | Author | Jury Member
Arif Sheikh is an IIM and Harvard alumnus with over three decades of leadership experience across global enterprises. Group CEO and Deputy Chairman of a US$ 1.2 billion multinational group, overseeing 28 businesses across 32 countries, spanning developed and emerging markets.
RAJENDRA DAGA
Saksham Consultants
An Engineering and Materials Management professional with over 35 years of experience in construction and project management, materials and contracts management, and procurement across the mining and cement industries.
Award Categories
Logistics Sector Supply Chain Excellence Award
This award recognizes projects in the logistics sector that use techniques, processes, or achievements to improve the experience. It is open to anyone working in a logistics supply chain. It will recognize the vital contribution made to the success of logistics planning and execution.
Manufacturing Supply Chain Excellence Award
This award recognizes projects in the manufacturing and/or engineering supply chain. It is open to manufacturing and/or engineering companies, or working in partnership with such companies.
Service Sector Supply Chain Excellence Award
This award recognizes projects in the service sector that use techniques, processes, or achievements to improve the experience. It is open to anyone working in a services supply chain. It will recognize the vital contribution made to the success of the provision of service planning and execution.
Public Sector Supply Chain Excellence Award
This award recognizes projects where supply chains have improved public services. It is open to anyone working in public sector supply chains, be it procurement, sourcing, distribution and working in partnership with such businesses. These projects can be on a central, state, or local level.
Supply Chain Operations Award
This award recognizes projects that demonstrate excellence in the efficiency of a supply chain operation. This could involve warehousing, national and international transport by air, sea, rail or road – or any combination of these elements.
Supply Chain Strategy & Design Award
This award recognizes excellence in strategic developments in an organization's supply chain management and practice that have a quantifiable benefit to the business. It also recognizes projects that can demonstrate excellence in supply chain visibility through the execution of risk management planning.
Sustainable Supply Chain & Recycling Award
This award recognizes projects that use materials more efficiently to minimize waste in the supply chain. Examples could include reduced use of packaging and plastics or the introduction of new sustainable materials.
Supply Chain Innovation Award
This award recognizes projects that demonstrate how an organization is driving change by the adoption of new, innovative supply chain practices.
EXIM Supply Chain Excellence Award
This award recognizes excellence in the Import Export process, incorporating single-site operations or a multi-site strategy. Winning entries will demonstrate improvement in the efficiency of operations, be it through process, strategy, and/or the advanced use of technology and/or automation.
Best Customer Service Award
This award recognizes companies setting the standard in delivering exceptional customer experiences through multiple channels. This category recognizes companies striving to exceed customer expectations, implementing industry-leading standards of service, and looking to innovate their customer experience capabilities.
Digital Transformation Award
This award is open to businesses that have succeeded in helping their partners evolve their traditional supply chains into connected, smart, and highly efficient supply chain ecosystems. It will recognize the key strategic hardware investments that have proven to bring in solid financial results and help move closer to customers.
The Rising Star
This award is for young people starting their careers in supply chain and logistics who demonstrate enthusiasm & talent. This award is open to any employee under the age of 35, based in India.
Logistics Award
This award is open to home delivery and express delivery logistics operations in an urban environment. It will reward projects or changes to business processes that have adapted to the needs of urban logistics, delivering operational, environmental, and safety improvements.
Warehouse Initiative Award
This award recognizes excellence in warehouse management, incorporating single-site operations or a multi-site strategy. Winning entries will demonstrate improvement in the efficiency of operations.
Procurement Excellence Award
This award recognizes exceptional procurement processes and purchasing decisions in any sector, saving money, improving efficiency, and benefiting customers and/or business operations.
Clean Transport Award
This Clean Transport Award is open to vehicle manufacturers, end-user brands, and technology providers to showcase collaborations, technologies, and policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
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