MAKE A PROGRESSIVE CAREER IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN - YOUR

KEY TO SUCCESS
ABOUT THE COURSE:
“Earn while you learn”
Logistics and Supply chain Industry is driven by the proliferation of E-commerce, increased
omni-channel distribution and the implementation of game changing technologies. Thus, to
equip the learners with specialization in the field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Ganpat University–A socially responsible University since 2015 along with Safeducate, the
educational wing of Safexpress- A renowned logistics company, Logistics Training provider
with over 10 years of Corporate Training experience in Logistics has designed a one of its kind
Industry-Academia interface programme “MMS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management”
The course will help in developing the competencies for the various Strategic, Tactical and
redesigning activities related to Supply chain Management.
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE COURSE:
 One of its kind course with 100% pre- placement offer
 A Unique opportunity to earn through on the Job Training in the second year of the
course with a paid stipend. Last 2 semesters would be Industrial training hours in the
entire course.

GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY:

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Industry Market - Post COVID-19 the Market is Projected to
Grow from USD 2,734 Billion in 2020 to USD 3,215 Billion by 2021. Asia Pacific is expected to
have the largest market size during the forecast period. This industry was one of the backbones
of international trade worth over 5.5 trillion euros in 2018. Germany was the leading logistics
market globally. The market in terms of revenue is expected to reach USD 15522.02 billion by
2023, growing at a CAGR of 7.5%, the market in terms of volume is expected to reach 92.10
billion ton by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 6.0%.

INDIAN LOGISTICS MARKET AND SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY:

According to a report by Make in India named “Top trends for logistics and SCM segment for
2020” the Indian logistics and SCM sector is currently valued at USD 165 billion, with growth
expected to reach USD 215 billion by the end of 2020. Furthermore, the sector has employed
more than 22 million people and pushed the rank of India from 54 to 44 in the World Bank’s
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2018, in terms of overall logistics performance.
Government policies like ‘Make in India’, GST being implemented in the right direction to give
the logistics sector an opportunity to consolidate and improve its efficiency to cater to the rising
industry standards and demands will help the sector to grow. The government is involved in
bringing lot more investment, infrastructure development, policy initiatives to make it more
organised. Niti Ayog also has an ambitious plan to bring down the logistics cost which will save
billions of rupees for Indian economy.

The startups and technology driven companies are coming into India’s logistics space and has
now challenging the traditional & existing logistics players. This has pushed the traditional
players to do a lot of investments in infrastructure development, Training, technology
improvement & upgradation, trying to match the global standards.
Logistics and Supply Chain sector- Deemed to be the Sunshine Industry in India
"A sunrise industry is the one that is new or relatively new, is growing fast and is expected to
become important in the future". Though logistics industry is not a new one but due to changes
in infrastructure and the GST giving tailwinds, it is ready for a transformation.

10 potential reasons which makes Logistics deemed to be a sunshine industry in India:

  
1. Implementation of GST in India has paved way for faster adoption of technology and
trigger consolidation in Logistics sector.

2. Government has granted infrastructure status to the logistics sector, which means
logistics companies can now get access to cheaper capital. This will bring down the
overall cost of the logistics companies.

3. Better and easy access to capital and GST will pave way to bigger and larger automated
warehouses. This means that number of warehouse may come down.

4. Skilled manpower is required to manage the modern logistics facilities and network to
provide service level to its customers.

5. The B2B logistics and third party logistics is growing at a rate of 20 to 30 percent
annually.

6. A new department of logistics has been set up under the ministry of commerce to
coordinate various departments and bring in much needed infrastructure development
focus by the government.

7. A plethora of tech based startups has emerged in Indian Logistics space brining in the
innovation and taking the processes to a new level.

8. Automation is inevitable in the logistics sector. This will bring in lot of tech based
smaller and larger solution providers into this sector.

9. Research and development will increase, which will eventually bring down the cost and
facilitate job creation.
 10. Massive investment is being initiated both by the central and state governments in
infrastructure development. Also, projects such as Bharatmala, Sagarmala, Dedicated
Freight Corridor, Make in India, etc will transform the face of logistics sector.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN SECTOR:

TRAINED MANPOWER IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR!

With the logistics sector formalizing rapidly, the logistics players have realized the need of
talent management wherein they look for recruiting trained professionals, invest in training them
on contemporary skills required in the logistics sector and retaining the employees. The major
problem faced by them is in attracting talented employees. This has been a major growth barrier,
and, therefore, this makes it vital to have Universities offering professional degrees with Industry
orientation which with result in having more number of industry-ready candidates.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES GLOBALLY:

As per Logistics Sector Performance In Emerging Markets: Top 50 Countries In 2020, the below
mentioned 10 countries have best in the world in terms of number of opportunities in the
country:
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA:

According to an article “ India must bet big on logistics” in Financial times(2018) 3 million
incremental jobs will get created across seven sub-sectors within the logistics sector. Road
freight, a Rs 9.6-lakh-crore market growing at 16.5% CAGR, will account for 1.89 million new
logistics jobs (63% of all potential jobs in the sector), while rail freight (40,000 incremental
jobs), waterways (450,000 incremental jobs), air freight (400,000 incremental jobs) and
warehousing (120,000 incremental jobs) will contribute a million more jobs over the next four
years. Courier services, a Rs 28,000-crore sub-sector and the second-fastest (at 17.3% CAGR)
growing, will create 60,000 incremental jobs and packaging, a 24,000-crore sub-sector, will
create 40,000 incremental jobs over 2018-2022. The bulk of these new jobs, amounting to 1.74
million incremental jobs (58% of all potential logistics jobs) across the sector between 2018 and
2022, will get created in four cities—Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore.

Demand for professionals in Logistics and Supply Chain Management in India:

According to the same article, the logistics sector in India is expected to provide employment to
13.9 million people, up from the current 10.9 million, over the next four years (2018-2022),
making it the largest job-creator in the infrastructure space. As per a recent article “The top 2019
logistics trends shaping the sector’s growth in India”, the growth in e-tail created a larger
demand for logistics and IBEF has revealed that the logistics Industry would stimulate job
creation and could be the largest job creator by 2022. According to National Skill Development
Corporation 28.4 million skilled workforce will be needed in Logistics sector by 2022

Acquiring a professional degree in Logistics and Supply Chain can do the wonders!
Due to transformation in the sector newer skills are expected from the employees. A professional
degree in logistics and supply chain can yield you not only hard skills like Geographical
knowledge and understanding, Route planning, Network design, Network optimization,
Shipment dispatch and receiving, Shipments documentation, Inventory management, Material
handling, Stock reconciliation, Procurement, Hub/warehouse floor management, Warehouse
ramp control,Quality control, Project management, MS Office and ERP such as SAP, Vehicle
load planning, Operational manpower planning, Warehouse capacity planning and utilization,
Risk management, Cost effective operations and cost control but also will help you get the
knowledge of IoT, Big Data Analytics and AI.
 
The most in-demand jobs in Logistics and Supply chain management
 Executive-Warehouse
 Op-Executive -Logistics
 Executive- CRM
 Executive-Inventory & Vendor Management
 Delivery -Business Development
 Executive -Marketing
 Executive- Order processing
 Executive – Procurement
 Store Manager
 Op-Exectuive E Commerce

 WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE DIFFERENT ?

1. Industrial training duration(entire 2 semesters) with paid stipend provides opportunity to
recover 50% of the fees paid for the course
2. Course curriculum has been designed and is updated regularly by experts of Industry and
Academia
3. Course has been run in association with industry partner, Safeducate – the educational wing of
Safexpress (A renowned logistics company)
4. Training methods followed - Mix of classroom and practical, simulations, on the job training,
internships, industrial visits
5. Industry experts and industry experienced trainers are the facilitators who teach, train and
conduct workshops on latest Industry trends like blockchain, Data Analytics, ERP and IT in
Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cloud technology, UAVs /Drones at the end of each
Semester
6. Focus on developing overall personality(with personality development labs)
7. Domain training especially in data management tools such as MS Excel
8. High number of students have been successfully trained, certified and placed in logistics sector
since last 10 years by safeducate our educational partner for the course.

Life @ Ganpat University:

Ganpat University is a high-tech education campus with a motive of “Social Upliftment through
Education”. The University is established by the State Government by enactment of Act No.19/2005
on 12th April, 2005. In consideration of its contribution to the Education in a short period of time, the
University has been given Permanent Membership of Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New
Delhi besides having a membership from Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK and
International Association of Universities (IAU), France.

Ganpat University offers various unique, quality, industry-linked and sector-focused Diploma,
Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research level programs (Professional and Non-professional) in
the field of Engineering, Management, Computer Applications, Pharmacy, Sciences, Commerce &
Social Science, Architecture, Design & Planning, Maritime Studies, Law etc.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

RECRUITMENT PARTNERS:
Safeducate our education partner for the course takes pride in being associated with renowned
Companies like Amazon, FedEx, Flipkart, Future Group, Gati, Varuna, DTDC, Blue Dart,
Delhivery , Safexpress to name a few for internship and Placements for our Industry ready young
professionals.