The US-based Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the world's leading resource base for supply chain professionals, which recently opened in Mumbai its first office in India, is planning to expand its network in the eastern region.

The Kolkata Roundtable was opened recently and the Jamshedpur Student Roundtable at XLRI, the first student Roundtable outside the US, too, is to start functioning shortly, according to Mr A. Neil Basu, Regional Executive Director, CSCMP, India. “We're very excited about our prospects in the East,” Mr Basu told Business Line here recently. “There is a possibility of opening a student Roundtable at IIM, Calcutta, and we're planning to hold soon a conference in Kolkata.”

Although the Mumbai office was opened recently, the Mumbai Roundtable has been functioning for the past three years or so. The New Delhi Roundtable too, was opened a few months ago. “Kolkata is the third Roundtable in India and we have plans to open three more Roundtables in Ahmedabad, Hyderabd and Chennai shortly,” he said.

Explaining the objective, Mr Basu said, “we would like to serve the growing base of supply chain professionals in India by offering them a comprehensive range of products and services to help them take forward their business as well as careers”.

The council offered online supply chain education courses and various other products to keep them updated about the latest developments in the world of supply chain management. “The members can also access our various publications such as reports, studies, case studies, white papers, journals, magazines, directories and various other resources materials,” he added.

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