What is your image of a "Traditional Indian Transporter"? Beaten down office with a BMW parked outside, unorganized, unprofessional, cutting corners, happy to corrupt officialdom, pays pittance of a salary and disdain for technology. This image has endured for decades and even today a visit to Masjid Bunder or Bara Bazaar or Roshanara Road will confirm the same.
But a revolution is unfolding in many of these "family driven" companies. Aware of their image, educational limitations and background, the transporter community sent their children to best of business schools- typically in the US and UK (You can not pay your way into IIMs!!).
Now, this generation is ready to take over the reins of their family empire. Almost magically, every major traditional transort company is headed by someone who is 26-38 years old. They are wanting deperately to get out of the old mould and get into LOGISTICS. They are aready to spend- on good offices, on IT, on professional staff and branding. And they have the money and land- accumulated over years by very cash rich parent companies.
As this generation slowly unshackles the past- they will drive Indian logistics into modernity. The so called "unorganized' sector is getting organized- and fast. MNCs and corporate logistics players need to watch out !!
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Hey Apurva, I am very much happy by your vision of Indian Transport Industry. I myself am thinking on these lines past few weeks. Google search got me to WebXpress site whr I got this link. I will be graduating this year and want to be part of this "New Indian Transport industry" and myself make an effort to make this vision true. I am not sure I have done enough research, but I could not find many who have similar thoughts, or working on these domains. I really appreciate your vision and looking forward to follow up in these lines to make it a reality.
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