The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) Shri Sarbananda Sonowal attended the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the MoPSW and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong to set up India’s first ‘Gati Shakti Research Chair’ in IIM Shillong.
- The Chair will spearhead high-quality academic research on multimodal logistics with a North-East focus.
- The chair will also support the multimodal logistics research activities, capacity building and outputs to enable PM Gati Shakti Masterplan to power the East and North-East Region’s logistical capacity.
- The Gati Shakti Chair initiative aims to foster stronger collaboration between the government and academia, leading to the development of high-quality public research in integrated, multi-modal logistics, and supply chain resilience.
