Public Private Partnership in Maritime Sector (24th July 2021 to 8th August 2021)

Program Introduction

The Executive Development Programme on Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the Maritime Sector was a 3 weeklong Online Programme starting 24th July 2021 to 8th August 2021 specially organized for 21 professionals from Gujarat Maritime Board and Deendayal Port Trust.

The Programme was conducted by the Centre of Executive Education of the Gujarat Maritime University and spread across 8 days consisting of 22 academic sessions of 1.25 hours each which included Interactive working sessions, Concept classes, Case studies – analysis and discussions, Pre-session group work and Group project presentation.

This Certification Programme was exclusively designed to help participants understand the trends, analyse the implications while identifying the opportunities and threats faced by the maritime related infrastructure sector. This bespoke programme built on relevant case studies to give participants a real-world learning experience through interactive sessions. Apart from the maritime sector, relevant insights were brought in from related infrastructure sectors that have an implication for this sector. The programme investigated the role of the State, the developer and other supporting partners on the extant policy environment concerning PPPs, with an emphasis on project structuring, risk management and financing.

Faculty

Prof. G. Raghuram
Distinguished Visiting Faculty and Principal Academic Advisor, National Rail and Transportation Institute of the Ministry of Railways Professor (Emeritus), Gujarat Maritime University
Bio
Prof. Raghuram is a distinguished visiting faculty and principal academic advisor of the National Rail and Transportation Institute of the Ministry of Railways. He is Professor (Emeritus) at the Gujarat Maritime University. He has been Director, IIM Bangalore, from February 2017 to July 2020. Prior to that, he was Prof. and Chairperson of the Public Systems Group at IIMA. He has been Dean (Faculty), IIMA, Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Maritime University and Indian Railways Chair Professor at IIMA. He specializes in infrastructure and transport systems, and logistics and supply chain management. He conducts research on the railway, port, shipping, aviation and road sectors. He has been part of various government policy making and advisory committees. Raghuram has a BTech from IIT, Madras; a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad; and a PhD from Northwestern University, USA.
Capt. Yashoverman Sharma
Master Mariner, Director, True North Competency Management
Bio
Capt. Yashoverman Sharma is currently the Director of ‘True North Competency Management’, a consultancy service offering education and training solutions largely in the maritime domain. He is a Master Mariner with a distinguished sea-going career spanning 25 years, during which he sailed worldwide on various cargo ships and held command for 11 years. Thereafter he devoted his attention to maritime training, wherein his special focus over the last 23 years has been on management development training for executives in the maritime sector. He has been closely associated with the Indian Institutes of Management (Ahmedabad and Bangalore) as a guest faculty in the executive education area, for the development and conduct of MDP’s for the shipping, ports, aviation, and infrastructure sectors. In this connection, he has authored and co-authored case studies relating to the maritime industry and has specialized in the case-study method of teaching. He has been Co-Chairing the programme ‘General Management for Shipping’ being offered by IIM-A, wherein he has been teaching a variety of management subjects.
Prof. V. Ravi Anshuman
Professor of Finance in the Finance & Control Area, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Bio
Prof. V. Ravi Anshuman is a Professor of Finance in the Finance & Control Area of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Prof. Anshuman’s research interests cover the areas of market microstructure, capital markets and corporate financial management issues in emerging markets. His publications have appeared in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Markets, etc. He has co-authored the international edition of the book titled Valuation with Sheridan Titman and John Martin. He has held academic positions at Boston College and visiting academic positions at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Indian School of Business and The University of Texas at Austin. He has served on committees at the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Ministry of Finance (India). He is currently serving as a Part-time member on the SEBI Board. He has a Ph. D. in Finance from the University of Utah and a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Prof. Anil Suraj
Associate Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Bio
Prof. Anil Suraj delivers core courses on – Public Administration and Law for the Doctoral students, and Business Law for the MBA Programme, and for the Executive Management Programmes at the IIM Bangalore. Suraj regularly delivers technical sessions to Mid-career Programmes of various All India Services on “Public Contracts and Projects”. Suraj has also addressed Senior Bureaucrats of – South Korea, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and from more than 45 countries of Africa. Suraj was a Research Fellow at the National Judicial Academy, India, and coordinated training courses for senior District Judges and High Court Justices – Economic Analysis of Law and Adjudication of Economic Laws. Publications and research pursued by Suraj include – Public Contract Law; Citizen-centricity of Regulatory Governance; Anti-dumping policy in India and the EU; and Redesign of Government Business Relations in India and the Role of Legal Process.
Dr. Girish Gujar
Ex-Marine Chief Engineer
Bio
Dr. Girish Gujar is an ex-Marine Chief Engineer with over a decade of sailing experience. Apart from a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam, he also has Master degrees in Finance, Maritime Economics and Law from different global universities. On completion of his sea going career, he was appointed as a Chief Executive Officer of Logion BV, a Logistics and Consultancy company based in Netherlands for over 10 years. Subsequently he joined Erasmus University Rotterdam and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a Lecturer. At present he is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Business of the United International College, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China. He has published numerous academic papers in highly esteemed peer reviewed journals and is a regular speaker at numerous international conferences. He has also published four books.

Topics Covered

  • Strategic Understanding of Trade Supply Chains in Maritime Context
  • Structuring Port Related Projects
  • Ship-Port Interface & Land-Port Interface
  • India Maritime Vision 2030 and PPP Challenges
  • Asset Valuation
  • Challenges in Infrastructure Development
  • Financial Appraisal of Projects
  • Financial Challenges in Infrastructure Development
  • Strategic Understanding of Trade Supply Chains in Maritime Context
  • Structuring Port Related Projects
  • Ship-Port Interface & Land-Port Interface
  • India Maritime Vision 2030 and PPP Challenges
  • Asset Valuation
  • Challenges in Infrastructure Development
  • Financial Appraisal of Projects
  • Financial Challenges in Infrastructure Development

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