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    Ship building in India
    (2023) Nikesh, R.; Sekar, M.
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    Impact of Blue economy on Economic growth in India
    (Indian Maritime University, 2023-05) Kumar, Ravikant; Pattanaik, K M
    The Blue Economy has emerged as an important driver of economic growth in India, with the potential to contribute significantly to the country’s GDP, employment, and exports. This dissertation aims to explore the impact of the Blue Economy on India’s economic growth by analysing the major sectors of the Blue Economy, their contribution to the economy, and the challenges faced by the sector. The study is based on data from various sources including government reports and academic literature. The findings suggest that the Blue Economy has the potential to drive sustainable economic growth in India, but there are significant challenges that need to be addressed, including overfishing, pollution, and climate change. The study recommends several measures to promote the sustainable development of the Blue Economy, including investment in research and development, promotion of sustainable fishing practices, development of coastal infrastructure, strengthening institutional capacity, enhancing public awareness, and collaboration with international partners. Overall, the study highlights the importance of the Blue Economy for India’s economic growth and the need for sustainable development to ensure its long-term sustainability.
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    Export and Import Performance of Steel in India
    (Indian Maritime University, 2023-05) Nazir, Shahid; Dasgupta, M. K.
    Steel is an essential component of every country’s economy and is regarded as one of the modernisation’s driving forces. Steel consumption per capita is regarded as one of the most important markers of a country’s socioeconomic progress and living standards. Steel remains the most environmentally benign and recyclable of engineering materials. India’s founders recognised power and steel as the cornerstone for the country’s future growth after independence. Steel was used to build the majority of India’s contemporary infrastructure, confirming the industry’s pivotal role in the country’s development. India has surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest steel producer, and it is on track to become the world’s second largest steel consumer. India’s local steel sector is particularly sensitive to lower-cost imports and fluctuating demand. The steel industry’s overall growth and profitability have been harmed by a drop in domestic steel demand and a decline in investment across industries. Protectionism and trade conflicts are having a negative influence on the sector. However, this is only a phase. The Indian steel industry is thriving, with a compound annual growth rate of roughly 5% to 6% year on year. In 2022, India’s imports of iron and steel articles grew to 14815.37 USD million, up from 3511.06 USD million in 2021. Exports of Iron & Steel in India decreased to 11030.12 USD Million in 2022 from 22906.19 USD Million in 2021. The current scenario necessitates an immediate policy boost to protect the industry from global pressures while also stimulating demand. The indian Steel Association (iSA) successfully inaugurated its flagship event, the ‘ISA Steel Conclave,’ in 2018 as a venue for government officials, senior industry experts, and consultants to obtain insights into international steel trade and related difficulties. This research paper aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the steel sector in India, highlighting its growth, problems, and economic effect.
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    Consumer perspective on the future of last mile delivery in India
    (Indian Maritime University, 2023-05) Tallyan, Shubham; Mitra, Toorban
    Online shopping businesses grown significantly in India. Consumers find out that purchasing products online is more effective. Most of consumers in India prefer direct home/door step delivery as their last-mile delivery method, which proposes consumers to receive the purchased goods at home. Due to influence on the growing demand for deliveries, which consequently could have the impact on traffic and congestion problem as well as city environment, one of the biggest problems with home deliveries are not at home which gradually increases more trips which tends to further increase in Co2 emission and congestion as well as it increases the cost of delivery companies. E-commerce has the potential to reduce the distance travelled by consumers, but it also leads to an increase in the distance travelled by delivery service vehicles. As a result, new environmental problems arise, highlighting the need for alternative measures to mitigate the negative impact of this trend. In recent years, parcel lockers have emerged as a popular and intriguing solution for efficient last-mile delivery. This study is focused on examining customers’ intentions to utilize parcel lockers. The parcel locker method emerged as a solution that offers benefits to both consumers and package delivery operators, as it can reduce the distance travelled by both parties. The lockers receive packages that are subsequently collected, sorted, and transported to other designated lockers. Customers then retrieve their items by traveling to the specified locker location. It could minimize the delivery trips, less routing and analyse the potency of parcel lockers in India as there is currently no parcel lockers available in India. This study benefits delivery companies to implement parcel lockers in India as it could minimize the last-mile delivery cost as it was considered more costly than first mile. This study clarifies customers perspective to use smart locker as a last mile delivery. As this also minimize pollution will be more environment friendly in comparison with direct home delivery. This study was to carry out and check Indian consumers will they use parcel locker in future. This study carried out through online surveys with 6 variable that are environment friendly and sustainable, delivery preference, perceived risk, convenience, security, and perceived benefit, where 155 respondents participated. In terms of delivery services, survey participants showed a preference for parcel lockers (63%) over direct delivery.
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    Assessment of the Effect of Reverse Logistics on Customer Satisfaction in India
    (Indian Maritime University, 2023-05) Sanyal, Nicholas; Pattanaik, Krushna Mohan
    The main question that this paper seeks to answer is: How does customer expectation and experiences of the reverse logistics process in India affect the level of customer satisfaction? Factors such as ease of initiating the process, interaction with customer care, on-time pickup, quick dispatch and delivery of correct or replacement items effect the overall satisfaction of customers and decide whether they will prefer to continue to use their services or not. Reverse logistics involves managing the movement of goods and materials back from their point of consumption to their point of origin for recapturing value or proper disposal. The process includes several stakeholders, such as retailers, manufacturers, logistics providers, recycling facilities, and customers. It involves activities like product returns, refurbishing, remanufacturing, recycling, and disposal. Reverse logistics is gaining importance as companies aim to minimize waste, retrieve value from pre-owned items, and follow environmental guidelines. Efficient reverse logistics management can help firms reduce waste, recoup value from used products, improve customer satisfaction, and adhere to environmental rules. The efficient movement of goods is essential for the success of modern supply chains, which have become complex and multi-locational. The logistics industry deals with the movement of goods from one point to another, and reverse logistics involves the process of returning materials from the consumer back to the manufacturer or distribution center for recycling or proper disposal. This movement of goods in the opposite direction is equally important to the forward movement. With the rise of c-commerce and digitalization, consumer and industry expectations have increased significantly. This paper focuses on the Indian ecommerce industiy and the gap between end-consumer and industiy perspectives. Using customer surveys, this paper proposes solutions based on big data and blockchain to address these challenges. It should be noted that the survey data is limited to Indian consumers and may not be applicable to other demographics.