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(L-R): Suvendu Choudhury, Managing Director,International Operations, FedEx Express, Manoj Singh, Senior VP & Head - Cargo & Express,
Mumbai International Airport - Adani Airports, Debajyoti Bagchi, General Manager, TT Trucking, Sadhika Kumar, Co-Founder and COO,
PikMyBox, Angad Singh Ahluwalia, General Manager, India, Eunimart and Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group.

Bollywoodauctions.com, PayPal and Sabiha Mulla, the biggest hurdles in her
Baazee.com, a transparent online future strategy are infrastructure and
marketplace that allows consumers Market information is internet connectivity in the Andaman
and sellers to communicate, exchange very important. What and Nicobar Islands. “Now that
items and services, and provide consumers like and everything is digital, what needs to be
feedback to one another, which made sure in terms of infrastructure
became a 100% subsidiary of eBay. replicate that quickly is is that along with the coverage, are we
com in 2005. important because there offering enough backup with multiple
Sadhika Kumar, Co-Founder and are too many players in service providers?,” said Mulla.
COO, PikMyBox, a logistics solution the market, consumers Mulla’s preliminary study about
provider for E-commerce business, have a choice today. online shopping preferences in Port
that enables export through India Post Blair began as a part of her doctoral
and express couriers with ease, said, Meheriar Patel research, and ultimately set into motion
“We are no longer looking at logistics Jeena & Company an E-commerce boom in the Andamans.
as point A to point B. There are many Mulla's future blueprint for the Andaman
people involved in the entire process and quicker with the internet and seeking region involves connecting residents in
it is a disaggregated system because for new innovations, certain parts of our all the 36 islands in the region to the
everything is digital to some extent, country that are looking at making a online shopping experience.
everyone has a digital system but it's huge move towards logistics but are still One important aspect in the
just not all are talking together.” struggling with strong connectivity. E-commerce industry is reach
On one hand the globe is moving According to Apt Logistics' Director, and penetration. But can digital
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