In this episode with Mr. Pankaj Mehta, we discuss the state of the Indian cold chain ecosystem and the technologies that can help create an unbroken cold chain.

Mr. Pankaj Mehta is the Managing Director of Carrier Transicold India and South Asia including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. In his current role, he is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operating performance of the truck-trailer refrigeration business in the region.

Mr. Mehta is the Co-Chairman of the National Task Force on Post Harvest & Logistics set up by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in association with the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Processing to stimulate the cold chain infrastructure development.

He is a member of the CII Task Force on COVID vaccine and member CII National Committee on Food Processing, CII National Council on Agriculture and Member of Governing Council CII Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE).

Mr. Mehta is actively involved with the National Center of Cold Chain Development (NCCD) and was awarded the ICE award 2011 by the Global Cold Chain Alliance.