IT ministry to create fund for research.

(From The Economic Times)

NEWDELHI: The ministry of communications & Information Technology will shortly move a Cabinet note for taking government approval for creating a research fund for carrying out intensive research in the field of logistics, transport and supply chain management.

Inaugurating a seminar on supply chain organised by Assocham here today, the minister of state for communications & IT, Shakeel Ahmed said that his Ministry has already firmed up their mind for setting up of a research fund to conduct research on leading-edge supply chain issues, provide consultancy services to industry and offer education and learning programmes for offering …