About this episode

This episode explores how the Global South is transforming supply chains towards regeneration and resilience through strategic autonomy and cultural wisdom.

The next transformation in global trade isn’t being written in boardrooms — it’s being built in the Global South. In this episode of The Supply Chain Revolution® , host Sheri Hinish (The Supply Chain Queen) and co-host James George are joined by Professor Gautam R. Desiraju , one of India’s most distinguished scientists and co-author of India’s Supply Chains in a World at War . Together, they uncover how supply chains — once designed for efficiency and control — have become tools of conflict and power. But within this chaos lies a blueprint for regeneration. Through stories spanning semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, energy, and even extraterrestrial logistics, this conversation explores how nations like India are leveraging strategic autonomy , capability building , and cultural wisdom to create supply chains that regenerate economies, ecosystems, and communities . 💡 What You’ll Learn: • Why “decolonizing resilience” may be the most important shift in global supply chain strategy • How the Global South is rewriting the rules of economic power • The emerging science and policy behind regenerative development • What companies can learn from India’s approach to sovereignty…

People in this episode

Host: Sheri Hinish

Guest: Gautam R. Desiraju

Topics covered

• supply chain transformation
• decolonizing resilience
• regenerative development
• economic power
• strategic autonomy

Keywords

• supply chains
• Global South
• regeneration
• decolonizing resilience
• economic power
• India
• strategic autonomy
• capability building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: India’s Supply Chains in a World at War

Places: India, Global South

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