Indian Shipping Industry Sailing Towards Success Says Ankit Sharma

Being in the shipping industry since past decade he has managed to learn about its workings in detail.
Ankit Sharma holds good experience in the shipping , cargoes inspection and testing arena and has effectively managed a team of over 2700 employees in 12 locations in three different countries.

He has looked after the executive leadership, company training, and public relations with media and has developed robust business strategies, and company objectives for short as well as long term goals. Ankit has more than 8 years of experience in leading and increasing growth in small and medium businesses, being a target oriented CEO who has increased company’s revenues to over 250% in three years. He has been credited of taking over many underperforming departments and turning them to productive ones under his able leadership.

Talking about his educational qualifications he has done his B.Sc. in Nautical Science from Glasgow College of Nautical Sciences, England, UK and B.E. in Electrical from Manav Rachna University. He is also having a 2nd mate-FG/OOW License issued by MCA U.K. What makes Ankit a thorough professional in the field is his management & leadership skills backed by his excellent mastery over business operations & strategy.

His calculated risk management skills makes him one of the best in business. He is the CEO and Managing Director of KCS Group (www.kcsgroup.co) which provides complete inspection of buyers’ and suppliers’ products such as minerals, metals, food grains, ores, and many more. It is one of the best independent inspection and testing company providing a variety of solutions for every buyer and supplier of their products.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is the largest major port in India, while Mudra is the largest private port. Moreover, India is one of the world’s top 5 ship recycling countries and holds 30% share in the global ship recycling market

India is strategically located on the world’s shipping routes with a coastline of approximately 7,517 km. Maritime transport handles around 70% of India’s trading in value terms. The government has also introduced various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for enterprises that develop, maintain and operate ports, inland waterways and shipbuilding in India.

Ankit says, “our team is well qualified and experienced to inspect, verify, test and certify and give the best optimized services in the industry.

Our main focus is on the audits and process improvement of minerals, metals, food grains, oil sampling, and many more related products.” The company is active in more than 8 countries including India, Indonesia, China, South Africa, Russia, Singapore, Japan, and Bangladesh. With more than 40 offices and connected laboratories, Ankit is on his way to take his company KCS Group to the next level.