Trivandrum: Asian School of Business (ASB) and Young India, the youth wing of the Confederation of Indian Industry is jointly organizing a talk on “Dabbawalas - A Lecture on Commitment, Management and Discipline,” on February 27 at ASB’s campus in Pallipuram, Trivandrum.

During the session, Dr. Pawan Giridharilal Agarwal who published his doctoral thesis on the logistics and supply chain management of the Mumbai-based service providers in extensive detail will discuss how Dabbawalas have become the most reliable and admired business structures in the world.

The Dabbawalas are a 5,000-strong community of extraordinarily disciplined workers who carry and deliver freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to nearly 200,000 people employed across Mumbai. This century year old trade has become an integral part of Mumbai’s culture. In spite of the traffic snarls and heavy rainfall Dabbawalas are known for their punctuality and the accuracy of their supply chain. Their error rate is one in 16 million transactions.