Pandemics, disasters and ongoing global scenarios increase the complexity of logistics and supply chain demands. The increasing complexities significantly impact the health, agriculture, service and manufacturing sectors, affecting the global economy and social structure. Procurement, storage, mobilization, and distribution of essential supplies and medical assistance to people affected by disaster is challenging. The highly uncertain conditions made the public and private sectors worldwide join hands to reduce the impact of global uncertainty.

Moreover, the countries' global aid again increased the complexity of the logistics for effective management and utilization of the resources in emergencies. On the verge of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that humankind had faced an inevitable calamity which was spread worldwide. It has been experienced that society plays a responsive role in collaboration with governing authorities and controlling agencies while managing resources during man-made or natural disaster reliefs. For instance, during the first wave of COVID, the Government of India (GoI) facilitated the least-developed countries with vaccines and medical and food assistantships. At the humanitarian level, India received returned help in Oxygen concentrators and Ventilators during the second wave of COVID-19.

Focusing on humanitarian relief operations and supply risk mitigations incurred due to the disasters is noticed. However, the role of volunteers and the workforce in relief planning and recovery from pandemics and complex emergencies has not been explored adequately. So, it is necessary to demonstrate how managing humanitarian operations services differs during the pandemic. Countries the world over have been developing mechanisms to deal with such disasters. The key to coping with such disasters is the logistics, termed Humanitarian Logistics, organized to make lifesaving drugs, food products, and other necessary amenities available to the affected people. The time has come whereby policymakers, Government bodies, academia, and SCM practitioners should meet on a common platform to deliberate on this key and relevant issue of Humanitarian Logistics. ICHL 2022 is the first Conference organized in India to address this vital issue of Humanitarian Logistics observed and experienced during the COVID and will provide the platform for various stakeholders to deliberate on the same.