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Discussion Points :
• How to Amplify Entrepreneurship in India
• Potential of Women Entrepreneurship
• Increasing credibility of women entrepreneurs to get access to finance
• Getting around the red tape and tangles of bureaucracy.
• How is digitization, growth of e-commerce and social networks helping women entrepreneurs
• Women Entrepreneurship in the front seat to drive Indian Economy
• Growing the leadership skills and ability to create among women entrepreneurs, inspiring the next generation of Women Entrepreneurs
• Creating a conducive ecosystem for Women Entrepreneurship in India
Ms. Alka Arora - JS-ARI & CMD NSIC - Ministry of MSME
Ms. Nirupama Soundarajan - CEO, Pehle India Foundation
Ms. Jyoti Sudhir - Director & COO, Invent India
Ms. Shaili Chopra - Founder, SheThe People
Mr. Alok Mittal - CEO Indifi Technologies
Moderator
Ms. Sushma Morthania - Director General, India SME Forum
Dr. Aruna Sharma - Former Secretary, Govt. of India & Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum
Discussion Points :
• Making Rural Enterprises the backbone of New India
• Facilitating Infrastructure and other aids to trade like ease of finance and skilling of labour for the growth of rural enterprises
• Scaling Up Rural Enterprises
• Challenges faced by Rural Enterprises to Scale Up their businesses and their solutions
• Digitization to bring revolution in Rural Enterprises
• Creating an Entrepreneurial ecosystem for Rural India
Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, IAS - Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India
Mr. Shantmanu, IAS - Development Commissioner - Handicraft, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
Dr. Sudhanshu - Secretary, APEDA
Ms. Vineetah Hariharan - Public Policy Exert & Senior Consultant - World Bank
Mr. Vijay Sardana - Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Mr. Munish Sharda - Group Executive & Head - Bharat Banking, Axis Bank
Moderator
Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum
Ms. Nidhi Khare IAS - Addl. Sec, Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum
Mr. T Koshy - CEO ONDC & Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum
Discussion Points :
• Providing Ease in export through creating robust infrastructure and logistics to support MSMEs throughout India.
• How will MSMEs scale up the value chain, by entering global value chain
• Challenges faced while scaling up and their solutions
• Advantages of Indian MSMEs entering the global value chain.
• E-commerce export to push MSMEs to the next level.
Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, IAS - Former Secretary DPIIT
Ms. Kanta Singh - Deputy Country Representative, UN Women India
Ms. Prafulla Agarwal - Executive Director, CBRE
Mr. Karl Freedman - Vice President , Wamser+Batra
Mr. Pratik Vaidya - Managing Director, Karma Management Global Consulting Solutions
Moderator
Mr. Poul V Jensen - MD EBTC
Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum with Mr. Harish Laddha - CEO- Emerging Business, Airtel Business
Discussion Points :
• Technology leading the future of MSMEs
• MSMEs establishing the brand India across the globe
• MSMEs and their issues with finance, how digital payments and E-commerce are enabling the MSMEs to grow their business.
• How will tech like AI, Machine Learning solve issues OF MSMEs solve issues of MSMEs
• Enabling MSMEs with technological advancements
Ms. Meeta Rajivlochan IAS - Member Secretary, National Commission for Women
Mr. Gurcharan Das - Author, Commentator, Public Intellectual
Mr. Pralhad Kakar - Brand Guru
Mr. Deepak Srivastava - Country Manager, UPS Express, India
Mr. Ajay Thakur - Head BSE SME and Startups
Mr. Munish Sharda - Group Executive & Head - Bharat Banking, Axis Bank
Mr. Nilay Varma - Co- Founder, Primus Partners
Mr. Prakhar Kasar - Business Head, Mybiz: Makemytrip
Moderator
Mr. Vinod Kumar - Hon.President India SME Forum