Policy makers, business leaders & aacademicians to address Milagrows World SME Conference

The conference will be held in New Delhi on December 12-13, 2008. The Summit will be addressed by senior policy makers, senior executives and academicians.Noted management academics like Dr Jagdish Sheth and Dr Anil Gupta of IIM-A will address the Summit. Mr. V Vaidyanathan, Executive Director, ICICI Bank will address the conference on the theme of Winning in difficult times.

The conference is positioned as a platform for bringing together specialist organization in the field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Says Milagrow, The field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) development is wide and diversified. No institution can claim to cover all facets of MSME development. But many organizations in several developing countries have distinguished themselves in specialized aspects of MSME development. Milagrow recognizes that the time has come to address the issues & concerns of SMEs at an International level to explore and address common issues and build cross linkages.

Some of the key speakers expected to address the conference include Mahabir Prasad, Cabinet Minister, Ministry of MSME; Dinesh Rai, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of MSME; Mr. Madhav lal, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner; Mr. Guriqbal Singh Jaiya, Director SME Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland; Mr. Douglas MTatum, Chairman Emeritus; Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Former Special Secretary & Development Commissioner MSME; Mr. HP Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, NSIC; Ms. Sudha Pillai, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment; Mr. RM Malla, Chairman, SIDBI; Mr. Pravir Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME; and, Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions.

The conference will also have mentoring workshop by Mr. Douglas M Tatum, Author of No Mans Land and Chairman Emeritus, Tatum LLC.

Milagrow says that the SME conference will examine, deliberate & attempt to find solutions to the SME issues like: Need for a Pro-active Government Role; Emerging role for private sector; Improving Manpower Productivity & Quality in SME; Development of SME clusters; Improving Credit Availability; Technology Promotion in SMEs; Educational institutions & their role in SME development; Emerging role of multilateral trading agreements, regional trading blocks & WTO in SME development and several others.

Milagrow is promoted by renowned startup and turnaround expert Rajeev Karwal as Founder & CEO, Dr. Jagdish Sheth as Mentor and Prof. Anil Gupta as Value Ombudsman. Milagrow is purely focused on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), to help them grow to the next level of competence and growth.

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