Stage set for World SME Conference by Milagrow

The Summit will be addressed by senior policy makers, senior executives and noted academicians. 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.

Speaking on the timing of the conference, Mr. Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions said We planned this conference about a year ago but there can be no better time than the current macro and micro economic environment in which the SMEs are operating. The conference will highlight the issues of SMEs from across the globe and share best practices.

The Ministry of MSME fully supports the event. Speaking on the conference Mr. Dinesh Rai, Secretary, Ministry of MSME said MSME development is one of key imperatives for long term Economic Growth. World SME Conference is an excellent platform that would enable MSMEs, government and private bodies to discuss and debate new strategies for the development of MSMEs in India.

The theme of the conference is Get Set Grow and 50 speakers including 20 international ones will speak at the conference. The agenda includes mentoring workshops, panel discussions and research studies.
Some of the star workshop sessions which will be held are:

Dr. Jagdish Sheth: Self Destructive Habits of Owner Driven and Small Companies : And how to break them
Mr. V.Vaidyanathan: Rocking Boat- Rocking times: Winning in difficult times
Mr. Douglas M Tatum: What to do when your company is too big to be small but too Small to be big
Prof. Anil Gupta: How India can become an innovation superpower and set benchmarks for the World
Ms. Sudha Pillai: Get Skilled or Get Killed Attracting, Acquiring, Developing and Retaining Human Resource
Mr. Guriqbal Singh Jaiya: Intellectual Property Rights and SMEs
Mr. C.N. Madhusudhan: Accelerating Growth with Acquisitions Nurturing Ideas Enabling Enterprises

The conference will have following insightful interactive Panel Discussions:
Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Exports from MSME sector in India - KT Chacko, Director, IIFT, Dr. K.Rangarajan, IIFT, Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO
Sustaining Growth in Tight monetary Markets - Ranjana Kumar, Vigilance Commissioner, GOI, Sudhir Sethi, Founder and CMD, IDG Ventures, Vijay Chandok, Head SME Group, ICICI Bank
IT solutions for MSMEs: Lip Service or Real Solutions? - Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia, Rajeev Mittal, Group Director SME Microsoft ,Bikky Khosla, CEO, Trade India , Jyotish Ghosh, President(SME) Times(Internet)
Government Backed initiatives and the progress of MSMEs in India - Madhav Lal, DCMSME and Pravin Kumar, Jt. Sec. Ministry of MSME SAARC, SAFTA and the opportunities for SMEs - H.E. C R Jayasinghe, High Commissioner, Sri Lanka., H.E. Liaquat Ali Choudhury, High Commissioner, Bangladesh, H.E Durgesh Singh Maan, Ambassador, Nepal, Mr. Fazal Abbas Maken, Minister(Trade),High Commission, Pakistan

Collaborating with MSMEs from developing countries to enhance competitiveness of MSMEs in developed countries - Kirtan Patel, Managing Partner, Kumar Pathak, USA, Dr. Liyan Zhang, Prof., Finance & Economics, Tianjin Univ., Vittorio Mecozzi, Trade Commissioner, Italian Trade Commission, Windu Matoka, SME Director, Zambia Development Center, Phil Baldey, Baaldi & Baaldi ,New Zealand, Giovanni R.van der Lugt, Counsellor, Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Frugal Marketing During Recessionary Times - Ishan Raina, CEO, Out of Home Media(OOH), Mr.Anurag Batra, CEO & Editor in Chief, Exchange4Media

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