ET MSME Awards 2022, a flagship initiative by the Economic Times to rejoice India’s micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) and their enablers, boasts a powerful jury panel comprising key leaders and stakeholders of the MSME ecosystem.
Dr. Glory Swarupa, Director General, National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises,
Alok Kedia, Country Head – SME Banking, IndusInd Bank,
Ravi Venkatesan, Founder, GAME – Founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) and UNICEF’s Special Representative for Young People and Innovation,
R Narayan, President, FICCI-CMSME (Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises),
Rachana Bhusari, VP & Business Head – NSE Emerge, and
Ketan Gaikwad, Managing Director and CEO, RXIL are amongst the esteemed jury for the third version of the ET MSME Awards 2022, thought to be one of India’s most influential awards celebrating and recognising prime Indian MSMEs.
ET SpotlightApply now for ET MSME Awards 2022. Registrations open till Oct 31, 2022
Registration for the third version of the ET MSME Awards – which is able to recognise MSMEs beneath 26 completely different award classes and sub-categories – will stay open till 31 October 2022, with the programme itself spanning a length of over three months, culminating in the ultimate on-ground felicitation ceremony in early 2023.
The ET MSME Awards 2022 programme is an ET Digital initiative, introduced to you in affiliation with healthcare startup Onsurity as powered by associate, communications firm Zoom as the platinum associate, fintech firm Vivriti Capital and telecommunications firm Airtel as gold companions, MSME business accelerator community, Indian SME Accelerator Network as data associate, and IndusInd Bank as banking associate.
Apply now for ET MSME Awards 2022. Registrations open till Oct 31, 2022
The programme can be carried out in 4 completely different phases:
name for entry, shortlisting and documentation, jury spherical for choice of ultimate candidates, and the felicitation or the award ceremony. The esteemed jury members of ET MSME Awards 2022 will consider the shortlisted MSMEs throughout a digital jury meet and resolve upon the finalists for every award class throughout the third section of the programme.
Here’s extra about the six jury members of ET MSME Awards 2022:
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Dr. Glory Swarupa, Director General, National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A seasoned skilled in the subject of entrepreneurship and skilling with over two and half a long time price of expertise, Dr Swarupa has labored with completely different establishments beneath varied Union Ministries together with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Fisheries; Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt of India, and Bhartiya Skill Development University.
Her core areas of experience embody Policy Advocacy, Research, Designing International & National Programs, Training, Teaching, Extension, Mentoring, Monitoring, Consultancy and Documentation. Besides this, she has authored 8 books, revealed 51 scientific papers, 5 movies and dealt with a number of analysis tasks. Dr Swarupa has additionally offered papers in lots of International Conferences.
• Ravi Venkatesan, Founder, GAME: Founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) and UNICEF’s Special Representative for Young People and Innovation, Ravi Venkatesan has additionally previously held the positions of Chairman at Bank of Baroda, Microsoft India, and Cummins India and Co-Chairman at Infosys Ltd. He additionally helped set up the Cummins College of Engineering, India’s first engineering school for ladies, in Pune.
Besides this, Venkatesan is the founder of Social Venture Partners India, a pan-India community of philanthropists and is a associate at influence investor Unitus Ventures. To add to his listing of accolades, he’s the creator of an acclaimed e book “Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere” revealed by Harvard Business Review.
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R Narayan, President, FICCI-CMSME (Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises):In October 2020, R Narayan, Founder & CEO, Power2SME was elected as president of Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME), an affiliated physique beneath the umbrella of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), an apex Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India. FICCI-CMSME’s imaginative and prescient is to empower Indian MSMEs and construct their competitiveness by working carefully with the MSME sector to determine points and recommend viable options. CMSME performs an energetic position in connecting MSMEs to buyers, incubators, accelerators, and help MSME capability constructing packages and providers.
An entrepreneur for the final 19 years, R Narayan has over 26 years of normal administration, gross sales and advertising and marketing expertise. Narayan has been honored with many laurels and accolades and is broadly acclaimed for his contribution to the SME sector. Narayan is a acknowledged thought chief throughout coverage, SME and entrepreneurial platforms and was awarded the Serial Entrepreneur India Awards 2013 by Franchise India.
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Rachana Bhusari, VP & Business Head – NSE Emerge, NSE: Vice President and Business Head of NSE Emerge at the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (which is presently ranked the world’s second largest trade in Cash Market Trades), Rachana has been working with NSE for the previous 21 years. In her present position, she is chargeable for all India business improvement initiatives of NSE for itemizing of Small and Medium Enterprises on the trade’s platform – NSE Emerge.
In her earlier roles at NSE, she has dealt with capabilities like Listing, Investigation, Member Supervision, and Clearing Corporation Operations. Bhusari can also be the Vice Chairperson of the World Federation of Exchanges – SME Working Group.
• Alok Kedia, Country Head – SME Banking, IndusInd Bank: A chartered accountant with round 25 years of expertise in prime, senior and center administration positions in reputed multinational firms and personal banks in India, Alok Kedia has a various trade background with publicity to normal administration, consumer relationship, business improvement, merchandise and credit score value determinations in banking and monetary providers sector.
He is presently the Country Head – SME Banking, IndusInd Bank and manages an property e book measurement of Rs 25,000 crore and liabilities portfolio price Rs 3,500 crore. Kedia has a confirmed observe document of establishing and constructing new companies in banks.
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Ketan Gaikwad, Managing Director and CEO, RXIL: A seasoned banker with a profession spanning over 29 years, Ketan Gaikwad is presently the Managing Director and CEO of Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL). Prior to becoming a member of RXIL, he held a management position in transaction banking at Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.
Gaikwad began his profession with Bank of Baroda and has held a number of roles in Standard Chartered earlier than he went on to head commerce finance at Barclays Bank. A science graduate from Mumbai University, he additionally has a Master’s diploma in Management Studies from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune and has accomplished the Executive Leadership Program from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
ET MSME Talks sequence
The ET MSME Awards 2022 additionally options
ET MSME Talks, a sequence of high-impact panel discussions, hearth chats, masterclasses, and shows by trade specialists, policymakers, and prime business leaders. The first of these conversations, which was hosted as a reside webinar in September, was on the significance of digital communication and collaboration platforms for MSME progress with Annand Bala, Business Leader, Mass Market – India & SAARC, Zoom.
As half of the ET MSME Talks, ET Digital can be internet hosting over 10 conversations on a variety of subjects centered on MSME progress, together with leveraging the proper communication options, monetary providers, digital transformation, e-commerce, insurance, and world competitiveness, amongst others.
Later this month, ET MSME Talks will characteristic a particular masterclass with
T Koshy, CEO, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) on ‘Democratising ecommerce and powering digital-first MSMEs.’
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