ET MSME Awards 2022, a flagship initiative by the Economic Times to have fun 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 high 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 totally 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 closing 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 companion, communications firm Zoom as the platinum companion, fintech firm Vivriti Capital and telecommunications firm Airtel as gold companions, MSME business accelerator community, Indian SME Accelerator Network as data companion, and IndusInd Bank as banking companion.
Apply now for ET MSME Awards 2022. Registrations open till Oct 31, 2022
The programme will likely be carried out in 4 totally different phases:
name for entry, shortlisting and documentation, jury spherical for choice of closing 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 determine 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 area of entrepreneurship and skilling with over two and half many years value of expertise, Dr Swarupa has labored with totally different establishments beneath numerous 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 introduced 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 faculty for ladies, in Pune.
Besides this, Venkatesan is the founder of Social Venture Partners India, a pan-India community of philanthropists and is a companion at influence investor Unitus Ventures. To add to his listing of accolades, he’s the writer 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 establish points and counsel viable options. CMSME performs an lively function in connecting MSMEs to traders, incubators, accelerators, and help MSME capability constructing packages and companies.
An entrepreneur for the final 19 years, R Narayan has over 26 years of normal administration, gross sales and advertising 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 at the moment ranked the world’s second largest change in Cash Market Trades), Rachana has been working with NSE for the previous 21 years. In her present function, she is liable for all India business growth initiatives of NSE for itemizing of Small and Medium Enterprises on the change’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 high, senior and center administration positions in reputed multinational corporations and personal banks in India, Alok Kedia has a various trade background with publicity to normal administration, shopper relationship, business growth, merchandise and credit score value determinations in banking and monetary companies sector.
He is at the moment the Country Head – SME Banking, IndusInd Bank and manages an belongings e-book dimension of Rs 25,000 crore and liabilities portfolio value Rs 3,500 crore. Kedia has a confirmed monitor 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 at the moment the Managing Director and CEO of Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL). Prior to becoming a member of RXIL, he held a management function 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 collection
The ET MSME Awards 2022 additionally options
ET MSME Talks, a collection of high-impact panel discussions, fireplace chats, masterclasses, and shows by trade consultants, policymakers, and high business leaders. The first of these conversations, which was hosted as a stay 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 will likely be internet hosting over 10 conversations on a variety of subjects centered on MSME progress, together with leveraging the proper communication options, monetary companies, digital transformation, e-commerce, insurance, and international 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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