Conference on Maximising Business Value for SME’s in the Present Scenario
14 May 2009: CII Conference Hall: Gurgaon
Businesses worldwide are focusing today on sharpening strategies, reducing costs, improving quality and increasing production. This becomes more important for Small and Medium Enterprises, which have low shock absorption capacity. SMEs form the bottom of the pyramid of the Indian Economy, which comprises of more than 17 million such units. This sector also contributes to nearly 40% of the total industrial output.
Small and Medium businesses worldwide are regarded as the growth engine of the economy, acting as the “Seed-Bed” from which large companies grow. However like any business enterprise, the SMEs have to optimally leverage all resources available to them, including human capital and need to build a new approach to spot the emerging globally competitive opportunities to encounter the challenges in the present scenario.
Keeping in view the global meltdown and business challenges, it is critical to seize opportunities that would add great impetus to growing businesses. The current economic challenges has swept across major economies which has started affecting the MSME sector and particularly visible is the impact on auto components manufacturing and exporting units.
Sensing the heat of current global recession and to equip the SMEs with the next level of growth opportunities, CII Haryana State Council is organizing a one day Conference on “Maximising Business Value for SME’s in the Present Scenario” from 1000 hrs to 1700 hrs on 14 May 2009 at the CII Conference Hall; Plot No. 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Sector 18 Gurgaon.
Objective
The conference will focus on key issues like Credit Availability to MSME’s, Risk Covers, NRI Investment to SME Sector, Government initiatives and Best Practices that have evolved domestically and worldwide to strengthen the SME sector which is crucial for their sustainability in the increasingly competitive scenario.
Amongst Speakers invited for the Conference are Mr Arun Kumar, Director Industries, Government of Haryana,Ms Dheera Khandelwa, Managing Director, Haryana Financial Corporation, Mr Rodney D. Ryder, Partner, Kochhar & Co, Dr K C Chakrabarty, Chairman cum Managing Director, Punjab National Bank ,
Mr K G Alai, General Manager- Incharge, Small Industries Development Bank of India, Mr Umesh Dhal, Senior General Manager, LG Electronics India Ltd , Mr D B Prasad, Deputy General Manager –SME, State Bank of India, Mr Bhupinder Singh, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards;etc
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For further details please contact the undersigned
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K Sriram
Confederation of Indian Industry
(Northern Region) – Sub-Regional Office
Plot No. 249F, Sector – 18
Udyog Vihar, Phase – IV
Gurgaon 122 015
Tel: 91-124-4014060 – 67 (Extn – 364)
Fax: 91-124-4014070
Mobile: 9818562452
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cii.in
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