IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Organized a Conference on Make Mittelstand in India

by Shrutee K/DNS

IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizing a Conference on “Make Mittelstand in India”. Mr. Kewal Handa, Chairman, Union Bank of India and Mr. Indranil Mukherjee, Country Head, B. Braun Medical (India) Pvt. Ltd. was the Guests of Honour.

In his inaugural  address, President, IMC Dr Lalit Kanodia welcomed the organization of the conference – Make Mittlestand in India which is of great importance to the SME Sector, which has a direct bearing on the nations’ economic growth and job creation. He said the main issues confronting the Indian SMEs were the restricted flow of organized credit and called for a policy framework which would take into account the technology innovations, the enabling environment for entrepreneurship development, the ease of doing business and the initiatives in imparting skill development capabilities to the youth.

Mr. Suresh Prabhu, the Union Minister of Commerce in his special videographed message stressed on the importance & SME sector as an entity, which is the backbone to economic growth and enlarge employment prospects. He assured that the new industrial policy has studied to include all critical enabling factors to boost the SMEs in Indian economy.

Earlier, Mr. Kewal Handa, Chairman, Union Bank of India, informed of the various SME friendly measures undertaken by the bank. He said the GST is a great tax incentive in blockchaining of all transparent transactions.

Mr.Bernhard Steinrucke, the DG Indo German Chamber of Commerce, also spoke of the German experience of Mittlestands and their contribution to the nations growth in terms of experts, employment and contributor to forex. He said the main reason for German SME success stories was the quality focus, marketing focus and use of technology. He also said that the concept of treating employees as a one close knit family was another major reason for success. He exhorted Indian companies to participate in the German trade fairs to keep abrest of the latest technology and innovations taking place in Germany for their use.

This Conference covered the following broad topics for discussions:

What Makes a Mittelstand – Eminent Speakers of German MSME sector

Chai pe Charcha with CEOs

Experiences in Scaling Up – Eminent speakers of Indian MSME sector

Financing India’s Mittelstand – Eminent Speakers of Banking and NBFC sector

A Fireside Chat on Mittelstand

Skilling Mittelstand – Eminent Speakers of Skill development and labor law

  

About IMC

Set up in 1907, IMC Chamber Of Commerce and industry is an apex Chamber of trade, commerce & industry with headquarters in Mumbai. The Foundation Stone of IMC was laid by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Being the Voice of over 200,000 Corporates in India, every President and Prime Minister of India have addressed the Chamber.  Shri Narendra Modi addressed this Chamber in May 2013 and in April 2017. Two of the chamber’s recent active members and Committee Chairmen, Mr. Suresh Prabhu and Mr. Piyush Goyal, are now Union Cabinet Ministers.

The chamber has 2700 direct members, comprising a cross section of the business community, including public and private limited companies and over 225 trade and industry associations through which the Chamber reaches out to over 2,50,000 business establishments in the country. IMC is the first Chamber in India to get ISO 9002-2000 certification which has since been upgraded to ISO 9001: 2008. IMC is the only business Chamber in India with which the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was associated as an Honorary Member.