How Indian SMEs are Tapping Opportunities,
Taking Challenges head on and Breaking Barriers.
Hyderabad
13th March, 2018Taj Banjara
Mumbai
15th March, 2018Grand Hyatt
Chennai
20th March, 2018Taj Clubhouse
Delhi
29th March, 2018Shangri La
Chief Guest
New Delhi
New Delhi
Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge), MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, Government of India.
Keynote Address
New Delhi
New Delhi
Shri Ram Mohan Mishra
Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner (MINSTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES) Government of India.
Keynote Speaker
Chennai
Chennai
Mr C K Mohan
General Secretary,
Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA)
Speakers
New Delhi
Mukul Chopra
Director HR – India Device Business, Huawei Telecommunications (INDIA) Co.Pvt.Ltd
Hyderabad
Sri Gowra Srinivas
President,
Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTAPCCI)
Chennai
Ganapathi
Senior V.P., Southern India Chamber of Commerce
Industry & Chairman of Trigyn Technologies Limited
Hyderabad
Indraneel Ganguli
Senior VP & Global Head - Brand Marketing & Communications,
Tech Mahindra
Chennai
Vinita Venkatesh
Director, Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal
Managing Director,
Ocean2Door
Partners
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Supporting Partners
Launching SME Whitebook 2017-18
The Hashtag Sector of India, Encapsulating the Mood of Economy
The essential handbook for the SMEs and Startups, BW Businessworld SME Whitebook 2017-18 is the latest in 8th edition of our endeavor to highlight the potential of the SME sector which is the growth engine of modern Indian economy. The guiding theme for this book is to give an insight into and highlight the new challenges and possibilities for the SME sector in the years to come.
Sections Covered
- SME Sector in India - An Overview
- Technology
- Risk Management
- GST - A potent challenge and opportunity for the SME sector
- Indian SMEs - Integrating and enhancing roles in global value chains
- Looming trends
- Stumbling Blocks - Plugging the hitches
- Improving and Sustaining the Financing Ecosystem
- E-Commerce and Start Ups Stepping Up the Game
- Focal Point- The Sunrise SME sectors
Five Reasons to Partner
- Esteemed as one of the top 10 bestsellers in India for last 2 years
- Contributions from experts and thought leaders cutting across various verticals of the SME sector in India.
- A sharp focus on the emerging challenges and possibilities for the SME sector in India.
- Four-city mega launch events.
- Industry captains convene to deliberate on what next.
Agenda
9.30 AM
9.30 AM - 10.00 AM
Registrations
10.00 AM
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
Keynote Address
- Mr. C K Mohan, General Secretary, TANTSIA, Proprietor, Power Grid
- Mr. Ganapathi, Senior VP, Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry
10.30 AM
10:30 AM - 11.00 AM
Adaptability - An Important Business Attribute: By a Power Speaker
With a rapid and constantly changing business environment, one of the key factors to growth and survival comes from the ability to adapt to the changing environment. Our expert will explain the importance of this and how to make rapid changes to stay ahead of the curve in the current environment
- Address by Mr. Ravichandran Purushothaman, President, Danfoss
11.00 AM
11.00 PM - 11.15 AM
Ready. Set. Grow with # 1 Cloud ERP
- Address By Mr. Archibald Serrao, Business Manager, Oracle NetSuite
11.15 AM
11.15 AM - 11.30 AM
Tea Break
11.30 AM
11.30 AM - 12.15 PM
Training and Competitiveness - Building Small business as a Learning Organisation
Talent normally prefers to work for the larger and more established corporates. Our panel of experts will share with the audience on how to attract talent and retain them by necessary interventions such as training to keep them and the organization competitive
- Dr. Anuradha M V, Assistant Professor at GLIM
- Mr. Amit Ghosh, HR Leader, Central Engineering Centre, Dow Chemical International (Moderator)
- Ms. Smita Venkataraman, Vice President and Head of HR and L&D, AGS Health
- Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Senior Director HR, FourKites
12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1.00 PM
Finance made easy
Is there an optimum level of financing for SMEs? What is it? And how do SMEs keep themselves adequately capitalized? How do their run their cash flows effectively? How do they raise funds be it equity or debt? Our panel will answer these and other questions from the audience
- Mr. Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade
- Dr. (Col) John Chenetra President, SecUR Credentials
- Mr. Inderjeet Singh Gill, Managing Director, OneEarth Projects
01:00 PM
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
02:00 PM
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Building, Sustaining and Scaling Organizations
- Special Address by Mr. John Baby, CEO, Funskool
02:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3.15 PM
Smarter marketing for ambitious SMEs
Budgets are always a constraint for SMEs however the need for communication, be it marketing or PR or sales remains high. This session by our experts will help SMEs understand how to communicate and sell their offerings within a limited budget
- Ms. Srividya Kannan, Founder, Avaali
- Mr. Sashi Kumar, MD, Indeed
- Mr. Ravi Kaklasaria,CEO, SpringPeople
- Hoshie Ghaswalla, BW Businessworld (Moderator)
- Karishma Kirpalani, Kwink
3:15 PM
3.15 PM - 3.30 PM
Tea Break
3:30 PM
3.30 PM - 4.00 PM
Can Blockchain be a Game Changer
Technology has been a major game changer for all sizes and types of organizations. Most organizations have adopted technology and evolved their business models and processes. Blockchain is a new and much spoken about technology that is seen much traction for the past couple of quarters. What is this technology? What functions can it be deployed in? And how can it make a change to this segment? This session will demystify Blockchain and speak of the changes it can bring for these companies
- Address by Mr. GV Anand Bhushan, Partner & Head, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
4:00 PM
4.00 PM - 4.30 PM
Using Supply chain Smartly
Supply chain is a critical process in any business. From stocking pricing to cash flow management can be better handled by having an efficient supply chain. Our expert will speak about how to smartly handle supply chain and improve efficiencies, cash flow and bottom-line
- Address by Ms. Vinita Venkatesh, Director, Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal & Managing Director, Ocean2Door
04.30 PM
4.30 PM - 5.15 PM
The Road to Greatness - Resilient Entrepreneurs
This will be a panel with A class leaders on how to achieve new levels whilst maintaining a high level of quality and growth
- Dr. Balakrishna Shetty, MD, DNB
- Mr. Pawan Gupta, Co-founder, Curofy
- Mr. Navneet Ganpathi, Founder, Sportainment
5.15 PM
5.15 PM
Closing Note
* Awaiting Confirmation
9.30 AM
9.30 AM - 10.00 AM
Registrations
10.00 AM
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
Keynote Address
Shri Ram Mohan Mishra, Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner (MINSTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES) Government of India.
11.00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Oracle NetSuite
George Varghese, Head- Solution Consulting, Oracle Netsuite
11.20 AM
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Training and Competitiveness - Building Small business as a Learning Organisation
Talent normally prefers to work for the larger and more established corporates. Our panel of experts will share with the audience on how to attract talent and retain them by necessary interventions such as training to keep them and the organization competitive
Panellists:
- Mr. Ketan Kapoor, CEO and Co-founder, Mettl
- Mukul Chopra, Huawei
- Bharat Chhabra, TATA Powers
- Mr. Rajat Garg,India Spokesperson of ICF
- Lohit Bhatia, CEO, IKYA Human Solutions Ltd
12.00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Polycom - Video adoption and benefits for SMB
12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 1.00 PM
Finance made easy
Is there an optimum level of financing for SMEs? What is it? And how do SMEs keep themselves adequately capitalized? How do their run their cash flows effectively? How do they raise funds be it equity or debt? Our panel will answer these and other questions from the audience
Panellists:
- Raju Moza CFO, C-Zentrix
- Mr. Alok Mittal, CEO & Co-founder, Indifi Technologies Private
- Mr. Kailash Vaswani, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, ReNew
- Mr. K. Paul Thomas - MD & CEO at ESAF Small Finance
- Mr. Sanjay Sharma- MD and CO-Founder, Aye Finance
01:00 PM
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
02:00 PM
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Special Address on Indian SME Trends and Recommendation
Shobhit Mathur, Director at EY
02:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3.45 PM
Smarter marketing for ambitious SMEs
Budgets are always a constraint for SMEs however the need for communication, be it marketing or PR or sales remains high. This session by our experts will help SMEs understand how to communicate and sell their offerings within a limited budget
Panellists:
- Mr. Amit Boni, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Smartron
- Ramita Chaudhuri, Chief Marketer, Mahou India
- Abhijit Saxena, Founder, Mobilox
- Mr. Manasije Mishra, Managing Director, Aetna India
- Ms. Priti Gulati, Founder, Experties
- Shrikanth Natarajan, Director Channels India and SAARC, Ruckus Networks
- Sameer Sikka, Group Chief Operating Officer at BW Businessworld – (MODERATOR)
3:45 PM
3.45 PM - 4.00 PM
Tea Break
4:00 PM
4.00 PM - 4.45 PM
Can Blockchain be a Game Changer
Technology has been a major game changer for all sizes and types of organizations. Most organizations have adopted technology and evolved their business models and processes. Blockchain is a new and much spoken about technology that is seen much traction for the past couple of quarters. What is this technology? What functions can it be deployed in? And how can it make a change to this segment? This session will demystify Blockchain and speak of the changes it can bring for these companies
- Hitesh Arora, Director Strategy & Customer Advocacy, CRMNext
- Mr. Amarjeet Manchanda, Director - Solution Architecture, Red Hat India/South Asia
- Anjan Lahiri, CEO, Birlasoft
4:45 PM
4.45 PM - 5.15 PM
Using Supply chain Smartly
Supply chain is a critical process in any business. From stocking pricing to cash flow management can be better handled by having an efficient supply chain. Our expert will speak about how to smartly handle supply chain and improve efficiencies, cash flow and bottom-line
05:15 PM
05:15 PM - 06:00 PM
The Road to Greatness - Resilient Entrepreneurs
This will be a panel with A class leaders on how to achieve new levels whilst maintaining a high level of quality and growth
Panellists:
- Mr. Jatin Ahuja founder, MD Big Boy Toyz
- Mr. Amit Ramani – Founder & CEO, Awfis
- Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, Managing Director, Su-Kam
- Nikhil Arora, Vice President and Managing Director, GoDaddy
- Mr. Rohit Manglik, CEO, EduGorilla
- Colonel Prakash Tewari, Executive Director, CSR, DLF ( Moderator)
06:00 PM
06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Networking Tea Break
06:45 PM
06:45 PM - 07:30 PM
Special Session
7:30 PM
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Special Address by Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, Government of India.
08:00 PM
08:00 PM – 8:10 PM
Launch of SME Whitebook 2018
08:10 PM
08:10 PM – 9:00 PM
Growth Leadership Awards 2018 Ceremony
* Awaiting Confirmation
9.30 AM
9.30 AM - 10.00 AM
Registrations
10:00 AM
10.00 AM - 10.15 AM
Introduction to The Growth and Leadership Conclave
Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and Exchange4Media Group
10:15 AM
10.15 AM - 10.45 AM
Special Address by FTAPCCI
Gowra Srinivas, Chairman – Gowra Group, Managing Director - Gowra Petrochem Pvt. Ltd. & Gowra Leasing & Finance Limited And President, FTAPCCI
10.45 AM
10.45 AM - 11.15 AM
Nothing Succeeds Like Success
Address by K V Jagannath, Founder and Chairman, Choice Computers and White Board Café
11:15 AM
11.15 AM - 11.45 AM
Tea Break
11:45 AM
11.45 AM - 12.30 PM
Panel : Training and Competitiveness - Building Small Business into Learning Organizations
- Ajay Kolla, Founder & CEO, Wisdomjobs.com
- Shubika Bilkha, Business Head, The Real Estate Management Institute- REMI, The Annet Group
- Kunal Sen, Managing Director, Korn Ferry Futurestep India
- Manashi Kumar HR Head, BARC India
- Kapil Mishra, MD, Columbus Global
12.30 PM
12.30 PM - 1.00 PM
Quest for Business Growth and Strategies to Achieve Them
Address by Suresh Reddy, Chairman & CEO, Lycos
1:00 PM
1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
2.00 PM - 2.45 PM
Panel : Smarter Marketing for Ambitious SMEs
- Ashwin Mocherla, Co Founder, The Thickshake factory
- Rahul Paith, COO, DocOnline
- Vamsi Chalagulla, Founder, ThirdLeap Inc.
- Hoshie Ghaswalla, BW Businessworld (Moderator)
2:45 PM
2.45 PM - 3.00 PM
Address by Sudhakar Rao, Director Branding, ICFAI Group
3:00 PM
3.00 PM - 3.45 PM
Panel : Can Blockchain be a Game Changer?
- Bharat Verma, Plutoexchange (moderator)
- Charan Lakkaraju, Founder, Stumagz
- Sudhir Rao, VP & CTO, India, China & Middle East, Pearson Inc
3:45 PM
3.45 PM - 4.15 PM
Tea Break
4:15 PM
4.15 PM - 5:00 PM
Panel : The Road to Greatness - Resilient Entrepreneurs
- Sanju Ballurkar, CEO, Magna Infotech
- Yeshwanth Nag, Founder, The Thickshake Factory
- Saurabh Marda, Founder & MD, Freyr Energy
- Vinita Surana, ED, Surana Group
- Anjani Mandal, Co Founder & CEO, Fortigo, The Truck Network
5:00 PM
05:00 PM
Closing Note
* Awaiting Confirmation
9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Registrations
10:45 AM
10.45 AM - 11.15 AM
Introduction to The Growth and Leadership Conclave
Hoshie Ghaswalla, CEO, BW Engage
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel : Training and Competitiveness - Building Small Business into Learning Organizations
- Mr. Hoshie Ghaswalla, CEO, BW Engage (Moderator)
- Mr. Vikramjeet Singh, CHRO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
- Mr. Mrigank Tripathi, Vice President - Human Capital Management, PeopleStrong
- Mr. Tulsi Tawari, CEO & Chief Strategist, Alternate Approaches
12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Panel 2: Finance Made Easy
- Mr. Sushanto Mitra, Founder & CEO, Lead Angel Network (Moderator)
- Mr. Maninder Singh, National Bulk Handling Corporation
- Dr Dhruv Desai, Director, Tradebulls
- Mr. Samir Dhingra, CEO, Netspider
- Mr. Vikas Chadha, Executive Director and CFO, Berggruen Hotels
- Mr. Ramnath Subramanian, ED, Maha Metro and CEO, Village Social Transformation Foundation
- Mr. Mandar Gadkari, Head of Investor Engagement, CBA
- Mr. Robin Banerjee Managing Director, Caprihans India
1:00 PM
1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
2.00 PM - 2.45 PM
Panel 3: Smarter Marketing for Ambitious SMEs
- Mr. Hoshie Ghaswalla (Moderator)
- Mr. Sunil Khosla, Sr. Vice President, India Transact Services
- Mr. Amit Tripathi, Managing Director, IdeateLabs
- Mr. Manav Sethi, CMO, ALTBalaji
- Mr. Jay Thadeshwar, Founder and CEO, Poised Media
- Mr. Kalyan Ram Challapalli, Founder, Wolfzhowl Strategic Instigation
- Mr Rakesh Wadhwa, Chief Marketing Officer & EVP, Retail Assurance
2:45 PM
2.45 PM - 3.00 PM
Tea Break
3:00 PM
3.00 PM - 3.45 PM
Panel 4: Can Blockchain be a Game Changer?
- Mr. Sangram Aglave, Consulting Editor, BW CIO World (Moderator)
- Mr. Damodar Vaidya, Executive Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
- Mr. Prasad Ajgaonkar, CEO, iRealities
- Mr Akhil Gupta, Co-Founder, NoBroker.com
- Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Founder, XOXO day
3:45 PM
3.45 PM - 4.00 PM
Special Presentation: Using Supply Chain Smartly
Mr. Alok Gautam, Country Head – Logistics and Supply Chain, Dow India
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Panel 5: The Road to Greatness - Resilient Entrepreneurs
- Mr. Viraj Kalyani, CEO, Kalyani Studio
- Mr. Shriranga Sudhakara, Founder & MD,Vyoma
- Mr.Tushad Dubash, Director, Duville Estates
- Mr. Prasar Sharma
4:45 PM
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Note
* Awaiting Confirmation
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