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CO NNECTwww.smeconnect.in Volume 4 | Issue 15 | April 2014 | Mumbai | 50`

Mr. Babulal Jain - Madhya Pradesh

State Branch of SME Chamber of India. Others (L to R) Mr. Mohit Shukla

Mr. Hemant Mehtani Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

Mr. P. K. Malhotra Mr. N. K. Maini

H.E. Mrs. Gennet Zewide - Mr. Umang Shah -

Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh launching the- Regional Director, Madhya Pradesh, SME Chamber

of India, - President, Association of Industries, MP, - Founder & President,SME Chamber of India, – Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, - Deputy ManagingDirector, SIDBI, Ambassador of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia,Regional Manager, Madhya Pradesh, SME Chamber of India

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Editor

Panel of Advisors

Publicity and Marketing

Team

Layout & Graphics

Mahesh Balasaheb Salunkhe

Chandrakant Salunkhe

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Hemant Salunkhe (Director)

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Gandhi Gajelli

V. K. Venkatachalam

Bricks Marketing & Promotion Pvt. Ltd.

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Chandrakant SalunkheFounder & President

Small & Medium Business Development Chamber of India

Email: [email protected]

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(SME CHAMBER OF INDIA). The concepts, activities and events have

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Views and opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily

those of SME CONNECT, its publisher, printer, owner and / or editors.

We (SME CONNECT) do our best to verify the information published

but do not take any responsibility for the absolute accuracy of the

information. SME Connect does not accept responsibility for any

investment or other decision taken by readers on the basis of

information provided herein.

SMALL & MEDIUM BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT CHAMBER OF INDIA

SMECONNECT– bi monthly Owner Printer Publisher Mr.Mahesh Balasaheb Salunkhe, Printed at Hindustan Packaging, Unit No1,Kembros Industrial

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Content

Annual Regional Activity

MADHYA PRADESH INDUSTRY & SME SUMMIT

Theme: “Supporting Industry and SMEs for

Better Growth”

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VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA & UAE

Participation in

G20 SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WORKSHOP

Annual Regional Activity

MAHARASHTRA INDUSTRY & SME SUMMIT

Theme:“Review of Industrial and SME Growth

of Nashik Region”

Interactive Meetings with dignitaries

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Launching Ceremony of

Madhya Pradesh State Regional Branch of SME Chamber of India

Mr. Babulal Jain - Madhya Pradesh State Branch

of SME Chamber of India. Others (L to R) Mr. Mohit Shukla Mr. Hemant

Mehtani Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe Mr. P. K.

Malhotra Mr. N. K. Maini H.E. Mrs. Gennet Zewide -

Mr. Umang Shah -

Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh launching the- Regional Director, Madhya Pradesh, SME Chamber of India,

- President, Association of Industries, MP, - Founder & President, SME Chamber of India,– Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, - Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI,

Ambassador of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Regional Manager, Madhya Pradesh, SME Chamber of India

Mr. Babulal Jain Mr.

Mohit Shukla Mr. Hemant Mehtani

Mr. P. K. Malhotra Mr. N. K. Maini Mr. Chandrakant

Salunkhe H.E. Mrs. Gennet Zewide

- Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh inaugurating Summit. Others (L to R)- Regional Director, Madhya Pradesh, SME Chamber of India, - President, Association of Industries, MP,

– Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, - Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI,- Founder & President, SME Chamber of India and - Ambassador of the Democratic Federal Republic of

Ethiopia

Inauguration of the Summit

EventAnnual Regional Activity

Theme: “Supporting Industry and SMEs for Better Growth”

Organised on 26th March 2014 | Hotel Fortune Landmark, Indore

MADHYA PRADESH INDUSTRY & SME SUMMIT

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Mr. Babulal Jain - Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh addressing the delegates

EventInaugural Address

Address By Dignitaries

Mr. P. K. Malhotra "Industrial & SME Growth –

Role of State Bank of India”

– Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India addressing the delegates on

Mr. N. K. Maini addressing the delegates "MSME

Empowerment Strategies : Role of SIDBI”

- Deputy Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe - Founder & President, SME Chamber of India addressing the delegates

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H.E. Mrs. Gennet Zewide -

"Investment & Business Opportunities in Ethiopia"

Ambassador of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia addressing the delegates on

Event

Mr. Nirmit Ved

"Supporting Industry and

SMEs - Role of EXIM Bank"

– AGM, EXIM Bank of Indiaaddressing on

Dr. Darshan Kataria

"Manufacturing Industry and SMEs –

challenges and opportunities”

– Joint President,Pithampur Audyogik Sangathan addressingon

Mr. Parvez Siddiqui

"Going beyond –

With Vodafone Business Services”

– Head, Services -Vodafone addressing on

Plenary Session on

“Support Services for Industry and SMEs for better Competitiveness”

Mr. Kuldeep Kundal –

"Human Resource Management –

Preserving the Key Company Asset”

Founder & Director -Cyber Infrastructure (P) Ltd addressing on

Mr. Rahul Nahata – Executive Chairman,Mandsaur Institute of Technology addressingon "Challenges in establishing SMEs in India”

Dr. D. S. Mandloi

"Strategies and Initiatives

for Empowering Industry and SMEs”

– Director, MSME DI, Indoreaddressing on

Mr. Naoyoshi Noguchi - Chief Director General, JETRO, New Delhi Mr. P. C. Batra - Divisional Manager , SME Sulab, Canara Bank

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Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe H.E. Dr. Ibrahim A. Al-

Assaf - Mr. Sulaiman Al-Turki -

- Founder & President, Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India withMinister of Finance, Saudi Arabia and Deputy Minister of Finance for International Financial Affairs, Saudi

Arabia at G20 SME Workshop on 11th March 2014 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(L to R) - Minister & Deputy Chief of Mission,Embassy of India, Riyadh, - Ambassador ofIndia, - Founder & President, SMEChamber of India and - Second Secretary(Political, Commerce & Information), Embassy of India, Riyadhduring interactive meeting on 12th March 2014 at Riyadh

Mr. Sibi George

H. E. Mr. Hamid Ali Rao

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

Mr. Surinder Bhagat

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

Mr. Khaled M. Alotaibi

Mr. Mohammed F. Al-Shiddi

- Founder & President, SME Chamber

of India with - Secretary General, Council of

Saudi Chamber and - Executive

Manager - Business Council, Council of Saudi Chamber on 12th

March 2014 at Riyadh

(L to R) - Public Relation Manager, RiyadChamber of Commerce & Industry, -Founder & President, SME Chamber of India,

-Secretary General, Riyad Chamber of Commerce & Industryand - Executive Manager, TheRiyadh Centre for SME Development during interactive meeting on12th March 2014 at Riyadh

Mr. Mansour Shafi Al-Ajmi

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

Mr. Mohammaed H. Al

Kathiri

Mr. Fahad M. Al-Abdulkareem

(L to R) - Regional Director - GCC Region ,Dubai,India - GCC SME Business Council, -Asst. DG of Economic & International Affairs, Sharajah Chamber ofCommerce & Industry, and

- Exhibitions & Conferences Executives, SharajahChamber of Commerce & Industry during interactive meeting on12th March 2014 at Riyadh

Mr. Sailesh Nathan

Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Amin

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe Mr. Khalid

Ali Al - Zarooni

Visit

VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA & UAEof

Founder & President, SME Chamber of India and Chairman - India-GCC SME Business Council

CHANDRAKANT SALUNKHE

9 - 12 March 2014 | Saudi Arabia & UAEth th

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Participation

Participation in

11 March 2014 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabiath

G20 SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WORKSHOP

Plenary Session on

"Policy Framework Designed to Enhance SMEs Accessibility of Resources”

(L to R) Mr. Ahmed Haniff Bin Jamaludin Mr. Claus-

Michael Happe - Mr. Barry Sterland

Mr. Douglas Pearce Mr. Shigehiro Shinozaki -

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

- Manager of the Development Finance and Enterprise Dept, Bank Negara Malaysia,

Head of Division, Ministry of Finance, Germany, - Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, Australian

Treasury, - Manager of the Financial Inclusion & Infrastructure, Practice, The World Bank,

Financial Sector Specialist, SME Finance, Asian Development Bank and - Founder & President, Small and

Medium Business Development Chamber of India during the Plenary Session

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe

"Policy Framework Designed to Enhance SMEs Accessibility of Resources”

- Founder & President, Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India addressing the delegates

at G20 Small and Medium Enterprise Workshop on 11th

March 2014 at Riyadh

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Shri Chhagan Bhujbal Shri

Robin Banerjee Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe H. E.

Dr. Liu Youfa Shri Suresh Kotak

– Hon’ble Minister for PWD and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra inaugurating Summit. Others (L to R)– Managing Director, Caprihans India Ltd., Founder & President, SME Chamber of India,

Consul General of The People’s Republic of China and – Erstwhile President, International Chamber ofCommerce (India Chapter) and Chairman, Kotak & Co.

––

Inauguration of the Summit

Inaugural Address

Shri Chhagan Bhujbal – Hon’ble Minister for PWD and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra

This Summit is a part of the Annual Regional Activities being conducted all over Maharashtra by MIEDA and SME Chamber of India to facilitategrowth of SMEs and corporate in Nashik towards identifying and developing Trade and Investment opportunities in India and abroad. Earlier,the organisations had successfully conducted Summits in Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Baroda and Ahmedabad. MIEDA and SME Chamber of Indiarender all necessary support to the SMEs and other Corporate in the areas of Banking, Finance, Marketing, Branding, International Trade,Technology Transfer, Joint Ventures and Contract Manufacturing Tie-ups.

Maharashtra government is accordingpriority and support for the development ofNashik region which is very vital for thedevelopment of the state. There are 16 fastdeveloping cities in the world out of whichonly 2 are in Asian region. Nashik is oneamong them. Soon an airport will be comingup in Nashik for better connectivity. Nashikhas well developed educational institutes,healthcare facilities and other facilities to aid

industrial development. Nashik is 1st in Asiain onion production, 3rd in the production ofpomegranate, besides grapes and tomatoes.Most of the vegetables and water to Mumbaiare supplied from Nashik. It is calledve g e t a b l e b o w l a n d v i n e ya rd o fMaharashtra. An amount of Rs 2800 cr hasbeen invested for the development ofindustry and infrastructure. There are plansto construct express highways to connect

Nashik to Pune, Dhule, and Surat. Nashik willhost the next kumbh mela where largenumber of devotees will participate and theGovernment in gearing up to providenecessary infrastructure facilities. I wish thesummit all the success and hope this will bevery useful to the SME and big companies toidentify new business opportunities forgrowth.

EventAnnual Regional Activity

Theme:“Review of Industrial and SME Growth of Nashik Region”

Organised on Friday, 21 February, 2014 | Hotel Express Inn, Nashikst

MAHARASHTRA INDUSTRY & SME SUMMIT

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EventADDRESS BY DIGNITARIES

Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe - Founder & President, SME

Chamber of India & MIEDA

H. E. Dr. Liu Youfa - Consul General of The People’s Republic

of China

Shri Robin Banerjee - MD, Caprihans India Ltd.

Shri Suresh Kotak - Erstwhile President, International

Chamber of Commerce (India Chapter) and Chairman,

Kotak & Co.

mentioned that SME Chamber ofIndia & MIEDA strive for the development of SME and othercorporate in Maharashtra and other states of India for the past 2decades. He further stated that Annual Regional Activities are beingconducted all over Maharashtra and other states of India to facilitategrowth of SMEs towards Trade and Investment. Earlier, theorganisations had successfully conducted similar Summits inMumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Baroda and Ahmedabad. The next summit willbe held in Aurangabad and in other districts of Maharashtra.

SME Chamber of India & MIEDA render all necessary support to theSMEs and other Corporate in the areas of Banking, Finance,Marketing, Branding, International Trade, Technology Transfer, JointVentures and Contract Manufacturing Tie-ups. He also highlightedthe efforts of SME Chamber of India & MIEDA in raising the limit ofcollateral free loans to Rs. 1.5 Cr. and taking up various issues relatedto MSME at various authorities in state and Central Governmentsbesides regulating agencies like RBI and SEBI.

if there are not more employmentopportunities, there will not be any progress and without progressthere will be no prosperity. Business opportunities are there all overthe world. One has to go and grab it. Only operating locally therecannot be more progress. Entrepreneurs have to go to internationalmarkets. China learnt a hard lesson and spent a lot deal of money tobuild and develop infrastructure and that has resulted in growth.Without proper infrastructure the growth will decrease. There existmistrust between the political leaders in India and China. This is thehindrance for more trade and investment opportunities. We need toencourage more direct investments in both the countries. SME inboth countries can start joint production ventures to cater to worldmarket. Knowledge coupled with cheap labour are the advantage.There are many Chinese SME and big corporate willing to partnerwith their counterparts in India. The consulate in Mumbai willextend all necessary assistance to entrepreneurs in India to dobusiness with China.

mentioned it isnice to note that inflation in the country is coming down. Rupee isgoing to be more stable. INR is the 2nd most stable currency in theworld. Today the per capita income of India is 1500 USD as againstUSD 300 ten years ago. We can be proud to note that India has got thefastest growing per capita income. We also have highest productionof food grains this year and more effective demand. 50% of Indianpopulation are less than 30 years. This means more manufacturing,more consumption, more employment and more growth. We cansafely conclude that there will not be any economic slowdown forIndia. We need to improve the infrastructure across the nation, havegood quality of education and training for the youth and ensure moreand smooth lending from the banks. The industry should not dependon Government subsidies. The Government should control theinflation to boost growth.

India is to grow fast it has to encourage and develop manufacturingsector. There are 3 main areas of business that need to be taken careof. They are Finance, marketing and value chain. Companies shouldcreate more value added products and services in order to ensureprofitability and growth. Banks should offer structured financerather than finance based on only balance sheets. China offers a greatopportunity for the Indian entrepreneurs for trade, investment andpartnership.

mentioned

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ADDRESS BY PANELISTS

H. E. Mr. Nat Pinyowattanacheep -

Consul General of Thailand

Shri S. C. Mohanty - DGM, Business

Head (SME), SBI Mumbai

Shri Sudatta Mandal - General

Manager, EXIM Bank of India

Shri Rajesh Akhauri - Regional

Manager Central Bank of India, Nashik

Shri Ravindran Lakshmanan - DGM,

SIDBI, Nashik

In 2012-13, India exported $3.7 billion worthof goods to Thailand against imports worth$5.1 billion. India has been demandinggreater access of trade in services. There areplenty of opportunities for Indian SME toexport Steel wires, auto and engineeringspare parts.

Thailand has indicated softening of stance onsome of the issues in the Free TradeAgreement it is negotiating with India,bringing the pact closer to reality after morethan 10 years of talks. This FTA will boost thetrade and investment opportunities betweenIndia and Thailand to a greater extent.

He explained in detail about the products andservices meant for the SME sector. Heemphasized that SME develop the unskilledpersons to skilled work force by giving themfirst entry and opportunity to learn. StateBank of India has been playing a vital role inthe development of small scale industriessince 1956. The Bank has developed a widearray of products to meet the changing needsof the industry. It provides end -to -endsolutions for the financial needs of theindustry. To service the specific credit needsof small and medium enterprise (SME) theBank established the Small & MediumEnterprise business unit in 2004.

Apart from the general working capitalrequirements (like Cash credit , BillDiscounting limits, LC, BG etc) to meet the dayto day requirements and term loans to takecare of investment needs for acquiring fixedassets, Bank has an array of products /schemes to cater to the enterprise specificrequire¬ments of SME Units both inManufacturing, Trade and services sectors.

EXIM Bank and SME Chamber of India havesigned Memorandum of Cooperation forpromotion of exports by SME. They will alsofocus on how to channelise export finance,identify export potential market, carry onresearch and survey on various products indemand in different countries and to providetraining and education on market, exportformalities as well as to resolve issues.

This partnership will be useful to providesupport and assistance to small and mediumentrepreneurs (SMEs) from manufacturingsector to identify opportunities fortechnology transfer, joint ventures, newproject exports, acquiring new technologiesand to understand new market with qualityand competitiveness.

SMEs can take advantage of foreign exchangeloans at low rate of interest and connect withpotential market through. EXIM Bank hasproduct-wise and country-wise marketsurveys which will be useful for SMEs to enterinto specific market with knowledge ofdemand and suppliers, price, quality and

competition. Besides guiding and supportingSMEs for export promotion, EXIM Bank willalso help them in the import of capital goodsfor production of quality products fordomestic and international markets.

He described various products and servicesoffered by the Central bank of India to MSMEsector. He touched upon collateral free loansupto Rs.1 crore to micro and smallenterprises under CGTMSE scheme. Hementioned that the bank has 4300 branchesand out of which 565 branches are dedicatedto serving the MSME clients.

SIDBI has a range of Products and Servicesthat are Flexible as well as Specialised – tomeet the unique needs of Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises. They will alsoespecially design a product to meet therequirements of MSME from time to time.

SIDBI understands that the service sectordoes not have tangible assets, and hencedeveloped products for micro finance to caterto the needs of service sector.Looking at theneed for Energy Efficiency and CleanerTechnology, SIDBI has tied up withInternational Financial Institutions likeWorld Bank, Japan International CooperationAgency (JICA), etc, to provide loans atconcessional rates of Interest for CleanerProduction and Energy Saving Projects.

SIDBI Venture Capital Limited, a whollyowned subsidiary of SIDBI provides growthcapital in the form of equity through itsMSME focused venture capital funds.

H.E. Mr. Mesfin Gebremariam - Consul

General of EthiopiaEthiopia is an economy based on agriculturewhich accounts for almost 50% of GDP, 60%of exports, and 80% of total employment. Theagricultural sector in Ethiopia suffers fromfrequent drought, soil degradation caused byinappropriate agricultural practices andovergrazing, deforestation, high populationdensity, undeveloped water resources, andpoor transport infrastructure, making itdifficult and expensive to get goods tomarket. Yet agriculture is the country's mostpromising resource.Indian companies have good chance to dobusiness with Ethiopia as there plenty ofopportunities in every sector.

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Delegates at the Summit

ADDRESS BY PANELISTS

Smt. Khyati Shah - General Manager,

National Stock Exchange

Shri Manoj Karnik - Principal Business

C a t a l y s t , B a s e I n f o r m a t i o n

Management Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Rajagopal Tampi - Managing

Director, Valuemoves Computing

Shri Rajesh Bhagat - Director-India,

Hong Kong Trade Development

Council

The SME platform of NSE is a new exciting

platform for small and medium sized

companies with high growth potential. The

NSE platform has strong relationships with

leading Institutions like SBI, IDBI Bank &

SIDBI as platform partners. The SME

platform of NSE would be open for SMEs

whose post issue paid up capital shall be less

than or equal to Rs. 25 Crore. The platform is

expected to offer a new and alternate asset

class to informed investors having longer

investment horizon.

The platform shall allow new, early stage

ventures and small quality companies to

raise much needed growth capital as they

grow, mature and transit to NSE’s main

board. This platform is being founded on the

4 cornerstone pillars of Credibility,

Transparency, Liquidity and Growth.

NSE SME platform will provide an efficient

route to listing for prospective SME issuers.

The SME companies would derive several

benefits from listing on the SME platform:

Access to growth Capital, Exit to existing

Investors, Wider shareholder base,

Employee incentives, Higher profile and

visibility, Higher Corporate Governance,

Seamless path to the main Board.

Veto Switch Gears and Cables Limited, Opal

Luxury Time Products Limited, Thejo

Engineering and MITCON are some of the

companies listed in the NSE SME platform.

He focused his attention on how important

the Information technology to SME sector.

Since most of the entrepreneurs are one man

army they should leverage the technology to

stay ahead.

With the available It solutions SME can

identify the correct stocks, when to purchase,

at what rate, how to rate the suppliers,

managing payments, pricing, and all other

supply chain related issues. He cautioned

that those who are reluctant to invest in

technology will not remain competitive and

the valuable time of the owner and CEO will

be wasted. While selecting the technology

care should be taken about cost, scalability,

ease of operation etc.

He declared that the most important asset is

Human asset in an organization. We should

adopt technology to evaluate the employees

in detail and reward them to retain the best

talents. He also said that the employees

should be informed about the evaluation

criteria and how to improve their

performance. It is advisable to elevate the

deserving employees and train them

continuously for bigger roles. Suppose an

employee is not suitable for a particular job ,

then he should be given a chance to take up

assignments matching his / her knowledge

and skill sets.

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council

(HKTDC) was established in 1966, and serves

as a statutory body dedicated to promoting

Hong Kong trade. Its mission is to create

opportunities for Hong Kong companies,

especial ly small and medium-sized

enterprises, by promoting trade in goods and

services globally. With more than 40

overseas offices, including 13 on the Chinese

mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong

as a comprehensive business platform that is

increasingly recognised as Asia’s central

business district. Through a spectrum of

promotional activities, the HKTDC offers a

variety of platforms and business-matching

services, connecting small and medium-sized

enterprises in Hong Kong with business

partners from all over the world.

Indian SME can use this platform to

understand doing business not only in China

but also in any part of the world. There are

Physical business magazines available listing

various business opportunities.

Event

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Interactive Meetings

® to L) Dr. R. Seetharaman Mr. Vivek Nair

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe Sheikh Fahad Bin Mohammad Bin Jabor

Al Thani Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Bin Jabor Al Thani

Mr. Ahmed Abdulla Al-Khal

- Group Chief Executive Officer, Doha Bank Group, - Vice Chairman and Managing Director, HotelLeelaventure Limited, - Founder & President, SME Chamber of India,

- Chairman, Doha Bank Group, - Managing Director, Doha Bank Groupand - Member of Board of Directors, Doha Bank Group

(L to R) , -President, Saudi Indian Business Council and

- Executive Manager - Business Council, Council of Chambersduring the interactive meeting on 29th April 2014 at Mumbai

Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe Mr. Kamel S. Al-Munajjed

Mr. Mohammed F. Al-

Shiddi

H. E. Mr. David Johnston Mr.

Chandrakant Salunkhe -

- Governor General of Canada andFounder & President, SME Chamber of

India on 1st March 2014 at Mumbai

(L to R) - Minister, Economic Development /Invest New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada,

- Minister of Energy and Mines,New Brunswick and - President & CEO, InvestNew Brunswick

Hon. Mr. Bruce Fitch

Mr. Chandrakant

Salunkhe, Hon. Mr. Craig Leonard

Mr. Robert MacLeod

Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe - Founder & President, SME Chamberof India addressing the delegates during 10th India Trade & ExportFinance Conferece on 12 Febraury 2014 at Mumbai

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- Founder & President, SME Chamber of India lightning the holy lamp during the Launch of Institutional TradingPlatform on BSE SME on February 11, 2014. Others (L to R) MD & CEO, BSE Ltd.,Whole-Time Member, SEBI were seen in the picture

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