From (L-R): Rajesh Sharma, President, Bombay Management Association and Director, Urihk Pharmaceuticals; Narayan Jaesingh, National Events Co-Chair and Mumbai Chapter Chair, AIMA Young Leaders Council and Chief Business Officer, Vserv Digital Services Private Limited; Ajay Thakur, Head SME & Start Up, BSE Limited; Dr JS Juneja, Chairman, MSME Committee & Past President, AIMA and Dr Raj Agrawal, then Director, Centre for Management Education

Past Events

 AIMA 12th MSME Convention
24 - 25th February 2023, Mumbai

AIMA conducted the 12th National MSME convention on the theme ‘G20: MSME Progress by Innovation & Collaboration’ on 24th – 25th February 2023 in Mumbai. Mr Ajay Thakur, Head SME & Start Up, BSE Limited delivered the inaugural address. Mr Ajay Thakur spoke about various initiatives taken by Govt of India to promote the growth of MSMEs. Dr J S Juneja, Chairman, MSME Committee & Past President, AIMA set the context of the event and Dr Raj Agrawal, Director, Centre for Management Education delivered the welcome address. Mr Narayan Jaesingh, National Events Co-Chair and Mumbai Chapter Chair, AIMA Young Leaders Council and Chief Business Officer, Vserv Digital Services Private Limited gave the YLC address and the vote of thanks has given by Mr Rajesh Sharma, President, Bombay Management Association and Director, Urihk Pharmaceuticals.

Some of the other eminent speakers who addressed the convention included Mr Bharat Bommai, Managing Director, M/s Ashwa Energy Pvt Ltd; Prof MD Agrawal, Past President, Bombay Management Association; Ms Chhaya Sehgal, Founder & CEO, The Winning Edge & Past President, Bombay Management Association; Mr Sampath Kumar K, CGM (SME & SCF), State Bank of India; Ms Shraddha Srikant, Projects and Partnerships Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Mr Praveen Arora, Senior Advisor, Dept. of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India; Ms Barbara Terenzi, President, WUSME; Mr Abdulhasan AlDairi, United Int’l SMEs Organizations (UNISMO); Mr Hareesh Tibrewala, Chairman, Digital Technology Committee; Ms Monica Khanna, Professor of Marketing and Former Director, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Somiya Vidyavihar University; Mr Manoj Kumar Singh, Zonal General Manager, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Mr Praveen B., Hon. Gen. Secretary, Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association amongst others. The event witnessed a participation of over 200 delegates from different organisations including industrialists, bureaucrats, thought leaders, representatives from MSMEs, start-ups and academia.