Shri P. Udayakumar DPM, NSIC met with the industry association “The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association” (CODISSIA) on 12.10.2018 at NSIC BO- Coimbatore. Sh. R. Ramamurthy- President (CODISSIA) in presence of association’s Secretary and Jt. Secretary briefed about the various initiatives taken by CODISSIA for the MSME sector. DPM enquired about the progress in Defence Corridor, in response to it, President CODISSIA mentioned that they will be working on reverse engineering model for Defence production in the separate entity named CODISSIA Defence Innovation Centre- CDIC. Association further expressed their interest for having an agreement with NSIC for availing credit facilities through credit scheme for purchase of Raw material. DPM had a discussion on the requirement of raw material by the MSME units and also explained about the possible interventions under the schemes of NSIC.