During his recent visit to Mumbai , Shri Sudhir Garg,CMD,NSIC reviewed the performance of the Zonal Office ( West) and motivated them to give their Best Performance during 2018-19 .He also visited NSIC (Navi Mumbai Branch ) including National SC ST Hub office and had a meeting with the President of Taloja Industries Association alongwith other MSME Units. A Sapling was also planted in the NSIC (Navi Mumbai) Office premises.

Shri. P. Udayakumar, Director (P&M),NSIC addressing the Ministry of MSME "Stakeholders Consultation Meeting "being attended by 70 PSU representatives at Pravasi Bharti Kendra , New Delhi

CMD, NSIC Shri Sudhir Garg interacting with PSUs Chiefs at the National SC ST Hub stakeholders consultation meeting being held at Pravasi Bharti Kendra, New Delhi. Also present on the occasion are Dr A.K.Panda, Secretary,MSME,Shri Sudhir Garg, CMD, NSIC, Ms.Alka Arora, Joint Secretary, MSME and Shri Rajesh Chaudhary Joint Secretary, DPE.

CMD ,NSIC Shri Sudhir Garg graced the Inaugural Session of DistribuELEC & Intellect 2019 organized by IEEMA from 04/02/2019 to 06/02/2019 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai and delivered the Key Note address on 'Way forward for MSMEs'. Among other dignitaries present were Shri Asha Ram Sihag, Secretary, Heavy Industries Govt. of India, Shri Arvind Singh, Principal Secretary, Energy, Govt. of Maharashtra & CMD, MSEDCL etc .

NSIC has initiated a series of programs titled "NSIC -Knowledge Series " wherein eminent speakers are invited to give a Talk on subject of topical interest. In this context, NSIC conducted a program on "Mind Mapping through Meditation "on 04 Feb 2019 for the youth of NSIC – Technical Service Centre at New Delhi. The program focused on understanding the self, its inner resources & strengths, and developing attributes to relieve stress and anxiety and the highest level of personal integrity. Shri Manoj Lal,GM (SG) (CC) ,Shri O.P.Singh,DGM (Centre head of NTSC Okhla),Ms.Hina Sharma,AM(HRM) were present and inaugurated the program.

NSIC Technical Services Centre ,Rajpura organized "Sarpanch Meet" on 01.02.2019 for awareness of various skill training courses and NSIC schemes to newly elected Sarpanch of Rajpura block.Total 45 Nos of Sarpanch of various village surrounding the Centre Participated in the program. Shri Baldev Singh ,Block President ,Rajpura applauded Centre's imitative for organizing such meet which made aware newly elected surpanch's about various skill training courses undertaken by Centre and NSIC Schemes.Shri Baldev Singh asked present sarpanch's to make more and more people to aware about NSIC Training courses and NSIC Schemes in their respective villages for the benefit of unemployed youths. Shri Gulzar Singh Chouhan ,SEPO (Social Education and Panchayat Officer) Rajpura shared need for skill training to rural unemployed youth and shared that they will support NSIC for organizing such events in villages at Rajpura block for more awareness of NSIC Training courses and NSIC Schems. Shri Ram Kumar Yadav DGM and Centre Head shared about details of training courses undertaken at the Centre,Testing activities and NSIC Schemes to all the participants.

Sh. Sudhir Garg, CMD NSIC today inaugurated Online File Tracking System. Online File Tracking System is another step towards Smart Office in NSIC. This system will help in tracking the status of interdepartmental file movement in NSIC and thus increasing the efficiency.

Sh. Sudhir Garg, CMD, NSIC presented his address in the Seminar on Marketing Linkages for MSMEs and Exporters organized by Government of Odisha, MSME Department during the Odisha International MSME Trade Fair-2019 being organized at Bhubaneshwar. He apprised the participants on the need to enhance their competitiveness by building appropriate market linkages not only at domestic level but also at international level.

Sh. Sudhir Garg, CMD, NSIC addressed at the inaugural function of Odisha International MEME Trade Fair-2019. The Exhibition was inaugurated by Sh. S.B. Behra, Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Excise and Agriculture, Government of Odisha and had the presence of Sh. Prafful Samal, Hon’ble Minister of MSM, Govt. of Odisha and Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India. Numbaer of International participants were coordinated by NSIC for participation in the said exhibition. CMD, NSIC highlighted NSIC’s services for MSMEs especially in Odisha State and also emphasized on creating international partnerships for them.

NSIC, Branch Office Nagpur led by Sh. Ramdas M. Tekam, DGM conducted the awareness campaign in association with Indian Chamber of Commerce for Affirmative Action (ICCAA) at Hotel Pride, Nagpur. The event was attended by more than 100 SC/ST Entrepreneurs. The main theme of the event was to create awareness among the SC/ST entrepreneurs. On the occasion Shri P. Udaykumar, Director (Planning & Marketing), NSIC, enlightened the entrepreneurs on how to take the advantage of Govt. subsidy under various schemes namely-Single point registration scheme (SPRS), Business to Business (B2B), Special Marketing Assistance Scheme (SMAS) being implemented by NSIC. He also spoke on other schemes like Tender Marketing, Raw material Assistance Scheme, Bank tie-up, etc. implemented by NSIC which are equally beneficial to MSEs. Amongst above SPRS registration (with meager token money of Rs.100+GST) and B2B registration are free of cost for SC/ST Entrepreneurs. Under SMAS SC/ST Entrepreneurs can participate in four domestic and two International Exhibitions with 100% subsidy. Sh. Udaykumar Director (Planning & Marketing) also clafified the queries raised by the entrepreneurs. Sunil Zode, President of ICCAA, Mumbai also addressed gathering and urged to participants to take benefits of NSIC schemes meant for SC/ST Entrepreneurs. Sanjay K. Bhondekar, Zonal General Manager, NSIC-Mumbai gave the introductory remark and also requested the entrepreneurs to take the benefits of NSIC Schemes.

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On 22/01/2019 our (Director Planning & Marketing), Shri. P. Udayakumar attended the inaugural session at India Steel Exhibition 2019 held from 22nd to 24th of January 2019 at Mumbai Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai. The Session was inaugurated by Honourable Minister for Steel, Govt. of India, Shri Chaudhary Birendra Singh along with Abubakar Bawa Bwari, Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Mines & Steel Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Secretary Ministry of Steel, Govt. of Orissa, Secretary Ministry of Steel. Other Senior dignitaries viz. CMD of SAIL, RINL, JSPL, CEO ESSAR Steel, CMD Mecon Ltd. were also present. In one of technical session, Shri P. Udayakumar , Director Planning & Marketing was one of the panellists and he stressed upon the strengthening of Supply Chain by bringing more MSMEs’ into the system. He also briefed the role of NSIC in distribution of Iron and Steel to MSMEs’. The Session was applauded by the participants.