Shri Giriraj Singh, Hon'ble Minister Of State, Independent Charge, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,Government of India inaugurating the National SC ST Hub Conclave organized by The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC Branch Office, Nagpur.

The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC organised a National SC/ST Hub conclave at Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Sh. Subhash Desai, Hon’ble Minister of Industries & Mines, Govt of Maharashtra was the Chief Guest of conclave. Sh. Sunil Zode, Member, High Powered Monitoring Committee, NSSH, M/o MSME, New Delhi was the special Guest in the event. The other dignitaries graced the occasion were Shri H. D. Kapse, MD, Indo German Tool Room, Aurangabad. Shri S. V. Rasal, Director, IDEMI, Mumbai, Shri R B Gupte. Director, MSME-DI, Mumbai, Shri Dilip S. Guralwar, Joint Director- Industries (I/c) Govt. of Maharashtra, Shri. Deepak Bhingardeo, Dy. Director, MCED, Aurangabad, Dr P.G.S. Rao, Director, Ministry of MSME, GOI, Shri R.B. Gupte, Director, MSMEDI, Mumbai, Sh. P. Udayakumar, Director(P&M),NSIC, New Delhi, Sh. P. Krishna Mohan, Zonal Head (West), NSIC, Mumbai. Senior officers from CPSEs, Rating agencies and Banking sector were also present during the event. More than 825 SC-ST (approx) Entrepreneurs were present during the Conclave.

Sh. Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC welcomed Shri. L. Murugan, Vice Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes during his visit to NSIC’s Rapid Incubation Centre (RIC) for entrepreneurship creation and Advanced Training Centre for Skill Development at New Delhi. Sh. Nath apprised him about how this Centre is transforming youth from “employment seeker to job provider” by making them entrepreneurs and improving their skill sets by providing advanced training. Mr. L. Murugan appreciated the appropriate technologies placed in the RIC and appreciated the efforts of NSIC in creating self employment opportunities for youth including weaker section of the society.

Panasonic Team visited NSIC to explore areas of Mutual Cooperation in the area of Training and Skill development for MSME sector and budding entrepreneurs. Shri N.M.Mehra, Vice President Panasonic India had a glimpse of the NSIC Advanced Training Centre and applauded the efforts of NSIC in this direction. Also present in this occasion were Shri Manoj Lal,GM(SG) and Shri O.P.Singh, DGM.

Shri Ravindra Nath,CMD, NSIC conferred with "CEO with HR Orientation Award ( PSU focus)" at the Times Ascent - World HRD Congress ( Mumbai) for honoring visionary CEOs in building HR into the fabric of Business.

Shri Ravindra Nath,CMD,NSIC inaugurated a free Diabetes/Hypertension related end-organ-damage screening camp for underprivileged high-risk diabetes patients, organised by Diabetes Care Foundation at Chattarpur Dispensary on 11th Feb 2018 . The camp, which will continue till 31st March, aims to provide underprivileged and high risk patients in the community free and easy access to advanced, state-of-the-art life saving diagnostic facilities. Speaking on the occasion Shri Ravindra Nath,CMD,NSIC stated that Diabetes is No longer “a rich man’s disease”, the burden that diabetes places on poor patients is much higher than that on patients who are well off because of the complications it causes for other major organ system and such initiatives would go a long way in providing the much needed care.

NSIC participated in the Seminar organized by PHDCII and Indian Air Force on "Indigenisation of IAF Aviation requirement" on 05 February 2018. Shri Ravindra Nath, CMD NSIC addressed the gathering comprising of senior officials of Armed Forces such as Air Marshal, Brigadier including host of MSME units and highlighted the benefits of NSIC Schemes for MSMEs and the Armed forces.

The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC organised a National SC/ST Hub conclave at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Sh. Amar Agrawal, Hon’ble Minister of Commercial Tax, Urban Development , Commerce and Industry, Public Enterprises inaugurated the conclave. The other dignitaries graced the occasion were Sh. Chhagan Lal Mundra, Chairman, CSIDC, Dr. Kamalpreet Singh, IAS, Secretary, Commerce and Industries, Sh. Sunil Mishra, IFS, Managing Director, CSIDC, Sh. Yashwant Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary, Commerce and Industries, Raipur, Sh. Baleshwar Choure, President BRAITE Association, Sh. Nishchay Shelke, President (Western India), DICCI, Dr. P. G. S. Rao, Director, M/o MSME, New Delhi Sh. P. Udayakumar, Director(P&M),NSIC, New Delhi, Sh. Rajeev S., Director (I/c), MSME-DI Sh. P. Krishna Mohan, Zonal Head (West), NSIC, Mumbai. Senior officers from CPSEs, State Govt., Rating agencies and Banking sector were also present during the event. More than 790 SC-ST (approx..) Entrepreneurs from the entire Chhattisgarh State were present during the Conclave.

The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC organised a National SC/ST Hub conclave at Kochi, Kerala. The programme was inaugurated by Shri V.Sasi ,Hon’ble Deputy Speaker of Kerala State Legislative Assembly and presided over by Shri Paul Antony IAS ,Hon’ble Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala. Shri.P.Udayakumar, Director (Planning & Marketing),NSIC Ltd, New Delhi, Dr. Venu V IAS Principal Secretary, SC, ST Development Department, Shri. K.N. Satheesh IAS, Director, Industries & Commerce, Shri P.M.Ali Asgar Pasha IAS ,Director, Scheduled Caste Development Department, Dr.P.Pugazhendi IFS , Director, Scheduled Tribes Development Departmment, Shri M.Palanivel, Dy.Director,MSME-DI,Thrissur, Shri P.K.Sudheer,President,DICCI,Kerala, Shri Ravikumar Narra , President,DICCI,South India,Shri Raja Nayak, DICCI Coordinator,South India,Shri Damaodar Avanoor, President ,KSSIA and other high level officials of Banks,PSUs, Government Departments attended the conclave. Shri P.Ravikumar,Chief General Manager, NSIC gave welcome address and Shri Jeo John , Branch Manager,NSIC ,Kochi gave the Vote of thanks. Successful Dalit entrepreneurs, Smt. Suja K.S. ,Managing Director of She Medias , Shri Gokul Nath, Managing Director of Demustango Technologies Pvt Ltd and other entrepreneurs were felicitated during the conclave.

NSIC Technical Service Centre, Okhla organised a Training Program for Machine Operators of Auto- Components Sector on 4th February 2018. The program was conducted in association with SIDBI & PWC and supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 33 representatives from different industries participated in this training program. Mr. Satvinder Singh, CGM (Tech), Mr. Subodh Jaiswal, GM (NTSC), Mr. Harikishan, Manager (NTSC), Mr. P. Nair, Associate Director (PWC), Mr. Manish Soni, Manager (PWC), Mr. K. P. Yadav, Manager (Batliboi Ltd.) were present on the occasion.

The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC organised a National SC ST Hub conclave at Kolkata. Sh. Bijay Bharti, IAS,Director (MSME) Govt. Of West Bengal, Dr. U.N.Biswas, IPS, CMD, WBSCSTFDC-Chief Guest, Col. Sabyasachi Bagchi, Chairman, WBSIDC, Sh. Milind Kamble, Chairman, DICCI, Sh. Arpan Mitra, Treasurer, BNCCI, Sh. P.Udayakumar, Director (Planning & Mktg.) NSIC Ltd., Sh. Suresh Karmali, ZGM-East-1 NSIC Ltd. were the dignitaries.

In the presence of Shri Ravindra Nath, CMD,NSIC; a pledge was administered by Shri A.K. Mittal, Director (Finance), NSIC to all the Officers and Staff of NSIC, on the occasion of National Voters Day on 25th Jan 2018. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC stated that all NSICians must continue to give their best performance for the growth of NSIC and the MSME sector.