In sync with Govt of India objective of democratization of e-commerce, Ministry of MSME has launched Trade Enablement And Marketing Initiative (TEAM) where it is endeavoured to onboard 5 lakh MSEs over digital commerce platforms during next 2 years. NSIC is implementing this initiative of Ministry of MSME,GOI. As part of outreach efforts of the scheme, NSIC has been organising Awareness programs for the benefit of the MSEs. An awareness program was organised at Siliguri where NSIC opened an office on July 17,2025. Representatives of industries associations in the region, Seller Network Participants, ONDC, senior officials from MSME DFO, KVIC, State Govt, Banks and FIs and entrepreneurs attended the event. During his address, Dr. S S Acharya CMD, exhorted the MSEs to take advantage of the TEAM Initiative aiming to onboard 5 lakh enterprises in 2 years out of which 50 percent shall be women enterprises. A detailed presentation on the scheme was made by Shri Vidyasagar Singh, SGM,NSIC.

To strengthen its outreach and serve the dynamic and rapidly growing MSME sector in Eastern India better, NSIC opened an office in Siliguri, West Bengal. The office was inaugurated by Dr. S.S Acharya, CMD, NSIC in presence of senior industry leaders of the region besides Dr. Anupam Gayen, Zonal General Manager, Kolkata Zone and other senior NSIC officials. The event was followed by a Workshop on digital onboarding of MSEs through TEAM initiative.

A mega awareness program on National SC ST Hub and other schemes of Ministry of MSME, Govt of India was organised at Koraput, Odisha. The program was graced by Honorable MoS, Ministry of MSME, Govt of India Sushri Sobha Karandlaje jee, Minister of MSME, Govt of Odisha, Shri Gokulanand Mallik jee, Minister of Skill Development and Industries, Shri Sampad Charan Swain jee, Minister of Mass Education Shri Nityanand Gond jee besides senior officials of Govt of India and Govt of Odisha. Dr Subhransu Acharya, CMD, NSIC delivered the welcome address and briefed on the aspirational initiatives of Govt of India for MSMEs including the inclusive initiative of National SC ST Hub scheme for empowering more and more SC ST entrepreneurs participate in the public procurement system.

In its endeavor to support more and more MSMEs with credit support from Banks, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with IDBI Bank on 11th July, 2025 under its MSME Credit facilitation program. This MoU shall be the cornerstone for referring potential MSME customers to IDBI Bank who have expressed interest in their Loan Products. This arrangement of financing by IDBI Bank shall be extended to the projects relating to MSME sector at different places where bank branches are located or other important industrial centers or clusters throughout the country. The MoU was signed by Mr. Sanjay Rautela, Chief General Manager on behalf of NSIC and Mr. Chandra Shekhar Arya, General Manager, Priority sector, IDBI Bank, Head Office, Mumbai in the presence of Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, CMD NSIC & Sh. Gaurav Gulati, Director (Finance), NSIC in presence of other senior officials of NSIC and IDBI Bank.

To provide a further fillip, inspire and take stock of efforts of the Central Govt. Organisations engaged in serving the MSME sector in the state of Maharashtra, Honorable Minister Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi ji visited these institutions. During this visit, he visited NSIC office at Mumbai. While interacting with the officers of NSIC, he exhorted every one to take pride in the work they are doing as it is directly contributing to Nation building. He appreciated the inclusive growth efforts of National SC ST Hub offices and assured support of Govt of India in their endeavors. The interaction was attended by Ms. Mercy Epao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Dr. Subhransu Acharya, CMD, NSIC, Shri Manoj Singh, Zonal Head, Mumbai Zone besides several senior officials from NSIC and NSSH offices of Maharashtra.

"Udyami Sammelan 2025 : The Rising East" a mega MSME conclave of entrepreneurs of Eastern and North Eastern region of the country was held at National Library, Kolkata on June 28, 2025. Organised by Laghu Udyog Bharti (LUB) an apex industry association of Small businesses alongwith Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, the program was graced by Honorable Union Ministers Shri Ashwini Vaishnav and Shri Arjun Meghwal besides Padmashri Sajjan Bhajanka, CMD, Century Ply, national leadership of LUB etc. CMD Dr. Subhransu Acharya was a distinguished guest on the occasion. Speaking during the event, he emphasized on focussing on quality competitiveness of our MSMEs, increased productivity and incremental value addition that would propel India to a developed nation status. The program witnessed enthusiastic participation from Banks, Financial institutions, Govt officials etc besides a large number of entrepreneurs.

NSIC celebrated 11th International Yoga Day 2025 with great zeal and enthusiasm. The event was inaugurated by Shri S.C.L Das, Secretary, MSME along with Dr Rajneesh, DC MSME, Senior Leadership team of NSIC alongwith other Senior officials from the Ministry and NSIC. The Secretary, MSME stressed on embracing yoga practices in our daily routine to embark a healthier and a happier life. Aligning with the theme of IDY 2025, Yoga for "One Earth, one Health", Secretary emphasized on the importance of Yoga for overall Wellbeing of both humans as well as environment.

A delegation from the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in New Delhi, led by His Excellency Mr. Kamel Z. Galal, accompanied by Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Counsellor (Commercial) and Dr. Ibrahim Mamdouh Fouda, Second Secretary, Political- Economic Section visited the NSIC on June 18, 2025. The visit involved discussions with NSIC Leadership and revolved around enhancing bilateral business cooperation as per the scope defined under the recently signed MoU between NSIC and MSMEDA of Egypt particularly in skill development, creating linkages between MSMEs of both countries and participation in fairs & exhibitions. The NSIC team was led by Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, CMD, Mr. Kartikeya Sinha, Director (P&M), Mr. Gaurav Gulati, Director (Finance), Mr. Manoj Lal, ED and the team from International Corp Division. The delegation was also given a guided tour of NSIC’s Rapid Incubation Centre & Advanced Training Centre by Mr. Rajesh Kumar, SGM & Centre Head, NTSC, Okhla.

The World Blood Donor Day was celebrated on 13th June 25 at NSIC Head Office. On the occasion, CMD Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya administered the pledge for blood donation to NSICians. CMD along with senior officials exoressed the sentiment of donating blood and saving lives. He highlighted NSICs continued commitment towards social responsibility and echoed that blood donation is the best one can donate for serving lives of fellow human beings.

The Exhibition Excellence Award(EEA) are designed to recognize the contribution of MICE industry and felicitate its distinguished achievers. On 31st May 2025 NSIC was invited to receive a Special Recognition at EEA 2025 in honor of distinguished contribution to the MSME sector. The award was received by Shri Manoj Lal, Executive Director in presence of other senior officials.

With an objective of expanding cooperation between MSMEs of India and Slovakia, enhancing competitiveness of MSMEs of both countries and increased business connects, NSIC signed an MoU with Slovakia Business Agency (SBA) during the State visit of Hon‘ble President of India to Slovakia. The Memorandum for cooperation was signed and exchanged by Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, CMD, NSIC with Mr. Marian Letovanec, Director of the National and International Programmes Section, SBA of Slovak Republic in the presence of Her Excellency The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu and His Excellency The President of Slovak Republic, Mr. Peter Pellegrini on April 09, 2025 at the Presidential Palace, Bratislava during the state visit of Her Excellency Smt. Droupadi Murmu, President of Republic of India. The MoU signing event witnessed the presence of high level Indian delegation accompanying the Hon‘ble President of India, H.E. Ms. Apoorva Srivastava, Ambassador of India to Slovak Republic, H.E.

In a walk into the Aisle of Technology, Sh. Kartikeya Sinha, Director (Planning & Marketing) led a delegation along with other NSIC officials to Taiwan during 26th – 28th March 2025, to gather first-hand information of Taiwanese hi-tech industrial solutions suitable for Indian MSMEs and to explore potential cooperation opportunities under the framework of MoU signed between NSIC and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan. During his visit Mr. Sinha met Mr. G. J. Lee, Director General, SME and Start-up Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan and he emphasized that the Taiwanese technologies have immense relevance in the current industrial manufacturing scenario of India in line with Industry 4.0. During his visit ,Mr Sinha also met Mr. Lewis Chen, General Director of Commercialization and Industry Service Centre, ITRI who expressed need for synergising with NSIC for dissemination of Taiwanese technologies to Indian MSMEs by creating possibility of developing technical centres in India. Mr. Sinha also visited the R&D facility and latest technology and manufacturing sites like Co-robot manufacturing unit, smart manufacturing demo site, CNC machine and 3-D printing manufacturing arranged by ITRI .