India is one of the few countries that is growing at a healthy pace despite the ongoing global economic crises. Since, a significant proportion of all Indian businesses fall under the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment, the Indian economy will grow further only when these emerging enterprises flourish.
Keeping these facts in mind, DARE and IDC along with its partners embarked on a journey named EnVision’09, to address the key challenges faced by SMEs in India. The second event in the series was concluded at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai on October 23, 2009 in association with IBM, Cisco and HP.
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The day long session were attended by the Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors and Directors of companies from across verticals and saw an attendance of more than 100 delegates. The event format consisted of two tracks. Track A highlighted the “Business & Finance” challenges and Track B addressed the “Technology” needs of SMEs.
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The keynote address was delivered by Kapil Dev Singh, Senior VP & Country Manager, IDC India which was followed by a talk from Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Eminent Economist & Journalist on Macro-economic Scenario and Roadmap of Success for SMEs. Before the tea break Manu Vinod, Product Manager of HP India and Patrick Mathias, Vice President - Mid Market & SMB, Cisco spoke on HP’s offering on storage virtulization and using IT in a recession for competitive advantage. This was followed by a short tele-film named “Ek nayi Bhasha” that was produced by DARE for Cisco.
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| Kapil Dev Singh Sr. VP & Country Manager, IDC India |
Paul P Maria Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Consulting,IBM India |
Parishesh Mishra Senior Manager, IDC India |
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| Sanjay Sharma Senior Director, Deloitte |
Ashit Shah, Business Manager- Mid market Solutions, IBM India | Siva Hota, Global Financing Country Executive,IBM India |
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| Patrick Mathias Vice President - Mid Market & SMB, Cisco |
Manu Vinod Product Manager. HP India |
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Eminent Economist & Journalist |
Post tea break, the audience were divided into two groups for Track A and B on a predefined criteria. Track A was addressed by Paul P Maria, Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Consulting, IBM India, Sanjay Sharma, Senior Director, Deloitte and Siva Hota, Global Financing Country Executive, IBM India on topics ranging from procurement to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to IBM’s zero percent financing for SMEs. Track-B witnessed talks on technology adoption, rewriting the rule of IT and reduce complexity from various eminent speakers. The event came to a close with a panel discussion in which the audience suggested that the presentations from various speakers need to be more fine tuned for SMEs only.
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