Online Panel discussion on Business Enablers for Tomorrow - Surviving Covid-19, 2nd May 2020,
Context: Given that economic activity had halted, during lockdown, with production units being shut and supply chain & logistics disrupted over a long period, the losses incurred were immense. In this backdrop, the webinar was conducted in the first week of May, to provide suitable and valuable insights on resuming business operations and re-establishing disrupted linkages of production and supply and also to help design adaptive initial strategies for industries/business houses to manage their risks and enable firms to sustain.
Discussion Topics:
▪ Receivables Management, inventory control and procurement & sales strategy
▪ Liquidity, cash-flows and working capital management
▪ Banking for low income segment . Post COVID 19
▪ Scenario planning and assessing sources of funding
▪ Understanding implications of contracts, M&A transactions, insolvency and corporate governance and disclosure law
▪ Legal considerations to mitigate business continuity risks and dispute resolutions among counterparties
Session Moderator: Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Senior Partner, Intueri Consulting LLP and Former President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Panelists:
▪ Mr. R Baskar Babu, Managing Director and CEO, Suryoday Small Finance Bank
▪ Mr. Dip Narayan Mittra, Senior Partner, Victor Moses & Company and Chairperson, Legal Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry