Financial Awareness Conclave - May 2023
Financial Awareness Conclave
MSME Finance: The Facilitators
Friday, 26 May, 2023, Williamson Magor Hall, Bengal Chamber, Kolkata
MSMEs often find it hard to expand their business
and opportunities due to limited connections,
limited resources, lack of affordable working
capital and tools to improve operation for want of
information which is reliable, affordable and easily
available at the time of need. In this background,
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry
organised "Financial Awareness Conclave: MSME
Finance - The Facilitators" on Friday 26 May, 2023
at Bengal Chamber premises.
The Conclave on one hand enhanced the financial
awareness of MSME, entrepreneurs, startups and on
the other hand introduced all to the nuances of
managing finance. The Conclave brought together
Banks, Fintechs, Insurance companies and Capital
Market to handhold the MSME. The Conclave also
focused on the procedures in which these various
services and also the various MSME schemes of the
Central and State governments could be availed to
solve capital problem.
The Opening Session was addressed by Mr. Suresh
Kozhikote, Managing Director & Chief Executive
Officer, SBICAP Ventures Limited, Mr. G. Ram Mohan
Rao, CGM & Regional Director, SEBI and Mr. Prakash
Sankaran, MD & CEO, Invoicemart.
The other eminent speakers were Mr. Ajit Terdalkar,
Head-Sales, Biz2Credit, Ms. Anuradha Manna,
Secretary (Pension & Group Schemes Mktg.), Eastern
Zone, LIC of India, Ms. Arti Bhushan Mulik, Head,
Underwriting & Product Development, Universal Sompo
General Insurance Co. Ltd., Mr. Bharat Jindal, Zonal
Credit Manager, Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited,
Mr. Bijay Kumar Patel, AVP-East, MCX India, Mr.
Jitendra Singh, Vice President, ICICI Lombard
General Insurance Co. Ltd., Mr. Mithilesh Kr Jha,
Regional Head-East, Business Development,
Invoicemart, Mr. Prasenjit Chowdhury, Deputy General
Manager, Eastern Zonal Office, SIDBI, Mr. Sitanshu
Shekhar Mohanty, Deputy General Manager and Circle
Credit Officer, State Bank of India, Mr. Subir
Talukdar, Deputy General Manager, The New India
Assurance Co. Ltd.
Mr. G. Ram Mohan Rao, CGM & Regional Director, SEBI delivering the Opening Note at the Opening Session of the 'Financial Awareness Conclave'.
Mr. Suresh Kozhikote, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, SBICAP Ventures Limited addressing the Opening Session.
The eminent speakers deliberating on the Theme, 'MSME Finance: The Facilitators' at the Opening Session.
Mr. Sitanshu Shekhar Mohanty, Deputy General Manager and Circle Credit Officer, State Bank of India in a fireside Chat with Mr. Arnab Chakraborty, Director, BCC&I.
Session on 'Risk Management & Opportunities in Commodity Derivatives through MCX' with Mr. Bijay Kumar Patel, AVP-East, MCX India.
