TiE Delhi-NCR & TiE Chennai and powered by IndiaMART, bring to you a webinar on "SME 3.0 - Transforming for the future".

Through this webinar, we would discuss and debate the following topics -

Session 1 - New Age SMEs in the Post COVID World

The pandemic had a huge impact on SMEs in India and there have been massive forced changes in the way SMEs operate today. With the help of the session on ‘New Age SMEs in the Post Covid World’, we will try to address some key issues that SMEs face. And will suggest tips and tricks on how to adjust to the new normal scenario. 

The key points of the discussion will be-

• To help SMEs regain their confidence by educating them about the Know-How of technology and by suggesting tips on how to leverage the technology for their business models.
• To help SMEs maintain and acquire customers by suggesting tips to boost their sales by methods of up-sell and cross-sell. To help SMEs innovate and take risks of expanding their businesses, by educating them about the financing and technology enablers.

Session 2 - Inspiring Brand Stories: How the digital landscape for businesses changed post-COVID

The session on ‘Inspiring Brand Stories: Post Covid Digital Transformation’ will bring transformational stories of new-age SMEs for the audience. The stories will enable the audience to learn from experienced founders about their shift in business operations, during and post-Covid time. And the session will also throw light on what were the major challenges the SMEs faced in adopting the new normal and how that shift happened? 

The key points of the discussion will be-

• How Covid has changed the needs and asks of a business and how businesses should adopt technology to make the transformation smooth and fast.
• Why it’s important for SMEs to reinvent and innovate in stressful times and how changing the product mix category becomes essential for businesses to survive.
• How important it is for businesses to become agile and key points to learn from start-ups to become one.

Session 3 - Innovations on Financing for SMEs

The session on ‘Innovations on Financing for SMEs’ will bring insights from experienced investor firms regarding the financing of SMEs. The discussion will educate the audience about the different types of financing options available, the major challenges to avail those, and why there is a need to bring in innovative solutions to cater to the financing demands from different types of SMEs. 

The key points of the discussion will be-

• To understand the existing financing options available for SMEs and the unique offering provided by non-traditional financing institutes.
• To understand the challenges of SMEs while raising funds and the challenges of financing firms while financing SMEs.
• To understand the new and innovative models through which financing institutes are planning to enable financing for SMEs and why there is a need for it?

Final Agenda

• 10 am to 10:30 am – Keynote Address
  • Dinesh Gulati, COO, IndiaMART InterMESH
• 10:30 am - 11:15 am - New Age SMEs in the Post COVID World
  • Hemalatha Annamalai, Investor & Mentor, VilFresh - Laymen Agro
  • Navjot Kaur, Vice President, Fireside Ventures
  • Nazar Isak, Founder, Manna Food Products
  • Rahul Gupta, Times Internet - Chair
• 11:15 am – 12:00 pm - Inspiring Brand Stories: Post COVID Digital Transformation
  • Apeksha Jain, Co-founder, The Gourmet Jar
  • Kumar Vembu, Founder & CEO, GoFrugal Technologies
  • Vikas Chawla, Co-founder, Social Beat, DigiGrad, Influencer.in
  • Anjali Malhotra, Founder, C-Xcel - Chair
• 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm - Innovations on Financing for SMEs
  • Alok Mittal, Co-founder & CEO, Indifi Tech
  • Mayur Modi, Co-founder & Co-CEO, Moneyboxx Finance Ltd
  • Sivarajah Ramanathan, Founder & CEO, NATIVELEAD
  • Avishek Gupta, Investment Director & Head, Caspian Debt - Chair

Program Logistics -

Date: July 29th, 2021

Time:  10:00 am to 12:45 pm (IST) 

Link to register as an Attendee - https://hub.tie.org/e/sme-3-0

Register today and confirm your seat!