Mumbai: Zee Group’s digital media publishing arm, Zee Media Digital, announced the second edition of the MSME National Summit & Awards 2022. The event is scheduled for 27 August 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

After witnessing the enormous success of the first edition of the MSME National Summit and Awards, the second edition aims to be bigger and better. The second edition aims to reinstate the importance of MSMEs for our economy and their role in defining the trajectory of the nation’s development, especially post Covid-19.

The event will be inaugurated by the minister of state for commerce & industry, government of India, Anupriya Patel, followed by panel discussions on "Smart Manufacturing and Working Capital Issues & Funding for SMEs" by various MSME industry leaders.

The event will also host leadership talks by IIM Lucknow Incubator director and professor of strategic management Dr. Anadi Saran Pande; and UNCTAD, Empretec India Foundation national director Arnab Chakrabortty.

Some of the dignitaries who will be gracing the event are IamSMEofIndia chairman Rajive Chawla; MCCIA director general Prashant Girbane; Paragon Apparels MD & Alcis Sports founder Roshan Baid; Dawar Group chairman Puran Dawar; M1Xchange CEO Sundeep Mohindru, among others.

Speaking of the event, CRO-digital Shridhar Mishra said, "The MSME sector was hard hit during the pandemic, yet the initiatives undertaken by the government gave them the much-needed thrust for revival. Today, the MSME sector has an instrumental contribution to the economy, and it is important to recognize the same. This summit is an attempt to recognize the same."

The event will be promoted across all social media, microsites, and content hubs. Special workshops will also be conducted as a part of the promotional event. The entire event is to be hosted on the Zee Business Facebook page.