Welcome Address

 Mr. Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions

Release of Milagrow World SME Conference Souvenir

 Shri Virbhadra Singh, Honorable Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, GOI
Mr. Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India
Dr. Ashok Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity University
Mr. Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions

Growing a Family Business : “I did it, My way”

The session will explore the lifetime journey of an entrepreneur, right from critical issues like starting a family business, growing it and then managing transition. Issues like succession planning, managing change, building trust, communication flow, conflict resolution will be discussed. It will also focus on the various models for transition and empowering the successors for future leadership. What are the Strategies needed to manage multiple business and extended family, together across generations.

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Chairman, Amity Group

Keynote Address
Initiatives of the Ministry of MSME in 2010-11
Mr. Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India

Chief Guest Address
“The vision of the Ministry of MSME and the challenges in the near term”
Shri Virbhadra Singh, Honorable Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, GOI

Networking and Tea Break

Second Generation Entrepreneurs and Technology

Sustained growth requires a technology infrastructure that can manage increasing data complexity while maintaining operational excellence and efficiency. SMEs who want to become globally competitive need solutions which provide end-to-end transparency and allow them to turn insight into meaningful action. Having real-time visibility into every operational area of business and being able to respond instantaneously is crucial to identify and capture business opportunities. In this ever changing business scenario there is a growing need for an extensive range of IT solutions. During this session the speaker will discuss how Second Generation Entrepreneurs can leverage Low Cost and SaaS Computing Solutions.

Mr. K Shyaam Sunder, Chief Knowledge Officer & HCM Practice Head, Ramco

Ownership Succession, Financial Strategies & Sources of Capital for Transformation of Family Business

The Session will examine how a company can successfully transfer its leadership and ownership resources from one generation to the next. It will detail the need to plan the succession in a manner, which will not interfere with the day-to-day running of business.. It will also have discussions on how to formulate sustainable financial strategies for the family business transformation thereby laying foundation for multigenerational success.

Mr. Parimal Merchant, Chairperson , FMB, SPJIMR

Growth and success stories of SMEs in Middle East and South East Asia

 The session will highlight the benefits that UAE offers for Family Owned and Small businesses, it will also showcases some success stories from the region.

Mr. Bisson Surnam, Country Head- India, RAK FREE TRADE ZONE AUTHORITY

Networking and Tea Break

 The Challenges of the 2nd Generation Entrepreneurs

The session will delve deeper into the strategies adopted by the second generation to take their family business to new horizons. The challenges faced by them during the transition phase, how they managed the change in the organization by aligning everyone to their vision for the business, how they build a high performing teams, their advice for the growing family businesses.

Mr. Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions

Role of Women in Family Business

Indian women entrepreneurs are changing the face of companies, each literally and figuratively. The dynamic growth and growth of women-owned corporations is one of the defining trends in the past decade, and all indications are that it’s going to keep on unabated. Therefore, this session will examine the role a women entrepreneur can play in managing and running a family owned business.

Dr. Rajnee Agarwal, President, Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs

Valedictory Address
Corporate Governance : Roadmap to Corporate Excellence

The cornerstone of this session would be Corporate Governance. The session will explore how governance tools can be used for multigenerational success and thereby creating a later legacy. The emphasis would also be laid down on why we need Strong Corporate Governance Environment for family owned business.

Mr. Yatish K Rajawat, Group Managing Editor -Dainik bhaskar group, Editor in Chief Business Bhaskar