Report Launch
Annual Survey of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India
The Role of Digitalisation in Enterprise Development
Date: March 27, 2025, Venue: Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Agenda

09:45 – 10:00 AM : Registration / Tea, Coffee

10:00 – 11:15 AM : Inaugural Session

10:00 – 10:10 AM : Welcome Remarks: Deepak Mishra, Director & CE, ICRIER

10:10 – 10:25 AM : Special Address: Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Additional Secretary & Director General, DGFT, Department of Commerce

10:25 – 10:40 AM : Presentation of the report findings: Tanu M. Goyal, Senior Fellow, ICRIER

10:40 – 10:55 AM : Discussion of report findings: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Naurkri.com & Board Member, ICRIER

10:55 – 11:15 AM : Q & A

11:15 – 11:30 AM : Tea/Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 PM : Panel Discussion on “How MSMEs are leveraging digitalisation to overcome structural challenges”

Moderator: Puja Mehra, Senior Journalist & Senior Fellow (Consultant), ICRIER

Panelists:
● Aruna Sharma, Independent Member, Micro Finance Institutions Member, RBI Digitalisation Committee (2019)
● Ateesh Singh, Joint Secretary (JS-AFI), Ministry of MSME
● Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, FISME
● Janak Raj, Senior Fellow, CSEP
● Ram Singh, Director, Delhi School of Economics

12:30 – 01:00 PM : Open Discussion

01:00 PM : Vote of Thanks, followed by Lunch