Event Schedule

Time	Activity
9:00 - 9:30 AM	Registration
9:30 - 10:00 AM	Inauguration & Welcome Address Prof. M.Akbar, Strategic Management Group,Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
10:00 - 10:20 AM	Setting the Theme – Mr. Anil Gupta, President, IIA
10:20 - 10:50 AM	“Fuelling National Development through SME” Mr. Pravir Kumar, Joint Secretary MSME
10:50 – 11:35 AM	“Changing business environment and SME” – Prof. Sukumar Nandi*, Dean Academic Affairs, IIM Lucknow
11:35 - 11:45 PM	Networking Tea Break
11:45 - 2:30 PM	“Effect of India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement(FTA) on SME” By Prof. K G Sahadevan , IIM Lucknow
12:30 - 1:15 PM	FTA in the era of WTO by Biswajit Nag, IIFT Delhi campus
1:15 - 1:45 PM	“New banking product and financial solution offered by banks to reduce cost of financing for SMEs” by Mr. B.V. Chaubal, CGM, SBI, Lucknow
1:45 - 2:45 PM	Lunch
2:45 - 3:15 PM	Session on SME Finance Mr. S.Gunasegaran, CGM, SIDBI
3:15 - 4:15 PM	Panel on “Alternate investment for SME” Mr. Paul Joseph(MCX-SX) Mr.Ajay Kapoor(SIDBI) Mr. Shailesh Vikram Singh(2i Capital)
4:15 - 4:30 PM	Networking Tea Break
4:30 - 5:15 PM	Session on Financial Management for SME Prof. Vinay Kumar Apparaju
5:15 - 5:30 pm	The Road ahead and thank you note By Prof Abhishek Nirjar, IIM Lucknow

*Tentative list of speakers list.