National Leadership Awards Ceremonies | Saturday 15th Aug 2020

COVID-19 has brought innovation to our awards! We’ve changed our judging and awarding process to create an exciting programme because all our judges and participants are totally inspiring. and we all want to celebrate together.

National Leadership Awards was instituted to recognise Corporates, Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Individuals for their outstanding contributions/ achievements in select areas and to promote corporate and individual initiatives in economic, social and educational areas.

The entries received was throughly scrutinised by an independent Jury comprising of eminent persons and experts who make the final selection for the Award.

On 15th Aug’2020 07.00 PM : National Leadership Awards was celebrated with the august presence of guests, participants and council members. National President Ms. Anju Bajaj lighted the lamp to inaugurate the program. She briefed about the awards celebration and it’s importance. Followed by Ms. Nabomita Mazumdar, National Chairperson elaborated various completed and ongoing projects, events of the confederation and congratulated the entire council members for their efforts and execution excellence.

Shri Amit Singal, Vice Chairperson emphasised and congratulated the awardees on the celebration. Ms. Praveena Thota briefed on the importance and successful execution of the Mega Entrepreneurship Development Program in the recent past. The program was graced by Mr. Biju R B., National Convenor; Mr. Venkatesh Iyenger, National Coordinator; Ms. Nandita Pandey, Chief Strategist and Mr. Mukesh Jagwani, National Joint Secretary of CIMSME.

Shri. Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog; Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, MHRD, Government of India; Shri Ashwani Kumar, Chairman (NR), Federation of Indian Export Organisations; Mr. Debashis Sen, Chairman, NDITA, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal were awarded under Public Service Excellence Awards.

Other awardees are as stated below

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS AWARD : Ms. Tasneem Fatima, National Wheelchair Basketball Player, President, DSWBA
BEST ENTREPRENEURIAL EMPOWERMENT AWARD : Dr. Swarkar Sharma, CEO, SMVDU TBIC
BEST SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD : Dr. Abha Rishi, CEO, AIC-BIMTECH
BEST ENTREPRENEURIAL EMPOWERMENT AWARD : Mr. Gurvinder Singh, Founder, Chal Genius
BEST COMMUNITY INNOVATION AWARD : Ms. Rajashri Rajashekhar, President, WEE, CIMSME (MH)
BEST COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP : Mr. Susheel Kumar Valappil, Chairperson, CIMSME (KL)
BEST COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD : Mr. Job Thomas T., President, MSME, CIMSME (TS)
BEST COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD : Ms. Swapna More, Chairperson, CIMSME (MH)
BEST COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD : Ms. Nikita Bose, National Associate Secretary, CIMSME
BEST COMMUNITY INNOVATION AWARD : Ms. Anuradha Sridharan, President, SIC, CIMSME (TN)
BEST COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD : Dr. Kshetrimayum Vedmani Devi, Chairperson, CIMSME (NER)

About CIMSME: Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and Centre of Excellence for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CEIIE) is unit of International Council of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering registered entity in India and a registered corporation in Delaware USA. Confederation is a national business network of 9,361+ leading entrepreneurs. Founded in recent past by a group of young entrepreneurs, Confederation enables business owners to learn from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life.

CIMSME: 120 Days of lockdown

Conducted various knowledge sessions
Impacted 7000+ unique entrepreneurs last 120 days of lockdown
Reinforced district, state and national council
Conducted EDP with 2012 Participants
Strong presents across 20+ states in India
11+ countries international trade collaboration
Celebrated global leadership dialogue – 4 countries (sri lanka, netherlands, scotland, trinidad & tobago
Signed up 6 agreements for centre of excellence for innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship
Constituted global virtual industry cluster framework – national initiative for social, technological and trades holistic advancement (nisttha)
Nisttha operating in kerala, tamil nadu and karnataka
Launched smeglocal.com, nisttha.cimsme.in
Have active 9376+ active members