Speaker Profile: Dr. H.P. Kumar

Former CMD, NSIC & Director, External Affairs, Power2SME

Dr. H.P. Kumar is Director External Affairs at Power2SME and he is spearheading the organization’s objective of building alliance network in the industry. Dr. Kumar will design innovative programmes and framework to enhance Power2SME’s value proposition for SMEs, Suppliers and financial institutions. With rich experience in leading successful and profitable campaigns to benefit SMEs, Dr. Kumar comes with deep knowledge of SME market. Dr. Kumar has extensive experience in dealing with promotion, development and financing of MSMEs, exports and other small & large projects. Prior to joining Power2SME. He was the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NSIC (National Small Industries Corporation), a govt. of India enterprise engaged in development and financing of SMEs in India. Under his leadership, NSIC was able to achieve a turnover of 17400 crores and became a dividend paying entity with an excellent MOU rating continuously for 7 years, a spectacular shift, from a loss making CPSU prior to his successful tenure. Before NSIC, he was working with the Union Bank of India and Government of Botswana. He has tremendous experience in dealing with a large number of countries, for promoting international trade relations, cross seas investments, transfer of technologies and handling joint ventures etc. Dr. H. P. Kumar is a qualified Banker from the Indian Institute of Bankers, a professional cost and management accountant (CMA) and holds Ph.D in Rural Industrialisation.

Speaker Profile: Mr. Pradeep Sharma

Asst. General Manager, Consultancy Services Cell, State Bank of India

A seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience in SME/Industrial Finance, TEV studies, Credit Training Prog for Bankers, etc. Author of Entrepreneur Gita, a step by step guide to establish & manage your MSME Enterprise.

Mr. Sharma has conducted more than 1,000 TEV studies of units belonging to different Industries and more than 50 Industry Studies. He has an extensive experience of more then 10,000 hours lecturers at Credit & Entrepreneurship programs.

At SME Facilitation Centre, he has counselled and guided more than 1,200 Entrepreneurs in various area of Project Management and conducted 30 short duration EDPs and FDPs at various Universities, Management and Engineering colleges covering more than 2200 students.