Power2SME presents a webinar on
EV Ecosystem – Opportunities & Way forward for MSMEs in India
Dr. HP Kumar
Former CMD - NSIC & Director, External Affairs - Power2SME Pvt Ltd
Mr. Ajay Sharma
Secretary General, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles
Mr Ajay Shankar, IAS
Distinguished Fellow - TERI and Former Secretary, DIPP, GOI
- Friday, May 26 2023
- 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm IST
- Zoom
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Speaker Profile: Dr. HP Kumar
Former CMD - NSIC & Director, External Affairs - Power2SME Pvt Ltd
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.
Speaker Profile: Mr. Ajay Sharma
Secretary General, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles
Mr. Ajay Sharma is currently the Secretary General of SMEV. His prior assignments included a prominent position of Assistant Secretary General at ASSOCHAM, India’s Apex Chamber for Commerce & Industry, from 2005 till 2021. He had a brief stint as the Senior Director with the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry in 2019. He has led & successfully handled sectors including Information Technology, Telecom, Defence, Auto, Skilling, Civil Aviation, Private Equity, Sports Infrastructure, Textiles, MSME, Cyber Security, Media & Entertainment Industry. He has also received acknowledgement from our Hon’ble Prime Minister, for the various professional initiatives undertaken in the Defence Sector. He had a stint with the Public Sector Company, Bharat Aluminium Co. Ltd. (BALCO), under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, from 1998 till 2001.
Speaker Profile: Mr Ajay Shankar, IAS
Distinguished Fellow - TERI and Former Secretary, DIPP, GOI
Ajay Shankar is a Distinguished Fellow at TERI.
He was a member of the Indian Administrative Service and retired as Secretary,
DIPP (Department of Industrial, Policy and Promotion) in the Government of India.
He worked in the Ministry of Power for many years and held the posts of Special
Secretary, Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary. He played a key role in
. Piloting the reform legislation, the Electricity Act 2003
. The major national programme ( The Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Program)
launched in 2005 to electrify 1,25,000 unelectrified villages and provide electricity
access to all..
In 2009-10 he was closely involved with the design of the National Solar Mission
which was then being launched..
He has been writing opinion pieces on the power sector. environment issues, and
on energy transition for the national