Speaker Profile: Mr. Aakash Jain

Director, CARE Ratings Limited

Mr. Aakash Jain is the Director with CARE Ratings Limited. His domain is Corporate Ratings, SME Ratings and Grading. As the Head of CARE’s business development in Rest Of Maharashtra & Goa, he is responsible for providing tactical impetus to CARE’s business. He was earlier heading South India business(SME & Corporate Ratings) for CARE Ratings. He also looks after strategic tie-ups & initiative of CARE Ratings.

Born on June 21st, he is from Commerce background & has done Diploma in Cyber Laws & is certified Cyber Crime Investigator. He has also done certification from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Having joined CARE in the year 2013, he has overall experience of more than 10 years in Banking, Insurance & Rating industry.

He has done various Knowledge Sharing Forums & training programs for bankers, MSMEs & Corporates. He has been Speaker at various platforms organized by banks, financial institutions, education institutes, MSMEs etc. He has closely worked with MSME-Di & other MSME promoting government & private agencies on MSMEs upliftment etc.

Having keen interest in academics, he conducts regular guest lectures / training programs in various institutes and other platform in India for the benefit of students, MSMEs, banks etc.

Speaker Profile: Dr. H.P. 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. Yashesh Ashar

Partner, Bhuta Shah & Co. LLP

Yashesh is a Partner at Bhuta Shah & Co. since March 2021 and an integral part of the Tax and regulatory team. Yashesh has over 13 years of tax and regulatory experience as well as in M&A, group restructuring, inbound and outbound investment structuring, transaction structuring, due diligence, fund and structuring, tax modelling and negotiations, wealth and estate planning. Prior to this, he was a part of various Big 4 firms PwC and EY. Yashesh has authored / co-authored various articles on tax, regulatory and transaction aspects. Yashesh is a TiE Charter Member and also, strategic advisor with MSME Business Forum.