SWAVALAMBAN e-SUMMIT (16 Aug 2020)
This Independence Day, let's empower the journey of self-reliance
for thousands of reverse migrants, unemployed
and under-employed reeling under COVID-19 crisis.
Swavalamban e-Summit is our bold attempt to foster dialogue, deliberations, discourses and deep-dive sessions with a singular goal of transforming micro-enterprise aspirants into empowered entrepreneurs. The SUMMIT shall bring together 12000+ well-equipped new-enterprise aspirants, 10000+ NGOs (working in the space of livelihood development and promotion), 200+ SAARTHIs (who have enabled these aspirants with business planning), Managing Directors of select large banks, 50+ senior bankers, CSR leaders and other dignitaries with interest and history in livelihoods and entrepreneurship promotion.
The central theme of the summit is to explore convergence and bring together varied stakeholders to encourage action-oriented dialogue for boosting self-employment and rapid nano/micro-entrepreneurship in tier-2/3/4/rural parts of India.
We aim to enable at least 2000 micro-enterprises aspirants for credit linkages in the month of August and needless to say, would need enormous convergence to ensure that these enterprises start and grow.
ENTERPRISE ASPIRANTS
Handpicked from different parts of India on the basis of their application, zeal to start-up and potential to succeed.
GRASSROOTS NGOs
Working relentlessly towards creation and augmentation of livelihood opportunities in different parts of India
BANKERS
Heads and Senior Officials of MSME Lending, Rural Finance, Priority Sector Banking from various large banks
SAARTHIs
Qualified volunteer facilitators from business, finance, economics, engineering backgrounds, equipping aspirants with business planning
SCHEDULE - SWAVALAMBAN e-SUMMIT
16th August 2020
9:30-9:45 AM: Opening remarks on Swavalamban e-Summit by LetsEndorse
9:45-10:00 AM: Opening Keynote by Shri Mohammad Mustafa (IAS), Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India)
10:00-10:45 AM: Keynote speech by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon. Union Cabinet Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
10:45-11:45 AM: Keynote Panel discussion on “Priority sector lending during/post COVID”
Panelists: General Managers - Priority Lending/SME Credit/rural finance, SLBC Convenors of Banks
○ Shri Arun Sharma (General Manager, SME Lending), Punjab National Bank
○ Shri Shriram P. Iyer (General Manager, NW-IV), State Bank of India
○ Dr. R.K.Singh (General Manager, P&D Vertical), SIDBI
○ Shri Srinivas Bonam (Executive Vice President and Head Inclusive Banking Group), IndusInd Bank
11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Overview of Mission Swavalamban (Mass nano/micro-entrepreneurship movement)
by Smt. Monika Shukla (Co-Founder, LetsEndorse Development)
12:00-1:00 PM: Keynote Panel discussion on “CSR for building livelihoods through mass-entrepreneurship”
Panelists:
○ Shri Saurabh Singh (CEO, ICICI Foundation)
○ Shri Jacob Ninan (CEO, Axis Bank Foundation)
○ Shri Ashwini Saxena (CEO, JSW Foundation)
○ Shri Suman S (Rural Livelihoods, Dr.Reddy's Foundation)
2:00-3:00 PM: Keynote Panel discussion on “State’s response to re-building COVID affected livelihoods through micro-entrepreneurship”
Panelists: Senior Bureaucrats and Heads of the Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and State Livelihoods Mission
○ Shri Balamurugan D (2005, IAS), CEO cum State Mission Director, Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society
○ Smt R. Vimala (2009, IAS), CEO and Head of Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission
○ Shri Kunal Silku (2011, IAS), Mission Director, Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission
○ Shri Sandeep Kumar Sultania (1992, IAS), CEO, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, Department of Rural Development, Government of Telangana
3:00-4:00 PM: Closing keynote panel by Directors/Managing Directors of leading banks
(Moderator: Shri Abhishek Sinha, Co-Founder & CEO, Eko India Financial Services)
○ Shri Samaresh Parida (Independent Director), IDBI Bank
○ Shri Dipak Gupta (Joint Managing Director), Kotak Mahindra Bank
○ Shri V Satya Venkata Rao (Deputy Managing Director), SIDBI
4:00-6:30 PM: Parallel Break-out diagnostic panels of bankers (CLOSED EVENT FOR ENTERPRISE-ASPIRANTS AND BANKERS)
Format: Virtual pitches by selected enterprises followed by a Q&As by nominated bankers (for aspirants to learn the process of credit enablement)
AFTER SWAVALAMBAN e-SUMMIT
Working hand-in-hand with the enterprise-ready aspirants to apply under befitting schemes with banks, thereby ensuring their application submissions by 31st August and enterprise set-up by September 2020.
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The dialogues and deliberations during the SUMMIT shall add value to-
(i) Corporations looking to intervene and make a positive impact by livelihood generation
In association with SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India), LetsEndorse has been driving MISSION SWAVALAMBAN in 108 districts (in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Telangana) to create and handhold at least 10,000 MSMEs in the first run of the mission. As part of this, through a unique technology-and-touch model, young enterprise aspirants (reverse-migrants/ unemployed/ under-employed) are nurtured with locally-relevant business models, enterprise planning, credit linkages and handholding through a local area (and corporate employee volunteers led) mentor-network.