The inaugural edition of the ‘SMEpost.com – WASME Super SME Awards 2016’ will be held on July 09, at the PHD House, New Delhi. These awards have been constituted to celebrate the Success Stories of Indian SME Sector who have scored big through innovative thinking, operational efficiency, futuristic strategies, smart marketing, business growth, contribution to employment generation and exports besides setting new benchmarks in product & service innovation. Shri Kalraj Mishra, Honorable Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has been invited as the Chief Guest of the event.
Speaking about the awards on behalf of SMEpost.com, Raktim Das said, “The significance of MSMEs to India’s economic growth and prosperity is well established. They provide the critical depth to the manufacturing and service sectors, foster entrepreneurship and generate substantial employment. The objective of #SuperSMEawards is not only to Celebrate SME Success Stories but also to leverage the power of the digital media to give the sector its due voice. A proprietary model which is quantitative as well qualitative in nature by featuring key aspects that would determine the performance of an SME was developed by SMEpost.com for screening nominations for the Super SME Awards. The final set of 20 Super SMEs was chosen from among the shortlisted entries by the eminent jury based on a combination of the quantitative scores and qualitative information and discussion around it.”
The Jury meeting was held on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at WASME office in Noida. It was a high powered panel comprising of Editors and media professionals who have been associated with leading media brands. It also comprised of former and current senior bureaucrats associated with Union & State Governments in various capacities apart from professionals from the Industry and from civil society organizations.
“The future of Indian business and economy will be driven to a great extent by the SME sector. This award will help motivate SMEs to deliver their best, imbibe better business practices and contribute to the overall growth of the country”, added Sharad Gupta, Editor, SMEpost.com
Talking about the initiative Gyan Prakash Agarwal, Secretary General, WASME said “SME Award is a tradition of WASME to recognize the performers of world’s most thriving sector, i.e. SME Sector. WASME is an international NGO that works closely with MSME experts across the world. Over 35 years, we have emerged as one of the most representative, effective and leading organization promoting SMEs worldwide. We also enjoy Consultative / Observer status with many UN agencies like UNCTAD, ITC, WIPO, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNESCAP and ILO, several intergovernmental and international organizations”.
Sampa Banerjee, Executive Director, WASME said “Consistent with its tradition of promoting and stimulating the SMEs globally, WASME has been organising SME Awards. Super SME Award 2016 is aimed to recognize successful entrepreneurs for outstanding achievements. This year WASME is organising SME Awards with SMEpost.com, which is a SME sector focused digital media platform brand to give voice to SME sector and provide regular updates. Super SME Award 2016 leverage the power of digital media. This is one of its first kind, where entire campaigning has been done digitally. We are convinced this Award will open many new avenues of promoting SMEs and will continue to reach out to even larger SMEs nationally and internationally in future as well.”
