NSIC participates in MSME India Business Convention held on 15th October, 2022 organised by M/s. Industry Live in association with MSME Chamber of Commerce & Industry, NI- MSME. On this ocassion Shri Manoj Lal,Chief General Manager, NSIC participates in their panel discussion and disseminated the benefits of NSIC schemes to the MSMEs participating from all over India.The other speakers /panelist included Dr. Ajai Chowdhary, Founder Chairman, HCL, Dr.Ganesh Natrajan, Executive Chairman,Honeywell Industries, Ms.Anna Roy, Senior Advisor, NITI Ayog, Shri V.Ramagopal Rao, Former Director, IIT, Shri S.Srinivasan, Vice President, NASSCOM (https://msme.industrylive.in/speakers)

Shri Gaurang Dixit, CMD,NSIC interacted with the Team of LG Electronics India (Pvt) Ltd. on 07/10/2022 involved in Creating Centre of Excellence at NSIC -Technical Services Centre (Okhla),New Delhi. He motivated them to connect LG Electronics vendors/MSMEs with NSIC schemes specifically B2B as also discussed their future plans for expansion of capacity building of youths through Technical Centers & connecting LG with other NSIC schemes. Also present on this occasion were Mr. Hemendu Sinha, Sr. Vice President, LG Electronics, Mr Cheng, Director, LG Electronics, Mr Atul Vijayavargiya GM, LG Electronics.

Ms. Mercy Epao, JS(SME) presided a One day workshop on Entrepreneurship Culture development at Chumukidima, Dimapur, Nagaland facilitated by NSIC (North East ) on 07th October 2022. Also present on this occasion were Sh. Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Govt of Nagaland along with Sh. K. Kevichusa, Commissioner & Secretary, Commerce and Industries, Govt of Nagaland. The program was an icebreaker for any Entrepreneurs about the NSIC Schemes and MoMSME schemes. Shri Vijay Prakash, Zonal Head (North East) highlighted the benefits of NSIC Schemes.

In order to prevent cyber-crimes and to generate sustained awareness on Cyber Hygiene, a session on Cyber Security and Awareness was conducted by NSIC IT section to observe Cyber Jaagrookta (Awareness) Diwas on 06 Oct 2022. Shri Gaurang Dixit, CMD, NSIC inaugurated the program and advised the employees to be vigilant and educate themselves in order to escape from any cybercrimes. Shri Vidya Sagar Singh, GM-SG (Training) and Shri Sandeep Mohan, GM (IT) also emphasized on the importance of awareness on Cyber Security and shared their insights about the program. The session was led by Shri Mukesh Choudhary who is founder of CyberVeer Foundation, a not-for-profit organization working on a mission to sensitize Indian citizens against cybercrimes. Also present on this occasion were Shri Naveen Chopra, CGM (SG), NSIC, Shri Vaibhav Pathak, Manager(Training), NSIC and Ms. Hina Sharma, AM (Training), NSIC. The session was conducted on Hybrid (Online and Offline) mode for all the employees PAN India.

NSIC has signed MoU with UP Industrial Consultants Ltd. (UPICON) on 11th October, 2022 at NSIC Head Office, New Delhi. The objective of this MoU is to establish an initiative to support and promote the MSME sector through their existing schemes & hand holding including providing them direct Market Exposure and block chain certifications. The MoU was signed by Sh. Gaurang Dixit, CMD, NSIC and Sh. Pravin Singh, Managing Director, UPICON in the presence of Sh. Navin Chopra, CGM-SG, Sh. Rajesh Kumar, GM, Sh. Binod Kumar, CM and Sh. Amit Tripathi, Executive Director, UPICON, Shri Binod Kumar, CM(Tech), NSIC.

श्री गौरांग दीक्षित, अध्यक्ष एवं प्रबंध निदेशक ने सेवा पखवाड़ा 2.0 के दौरान फ़रीदाबाद स्थित निगम के तकनीकी सेवा केंद्र - नीमका में दिनांक 30-09-2022 को वृक्षारोपण किया । श्री राजेश कुमार , महाप्रबंधक (टेक) एवं श्री उमेश दीक्षित , महाप्रबंधक ( केंद्र प्रमुख- नीमका) ने भी वृक्ष लगाकर इस कार्यक्रम में भाग लिया। अध्यक्ष महोदय ने केंद्र द्वारा संचालित तीन वर्षीय डिप्लोमा के प्रशिक्षुओं के साथ साथ अन्य अल्पकालीन प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रमों के अंतर्गत प्रशिक्षुओं से वार्तालाप करते हुए सभी प्रशिक्षुओं से अपने प्रशिक्षण की अवधि में केंद्र में उपलब्ध सभी संसाधनों का भरपूर लाभ उठाने का आवाह्न किया।

NSIC (Jamshedpur) in association with Jamshedpur Prerna Women Association on 2nd October 2022 organized a Marketing Campaign about the benefits of NSIC /Ministry of MSME schemes coinciding with Seva Pakhwada Special Campaign 2.0. Shri Bijay Kumar Sharma, Senior Branch Manager & Shri MD Zeeshan, EA actively participated in this campaign and enlisted 11 Women Entrepreneurs.

NSIC conducted a one day Training Program on Enhancing the Procurement through GeM Portal (offline mode) on 30th September 2022 (Friday) at NSIC Business Park New Delhi. Shri Gaurang Dixit, CMD, NSIC inaugurated the program and encouraged officers to maximize the procurement of goods and services through Government-e-Marketplace (GeM) in NSIC. Shri Vidya Sagar Singh, GM-SG (Training) and Ms. Nitika Anand, DGM (C&P) also emphasized on the importance of GeM training and shared their insights about the program. The program was conducted by Ms. Geetu Bansal, an expert from the central training team of GeM, wherein she shared her valuable knowledge on the subject. The program was designed to sensitise the participants on mode of purchases available on GeM with detailed procedure through demonstration on each mode till the award of order and delivery, Procedures of post awarding the orders till the completion of contract through demonstration and incident Management Policy. Shri Vaibhav Pathak,Manager (Training) NSIC and Ms. Hina Sharma ,AM (Trg), NSIC contributed immensely in shaping this program. 27 employees from Northern Region offices participated in the program.

NSIC ( Indore ) organized an Awareness Campaign on the benefit of NSIC Schemes for Women Entrepreneurs on 14/09/2022 at Ujjian In association with Swastik Handicraft Women Welfare Association Samiti. More than 60 women entrepreneurs participated in the event. Sh. Vinod Vyas, Dy. General Manager highlighted the benefits of NSIC schemes and inspired the Women Entrepreneurs to come forward and set up their own enterprises. During the event a feedback form was circulated and 25 participants showed interest about MSME Global Mart portal.

NSIC (Jamshedpur) organized a Tree Plantation program on 27/09/2022 at the campus of NSIC (Jamshedpur).Shri Bijay Kumar Sharma, Senior Branch Manager, NSIC ( Jamshedpur) alongwith all staff & officers participated enthusiastically. Speaking on the occasion, he stated that research has shown that average 3000 sheets of paper cost us a Tree so each one of us must save paper and consider protecting the environmental our responsibility before opting for printing on paper.

NSIC (offices) across the country are observing "Seva Pakhwada" during the period 17th Sept 2022 to 02nd Oct 2022 and actively participating in the Sapling plantation and cleanliness drive in their respective offices. On 26th Sept 2022, Shri Gaurang Dixit, CMD,NSIC planted a sapling at the NSIC Exhibition Ground and encouraged each employee to keep their surroundings clean and stated that we need to plant more trees for increasing the oxygen level and evolving a Healthy planet.