NTSC (Okhla) in association with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs jointly organised a skill upgradation Training Program for NCRB officers in System Analysis & Design to upgrade their skills and help them in designing software to exchange Information on Criminals and Suspicious elements operating in different Police Stations, Districts and State. The two week training program was successfully completed and certificates distributed by Shri O.P. Singh, Centre Head (Okhla) on 29th April, 2022. The NCRB officers appreciated NSIC schemes and role of NSIC Technical Services Centers in skill development of youth in the country. The program was conducted by Shri Rajiv Nath, Chief Manager, NSIC.

NSIC-Technical Services Centre, Rajpura, organized a Seminar in association with District Employment & Training Office, Patiala and Micro Small & Medium Industries Welfare Association, Focal Point, Rajpura on Skill Gap Analysis on 29th April 2022, from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at NSIC, Rajpura in which 20 MSME’s participated to discuss and share their manpower requirements and skill requirements for their industries. The program was coordinated by Shri Rajesh Jain, Centre Head, NTSC (Rajpura).

During his visit to NSIC (Rourkela )on 28th April 2022, Sh. Kalandi Charan Samal ,Independent Director ,Board of NSIC also visited NSIC -Livelihood Business Incubator (LBI) at Rourkela and applauded the efforts of NSIC in encouraging entrepreneurship in the country.

Shri P. Udayakumar, Director (Planning and Marketing), NSIC delivered the keynotes address at Anna University on Skilling for Employability on 23rd April, 2022. Speaking on this occasion, he informed that topics like Aviation, Drones, Logistics, Finance, Technology etc. will benefit NSIC Technical Centre to design new training modules for students. More than 5000 students attended the program through online and physically.

Shri P. Udayakumar, Director (P& M), NSIC reviewed functioning of the LBI and NSIC (Naini) on 16th April, 22. He advised LBI to reorient their Training and Incubation strategy in line with the local industry needs and identify the unwanted machines for shifting to other centers. The branch officials were advised to increase the high margin verticals. During this visit he also visited the industrial infrastructure and reviewed the issues.

Shri P. Udayakumar, Director (P& M) interacts with Steel and Aluminum customers in Jaipur on 9th April, 2022 to understand their issues and to plan the upliftment for the year 2022-23. He assured them to take up their feedback with Suppliers for a smooth supply. Mr DK Agarwal, SBM, VKI and Mr, DD Maheswari, SBM, NSIC (Jaipur) along with NSIC officers were present in the meeting.

Shri Gaurang Dixit, Director (Finance), NSIC reviewed the Performance of Zone West on 19th April, 2022 and urged the employees to start putting in their best efforts so that NSIC achieves all time high performance during 2022-23. Encouraging Green Environment a sapling was also planted by him at the NSIC (Navi Mumbai ) office.

During his recent visit to Mumbai on 18th April, 2022, Shri Gaurang Dixit, Director(Finance), NSIC interacted with MSMEs & Industrial Associations of the Mumbai Region and highlighted the various initiatives of NSIC including NSIC Venture Capital Fund ,Special offerings for Women Entrepreneurs etc. in the country and invited their Member MSMEs to come forward and avail the benefits of NSIC scheme for their growth. Also present on this occasion were Shri. Manoj Kumar Singh, ZGM (West), Shri. Kantharao Jinna, Branch Manager, NSIC and Shri. Mahendra Kumar Malviya, In-charge, SC-ST Hub, Maharashtra.

Shri S.H. Siddiqui, Branch Head, NSIC (Naraina) invited Mr. Vikas Kumar, DGM, NALCO to NSIC (Central Delhi office ) so as apprise the NALCO team about MSME needs of the Raw Material as also facilitate new Business for NSIC.

NSIC (North-East) Zone successfully implemented Decorative Candle making 15 days Training program recently. During the Valedictory Function held on 19th April 2022 at Gangtok, Sikkim. Sh. Sharma, IAS Secretary, Ministry of Industries & Commerce, Govt. of Sikkim along with Sh. Burman, Independent Director (NRL) appreciated the efforts of NSIC in encouraging youth towards self-employment opportunities.

Shri P.Udayakumar, Director(P&M), NSIC during his visit to Bhubaneshwar on 20th April, 2022 had a fruitful meeting with CMD, NALCO regarding supply of AL materials for the FY 2022-23 for NSIC Associates.

NSIC, along with its counterpart organization SEDA, South Africa organized “Virtual B2B Meetings” from 04th April 2022 to 13th April 2022 between MSMEs of India and those of South Africa under the action plan decided during 6th Tri-Nations Conference on SMEs as a part of India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Summit held virtually on September 2nd -3rd, 202. The virtual B2B meetings were organised amongst 17 Indian and 30 South African Enterprises where the enterprises from both sides explored the possibilities of import/export, joint venture/collaboration, and exchanging of technical know-how in sectors like Electricals & Electronics, Food processing, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Textiles & Chemicals. During the meetings, enterprises shared detailed presentations on their business profiles, discussed the cooperation possibilities and showed keen interest to partner with each other. The meetings were co-ordinated by Ms. Adiba Bari (Manager-International Cooperation), NSIC, Mr. Anupam Tiwari (Manager- International Cooperation), NSIC, Mr. Shashank Shekhar (Asst. Manager- International Cooperation), NSIC.