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| 1. | Crisis Monitoring System for MSMEs: An Introduction |
| 2. | Announcement- Internship Programme in Sustainable Development (IPSD)- Call for Applications |
| 3. | Crisis will Deepen, but there are Hidden Opportunities for SMEs, says India Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Report 2008. Shocking revelations on India's SME Sector... |
| 4. | ISED Undertakes Longitudinal Assessment of MSME Sector |
| 5. | NATIONAL PROJECT ON MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS |
| 6. | TOWARDS NEW STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PATNERSHIPS |
| 7. | STATE OF THE SECTOR REPORT ON MSMEs GETTING READY |
| Crisis Monitoring System for MSMEs: An Introduction | |
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Crisis Monitoring System for MSMEs An Introduction Industrial sickness has traditionally been a key issue of debates relating to MSMEs. It often rocks the legislative bodies both at the Centre and in the states. A sensitive issue as it is, causatives are often poorly articulated, or not at all. But when a ?mega sickness?, or the probabilities of that is broadcasted, as it is today, arguments go helter-skelter. In fact, there is a sense of total helplessness, and everybody look up at one point: the Government. Certainly, recession, going by the classical text-bookish solutions, should be fought by the government, and the government alone: the ?effective demand? argument. That is what the Government and the Reserve Bank of Ofcourse, the key to recession management lie with the government itself. It should build up confidence among entrepreneurs and the other economic actors, not by telling lies, but through convincing steps. For this, recession has to be monitored through scientific steps. Monitoring recession is not exclusively a recession- time job for MSMEs. Monitoring business demography is central to a development policy for MSMEs. It is a difficult task. The mainstream media has brought to us stories on the onset of a big crisis in the MSME sector. The task before us is to feed the entrepreneurial community with facts that keep their morale in tact. This is yet to happen and, this is what we are looking for. We need to have a grip of, not only macro estimates, but field-level stories as well. View points need to see the light of the day under a single umbrella. Findings of research work need to go down to the comprehension of the entrepreneurs. That is what the Monitoring System seeks to do. Opinions, stories, anxieties, and concerns, whatever form they may be, need to be translated into consumable form. And that provides important raw material for the Monitoring System. Recession: Don?t get Panic! Recession is the time of panic; most of us contribute to creating panic than diffusing it. ?Don?t spend today, because, tomorrow, things may be worse?.? goes the advice. But for the small entrepreneur, it is the time of opportunities. To grab them, one should be constantly on the search for new ideas: meet people, and discuss problems, and get a spark from the opinions of other people. The spark may perhaps save you from the pangs of a grave crisis. And that?s why we should put the lamp on the post than under the bushel! And beyond this, Micro, Small and Medium enterprises have an exceptional role in The Investment We do have a serious effort to ensure value for your money. There is an affordable nominal fee that suits your pocket that ensures continuous flow of services throughout the year.
This excellent Economic Intelligence Service is the first attempt in
It provides the relevant data and information for the use of investors, planning and programme implementing agencies, and financial institutions. The Logistics A significant e-platform for all who are interested in MSMEs, CMS offers opportunities for understanding, analysis and interaction. It covers the following focal areas:
Corporates and financial institutions will find it useful in their corporate planning relating to MSMEs, promotional agencies to shape their support policies, and entrepreneurs to have an understanding of the shape of things emerging under recession. Co ordinators Conceived and designed by the |
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| Announcement- Internship Programme in Sustainable Development (IPSD)- Call for Applications | |
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ISED is an autonomous scientific institution having the capacity of a legal personality (TCLSCS Act-1955, Reg No. ER-300/88), with its base in
2.0. Objectives The objectives of the Programme are:
(1) to provide opportunities for gaining experience on the theory and practice of sustainable development, with special reference to enterprise development and corporate social responsibility. (2) to expose the Interns to the Programme and activities of the Institute
(3) to participate and assist in the regular activities of the Institute ,under its various Activity Centres
(4) to provide an exposure to
3.0. Content of the Programme A truly multi-disciplinary programme, the IPSD is meant to offer a platform for cross-fertilisation of varied knowledge, skills, and backgrounds, to the context of sustainable development. Hence, the Internship meant for, students, researchers and practitioners from varied backgrounds.
The Interns will be placed under different projects and activities of the Institute, based on their interests and competence, as also the Institute's programme and requirements. The activity spectrum includes, research, organization of seminars and events, business development services, publication etc.
4.0. Who can apply? Persons who have completed Graduation or Post-Graduation, or who intend to do their Summer Internship, and activists, and middle level researchers, can apply. Candidates from social sciences, social work, management, and engineering, are generally encouraged.
5.0. Duration Internships are of a duration of three months to one year. However, short term Internships also are considered on merit.
6.0. Output and Benefits The Interns are expected to work under the supervision of a Faculty Member. They should submit a detailed Internship Report on completion of their Internship period. This report will be reviewed for issue of Internship Certificate. The benefits to the Interns, as offered by the Programme are the following:
(1) Opportunities of placement/ training as part of particular courses (eg. MSW, MBA Programme, Courses in Business Economics etc.)
(2) Career guidance
(3) Development of soft skills and hard skills.
(4) Exposure to research and Programme environment (The contents of the Internship Report, with written permission from the Institute, can be used for the partial requirements of another course, eg. M. Phil/Ph.D).
(5) Exposure, of an international scale, with the private sector, government, voluntary sector ,and academia.
7.0. Broad Programme Content: The candidates have to work in any of the broad Activity areas:
(1) Field Research/Preparation of Case studies. (2) Desk research (3) Publishing and Content development (4) Production of documentaries (5) Market Research
8.0. How to Apply? Correspondence in this connection are invited both from individuals and from their respective institutions. Applications are invited four times in an year, viz, January- March, April-June, July-September and October-December. Internships are generally unpaid. All costs have to be borne by the Interns themselves. Other conditions, from time to time, apply.
Application should be made in the prescribed format available from the following address: Internship Programme, ISED House, Ph: 0484 2808171/ 2808727 Fax: 0484 2809884 Email: ised@md2.vsnl.net.in, info@isedonline.org
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| Crisis will Deepen, but there are Hidden Opportunities for SMEs, says India Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Report 2008. Shocking revelations on India's SME Sector... | |
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The India Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Report 2008 has come out with some shocking revelations on the state of |
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ISED Undertakes Longitudinal Assessment of MSME Sector
Micro, small, and medium enterprises are often characterized by an invisibility syndrome. The term means the relative inability of this sector to articulate in the policy platform, and at the administrative level. It also implies that, in dealing with the governments, the corporate sector has relative edge over these smaller enterprises. The ‘invisibility syndrome’ is both a cause and consequence of data gaps of this sector. While, on the one hand, it is relatively difficult to collect reliable data from these enterprises which run into millions, it is also used as a convenient reason to neglect them. Hence, while the ASI data realistically captures the corporate sector in terms of most of the major variables, the small enterprises become accessible to the policy platforms through various sources of ad hoc data, such as the five yearly Census of SSIs, and the data brought out by the NSSO. International literature suggests longitudinal assessment as an important methodological tool, in order to capture changes relating to MSMEs overtime. A study was commissioned by the Planning Commission, New Delhi, under which, Institute of Small Enterprise and Development looked into the degree of informalism in identified industrial subsectors, in 1990. The Institute under this new project will make a longitudinal assessment of the same units. The study based on field research in Kerala, is expected to capture the emerging trend of MSMEs in the globalization era. Besides, it would also contribute to test some of the hypotheses relating to the so called ‘Kerala Model of Development’. This ongoing project was launched in December 2009. |
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NATIONAL PROJECT ON MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS
Manufacturing competitiveness in the MSME sector is a key policy priority in India today. Following the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) which provided the scaffold of governance for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), committed itself to the setting up of a National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. The Council which came into being in 2004, came out with a National Strategy of Manufacturing Competitiveness In the MSME sector, despite several suggestions for innovation, manufacturing competitiveness has not received the attention it deserved. The Ministry of MSME, of late, initiated a programme of research on potential areas of NMCP intervention. The first study in this series was commissioned to Institute of Small Enterprises and Development. This study focused on the IPR regime, as it relates to non timber forest products. The study examines the opportunities and constraints relating to IPR, that would shape competitiveness of this subsector. The report of the project was submitted to the Ministry of MSME in January 2010. |
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TOWARDS NEW STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PATNERSHIPS
The relevance of public-private partnerships has grown in recent times, essentially because of the progressive withdrawal of the governments from many of their areas of intervention. The world over, this change, has resulted in coming into prominence of multi national enterprises (MNEs) and the corporate sector. While in many developing countries, private sector is often equated with the corporates, in Following the National Policy on the Voluntary Sector (NPVS), announced by the Planning Commission in July 2007, Institute of Small Enterprises and Development took the lead in several initiatives in this area, jointly with the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission, commissioned a national research project on the non governmental development sector, in 2008. The project by the Institute of Small Enterprises and Development has come out with its report containing several innovative action points for the Government of India. |
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STATE OF THE SECTOR REPORT ON MSMEs GETTING READY
Sector reporting on MSMEs play a significant role in triggering debates on small enterprises in countries like USA and the Netherlands, India’s only comprehensive report on its MSME sector, is getting ready with its 13th volume. MSMER Series, the prestigious project of the ISED, has already gained much attention in relevant circles:
“Beyond the elephant and the dragon’ discussions, India has a particular story at the “bottom of the pyramid”….and that has been beautifully painted by ISED’s MSMER Series. The series should undoubtedly be a necessary reference for researchers and practitioners in small enterprise development….”(Dr. Malcom Harper, Former Director, Enterprise Development Centre, “A well researched document it is Beyond that, MSMER 2007 does a wonderful job of identifying the “opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid” The excellent international analysis offers lessons to other developing countries as well…” (Dr Jose Maurel, Director, Commonwealth Secretariat, “A wonderful contribution indeed…as it comes from ISED. The lucid analysis of the Report provides significant food for thought to the planners…” (Dr S.P. Gupta, Former Member, Planning Commission) “The concerns of the decentralized sector are aplenty,…but to document them is a difficult task….The initiative of ISED deserves all compliments” (A.M. Thomas, Former Union Minister & Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission) “The report is scholarly as well as action-oriented, and will help make the development of the MSME sector, not only more inclusive, but also more sustainable and meaningful…..” Global Business Review “Started in 1997, MSMER Series is a unique initiative of its kind in “ “It would definitely serve on an important reference material for both researchers and personnel engaged in planning and management of MSMEs in the country……….” The Business Line Daily “An indispensable source book for policy makers and researchers…..” The Financial Expiess Daily MSMER 201, against the background of the global economic slowdown, comes out with some shocking revelations. More details, please contact, Coordinator, ISED Small Enterprises Observatory. Email: seo@isedonline.org |
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