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CyberMedia, ICICI Bank launch SME CEO's knowledge series

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Agra: CyberMedia in association with ICICI Bank announced its first SME CEO's knowledge series at the ITC Mughal at Agra. The series aims to empower SME CEOs by providing a platform for knowledge sharing and joint learning amongst the entrepreneurs. Similar forums will be held subsequently in 26 cities across the country.

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The Agra chapter of ICICI Bank SME CEO's knowledge series provided an opportunity to small and medium entrepreneurs from Agra leather industry to interact with the experts, who had come from various parts of the country, from leading institutions such as IIM Kolkata, Deloitte and ICICI Bank. They met the experts on one to one basis during mentoring sessions and later heard them during the panel discussion, besides the narration of successful entrepreneurs and learned from their success stories. Mentoring opportunities particularly the finance clinic, marketing, taxation and online marketing were what other features of the event.

Dr Chanderpal, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India, delivered the keynote address and said, "Globalization and fast booming Indian economy has opened many opportunities for small and medium entrepreneurs as well as brought competition at their doorsteps. To be able to grow in this changing scenario, entrepreneurs need to enhance and upgrade their skills and knowledge, continuously. Marketing, taxation, HR, Finance are the most important elements of enterprise growth and it is a pleasure that the country's leading bank has taken the initiative to further catalyze the growth of SMEs through the knowledge series across the country."

Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Cyber Media Group added, "Knowledge is vital part of entrepreneurial growth. It is satisfying to see that knowledge partners such as IIM Calcutta, Deolitte, ICICI Bank and others have come on board to share their knowledge with small and medium entrepreneurs. The response to the mentoring sessions is a testimony that our entrepreneurs have a great appetite to grow and they also understand the need for the appropriate direction to help them grow at faster pace. Cyber Media is proud to be associated with this SME CEO knowledge series."

Google, HP, Deloitte, IIM Calcutta, Solo, PC Quest, Dare, CIOL, and Big 92.7FM, CNBC 18, CNBC Awaaz and Dainik Jagran, support the series. The ICICI Bank SME CEO Knowledge Series is an effort towards promoting the entrepreneurial society across the country by providing a platform where issues like taxation, marketing, HR, finance and other relevant issues and problems faced by the SMEs will be discussed, analyzed and the solutions shall be thus found out collectively.