Interview with Regional Director of EEPC India

BANGALORE,INDIA.

Mr. Ganeshan is the Regional Director of EEPC (Engineering Export Promotion Council) and has an industry experience of more than thirty-four years. He shares the key priorities, initiatives and undertaking of the Association in a conversation with Aparna S.

Some of the key initiatives include increasing incentives from the Government, working on the International Price Reimbursement Policy, Addressing Central Excise and Customs issues, Have a Open House Discussions where issues are settled on the spot. Some of the key responsibilities that Mr. Ganeshan handles is to ensure that the Association membership increases every year (currently there is a 12% growth), organizing Export Awareness Programs, Addressing the financial problems of the SME Sector and so on.

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EEPC was established in 1955 and has 13000 members all over the country. There are several activities to ensure that the members meet regularly and are in touch frequently. Various communications on industry updates, relevant information on policies and trends, upcoming event, exhibitions, conferences and seminars are shared with the members on an ongoing basis. This ensures that there is a great connect and synergy between all the members.

Mr Ganeshan says that it is heartening to note that there is a lot of support and encouragement by the Government for all these initiatives. He also emphasized that the whole set up functions in a professional manner in EEPC and not in an ad-hoc manner.

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Mr, Ganeshan says that although so much of work is undertaken by the Association and lot of milestones are achieved; there is still a long way to go. And those include: Increasing and providing tremendous financial support to the SME organizations, creating newer, larger and better markets through Exports, better financial support for their growth and development, coming with collateral-free schemes or security measures for Banks, provide greater flexibility for the functioning and expansion of the SME sector, they also need tremendous guidance and support from Associations like these.

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At a personal level, he is very happy that the work done has ensured that several SME organizations have become big exporters, their business volumes have increased, and they have grown leaps and bounds as a result of these efforts. There is a high mental satisfaction that the work has given positive results over the years. That is not to say there are no challenges or problems but each positive step goes a long way in providing a new opportunity for these organizations.

For all this, it is important to be passionate about the growth of this segment and these organizations. It is passion that can drive success and give the energy to continuously encourage this community.