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IITs, IIMs to help MSMEs improve managerial skills
Thursday April 26, 2012 05:56:34 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) is working
on a mechanism that would enable experts from top educational
institutes to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
improve their managerial skills and unleash innovations.
"We are trying to work out a mechanism to enable experts from top
academic institutions such as IITs (Indian Institutes of
Technology), IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) help Indian
MSMEs become more competitive through improvement of their
managerial skills, development of better quality products and
become more innovative," said Ajay Shankar, member secretary, NMCC.
Shankar was inaugurating the Intellectual Property Facilitation
Centre (IPFC) which will help micro, small and medium enterprises
protect their innovations, inventions and designs through patents
and copyrights.
The centre has been established by the Federation of Indian Micro
and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) as part of the mandate
given to it by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
under the National Competitiveness Programme.
This is the third such centre established by FISME after those
already operational in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
"The IPFCs being established by FISME will not only offer the
services mandated by the Ministry of MSME such as registration of
patents, trademarks etc. but also a few additional services such
as IP audit, IP management systems and an IP exchange in a bid to
offer a complete business model for MSMEs," said V.K. Agarwal,
president, FISME.
MSMEs constitute contribute more than 50 percent of India's
manufacturing output and employ nearly 90 percent of the
manufacturing workforce.
They also account for nearly 40 percent of India's gross domestic
product and 45 percent of the country's exports.
Shankar said innovation and better IP management of MSMEs was
critical for the National Manufacturing Policy to succeed leading
to an increase in the share of manufacturing in India's GDP and
creation of additional jobs.
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