Bengaluru, June 24 (KNN) The Hindu Businessline is organising its flagship MSME Growth Conclave on International MSME Day on June 27 in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be the chief guest and inaugurate the event. 

Businessline is hosting this conclave to celebrate the contribution of small businesses and entrepreneurs.

The conclave is powered by the State Bank of India in association with Bank of Baroda credit card. 

The Associate Partners are Canara Bank and Aashirvaad, while the State Partner is the Government of West Bengal, Department of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and Textiles. The Electric Mobility Partner is Mahindra, and Broadcast Partner is newsX.

The event will discuss the effect of interest rates on the growth of MSMEs and how MSMEs can leverage technology such as Cloud and AI for digital transformation. 

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s inaugural address will be followed by two power-packed panel discussions on the topics ‘Interest Rates and Growth of MSMEs’ and ‘Leveraging Technology, Cloud, and AI for Digital Transformation in MSMEs.’

The speakers include Siddhesh Naik, Country Leader, Data, AI, and Automation Software, Technology Sales, IBM India & South Asia; Rajeev Singh, Vice President & Business Head, Midmarket & Emerging Business – Indian Subcontinent, SAP India Pvt Limited; Aiswarya Ravi, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of fintech Kinara Capital; Shashidhar Shetty, President, KASSIA; JR Bangera, National MSME Board; Samik Roy, Executive Director, Corporate, Medium, and Small Businesses, Microsoft; Sudhanshu Suman, General Manager, MSME Wing, Canara Bank; and Rajat Shikar, Co-fonder & CPO, Dealshare.

The live streaming link for the event is: https://bit.ly/BLMSME  (KNN Bureau)