Narayan Rane is the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Rane, who hails from Maharashtra, is a grass root politician and a former chief minister of the western state. At the MSME ministry, his focus has been on helping the sector with financing after the shock of the pandemic

Sharma has more than a decade of experience in the field of strategy, research, risk assessment and policy making amongst others in the agriculture, food, automobile and MSME industry. He has worked with leading agriculture input manufacturers, food processing organisations and automobile as well as auto-component manufacturers, enabling data-backed decision making. His expertise in the MSME sector spans across the value chain assessment for MSMEs, their credit assessment and risk monitoring strategies

Jyoti Prakash Gadia is considered a thought leader in strategic leadership and merchant banking. Under his leadership, Resurgent India Ltd. has now grown into a one-stop shop for assorted merchant banking services in India. He has worked closely with several corporates and SMEs, successfully turned around their operations and provided strategic financial services.
Mr. Gadia is also the Co-Founder & MD of ScoreMe Pvt Ltd. He has recently been nominated as a member of the council at the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has held several positions across industry bodies in India. He is the co-chairman of the CII Northern Region Committee on SMEs, co-convener CII Delhi panel on SME Finance and ex-co-chairman of the BFSI Committee at PHD Chamber of Commerce.

Amit Kumar, Founder and CEO at MSMEx Amit is a serial entrepreneur and at present, he is leading MSMEx which is India's largest Live Online Coaching and Handholding platform for MSME business owners. MSMEx connects entrepreneurs with curated Business Experts for bridging their know-how gap and execution that leads to growth.
Amit holds MBA from SP Jain and Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Technical University. His first startup “Zimmber” Home Services Platform made successful exit through acquisition by Quikr.
Amit is an SME IPO advisor and equity fundraising coach. He is an active mentor with startups and small businesses and also invests in selective opportunities where his interest aligns, and the teams and growth. His primary interests are Fundraising, Pitch decks, Storytelling, Business Models and Growth Strategy.

Anil Bhardwaj is Secretary General of Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), New Delhi and also Governing Board Member of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad. A trade development professional, he holds a Masters in International Business. His specializations include industrial and trade policy issues, promotional and regulatory environment and Market Access issues. He has worked as Adviser to several bilateral and multilateral agencies on SME issues. He has served on several Committees set-up by GoI on Regulatory Reforms, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. He has authored several books on SME issues and continues to write regularly on trade and SME issues.

Dhiresh is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Meesho, the fastest growing e-commerce company in India valued at c.US$5bn with marquee investors such as SoftBank, Fidelity, Meta, Sequoia, and others.
Prior to Meesho, Dhiresh was an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan based in Mumbai for 11 years covering financial services and consumer & retail clients. He has led over 50 transactions of IPO, M&A and private capital raises in the past. Some of the notable transactions led by him include the US$1.8bn capital raise for Axis Bank by Bain Capital, US$2bn acquisition of Fullerton India by Japanese Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, IPO of Bandhan Bank and Adani Wilmar etc.
He has also been an investor with the domestic private equity group ChrysCapital in the past where he used to cover the financial services sector. He currently resides in Bengaluru with his family.

A visionary, angel investor, and evangelist for SME issues, Dinesh Agarwal has sealed a reputation for himself as a resilient and dynamic strategist who has constantly evolved with the times. He is one of the rare Indian founders who survived the Dotcom Bust in 2000, the 9/11 incident, the slowdown in 2008, and the most recent pandemic phase.
As the Founder of IndiaMART, Dinesh is the chief driving force behind getting millions of SMEs online. Known for his business acumen and an eye for detail, Dinesh has always understood the needs of Indian businesses and adapted the marketplace model from time to time to best suit their requirements.
Beyond work, he is a keen philanthropist. Dinesh’s deep commitment to empowering people has translated into his support for the Olympic Gold Quest (Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games) to promote the spirit of sportsmanship. He also works toward women’s welfare by contributing to ‘Mera Sahara’, a Joint Women’s Programme.