Dear Sir/Madam,
Please allow me to
introduce a unique and meaningful program for the Indian
entrepreneurial ecosystem.
We call it the DARE - INSPIRING 50 SME ENTREPRENEURS program.
This list is what the
aspiring/existing entrepreneurs, prospective investors, and the
entire ecosystem will look up to.
We are currently seeking
nominations to prepare and publicize this exhaustive list of
entrepreneurs who will steer India to its 2020 dream.
What's the program about?
- Identify 50 SME Entrepreneurs, from across the
nation, and place it in front of a super jury panel of eminent
industrialists.
- Felicitate the chosen ones in an Award
Ceremony to be held in Delhi in December 2010.
- Capture the success stories in print as well as
video format.
- Feature the shortlisted 50 SME Entrepreneurs in
the December 2010 print issue of DARE, as well as on its
website www.dare.co.in
Eligibility:
- Primary focus is on businesses in
the annual revenue bracket of Rs 10 Crore and above
- If you think you have/know an
exceptional business that has not reached the above bracket,
please nominate that too.
Nominations:
- The nomination forms are
available @ http://www.dare.co.in/inspiring50
- In case you prefer pen and paper,
please find attached the nomination form in PDF format (for
printing) and send it via post to:-
Cyber Media (India) Ltd
B-35,Cyber House,
Sector-32, Institutional Area,
Gurgaon - Haryana -122002
Phone No:+91-0124-4822222
Who
can nominate?
- You can nominate your own company
- You can nominate businesses you
think should be there in this list
- You can nominate your client,
supplier, affiliates... basically any company you think merits
nomination
Who
will screen the nominations?
- The nominations will be screened by
a panel of Jurists, comprising Industry experts, put together
by DARE editors.
Last
date for nominations:
For doubts and queries:
Please feel free to
contact our Program Manager, Mitali Ghosh, for any details, on
her email: mit...@cybermedia.co.in
Why are we doing this program?
Time
has come for us to step up and give the heroic Indian SME
Entrepreneurs a national identity. We are all well aware of the
fact that the SME Entrepreneurs are responsible for about 26
million SME units which are the real economic backbone of India.
They contribute 10 per cent of the GDP and 40 per cent of total
exports by the country. Indian SMEs employ an estimated 60
million people across the country. They are the growth engines
which are driving India’s fortunes. A number of SME
Entrepreneurs manage to break away from the pack and jump to the
next level. Yet most of this contribution and achievement goes
unnoticed barring a few exceptions.
There
have been efforts to identify high performance SME Entrepreneurs
and recognize them so that they become role models to their
community. Such efforts have been too fragmented and too scarce.
In order to give Indian SME Entrepreneur a national identify and
a purpose of excellence, Dare with the support of a number of
industry associations, nationalized banks, developmental
agencies and the SME community has launched a nation-wide
program to identify 50 leading SME Entrepreneurs from across
industrial sectors and regions and recognize them. They will be
brought together under the banner of DARE Inspiring 50 SME Entrepreneurs.
It
is our mission to reach out to as many industrial clusters as
possible across India and get quality nominations. Since you
have decades of experience in the sector and have been/ watched/
mentored and/or funded the SME Entrepreneurs in various sectors,
we request you to help us in reaching out to potential nominees.
It would be a privilege to be associated with you and your
organization in giving a face and a voice to the unsung heroes
of the Indian economy, the SME Entrepreneurs.
In
anticipation of a widespread support from our beloved SME
ecosystem.
Yours sincerely,
Nimesh SharmaCyber Media (India) Limited
B-35,
Sector 32 Institutional
Gurgaon, Haryana
Ph:
+91 124 4822222 www.DARE.co.in/blogs/nimesh+sharma/
On
behalf of:
Prashanth Hebbar,
Editor, DARE