The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council is
working on a mechanism that would enable experts from top educational
institutes to help micro, small and medium enterprises improve their managerial skills and unleash
innovations. "We are trying to work out a mechanism to enable experts from
top academic institutions such as Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian
Institute of Management help Indian small and medium enterprises become more competitive through improvement of
their managerial skills, development of better quality products and become more
innovative," said Mr.AjayShankar, member secretary, National Manufacturing
Competitiveness Council. Mr.AjayShankar was inaugurating the Intellectual
Property Facilitation Centre 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 and Medium Enterprises 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 Federation
of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises 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 small and medium enterprises," said mr.V.K.Agarwal
president Federation of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises New Delhi. Mr.AjayShankar
said innovation and better IP management of small and medium enterprises was critical for the National ManufacturingPolicy to succeed leading to an increase in the share of manufacturing in
India's GDP and creation of additional jobs.
Source: CIOL World
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