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FOSMI provides various services to its members, some of which are highlighted below: Individual Problems :
Specific problems of FOSMI members are dealt with all sincerity and representations made to the concerned authorities for redress with regular follow-up. As a matter of policy FOSMI works in close interaction with the concerned departments of Central and State Governments, Financial Institutions. Banks and Promotional Agencies. Counselling Highly experienced professionals are available at FOSMI’s office regularly to provide free guidance to members in matters concerning :
Awareness Programmes / EDP/ Buyer – Seller Meet FOSMI has already organised two awareness programmes on ISO-9000, one in Kolkata and another at Sonarpur. FOSMI’s ISO-9000 club now has 100 members. Various awareness-cum-training programmes have been organised on Marketing Management, Export Management, Inventory Control etc. Also organised EDPs & Techno-Mngt. Training Programme. FOSMI has organised an awareness programme on ISO-14000. FOSMI has organized Buyer – Seller Meets jointly with SISI & BNCCI. Trade Delegations FOSMI sponsored a 14-member trade delegation to Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. A Delegation of 21 members visited Dhaka and Chittagong for a week to explore the possibilities of striking business tie-ups. The delegation was very well received by various Government Bodies and Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Subseuently, FOSMI entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bangladesh Chamber of Industries for dissemination of information and facilitating business tie-ups including joint ventures. In February – March, 2000, FOSMI sponsored a 2nd trade delegation to Bangladesh. 17 members visited Dhaka, Chittagong & Narayangunj and held meetings with the Hon’ble Minister for Industries. High-level Government Officials and all-important Trade & Industry Chambers and Associations. FOSMI’s delegations have generated a lot of interest in their line of activity. Some of the delegates were successful in negotiating deals with their Bangladeshi counterparts in the areas of joint venture, technology transfer, turnkey contracts and in some areas MOU had also been singed. Bangladesh Small & Cottage industries Corpn., Bangladesh Railways, Chittagong Port Authorities etc. showed their interest in dealing with members of the delegation. Immense follow-up by the Federation and concerned individuals resulted in achieving the objectives. MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAMMES Awards of Excellence
The avowed objective of the State Government and FOSMI is to accelerate industrial growth in West Bengal. In keeping with this, FOSMI decided to give recognition to excellence amongst small industrial entrepreneurs in certain vital fields so that others might be motivated to follow suit in the years to come. Accordingly, FOSMI instituted its Awards of Excellence in 1996, with the support of SIDBI and the Director of C & SSI, Govt. of West Bengal, SISI, NSIC, WBSIDC, WBFC, RTC, SBI, UBI and other Commercial Banks. Every year since then, these annual awards have been given to worthy entrepreneurs in different categories at a befitting function. The Awards Giving Ceremony is always followed by a seminar on a topical subject. Entrepreneurship Development and Training – “FOSMI Institute for Entrepreneurship Development” With a view to develop and encourage self-entrepreneurship and self employment among the unemployed youths FOSMI has set up “FOSMI Institute for Entrepreneurship Development” (FIED) in April, 2002. The Institute is registered under the W. B. Societies Registration Act. Immediately after its inception, FIED has organized training courses for awareness and imparting technical, theoretical and practical knowledge among the students on various subjects related to trade, commerce and industry. Duration of the courses lasted from one to three months in which educated boys and girls participated. In these programmes various distinguished research organisations like IIPC of Jadavpur University, ERDC, ICAR, CSIR, etc. collaborated. Earlier FOSMI conducted such entrepreneurship development and awareness programmes at Sonarpur and Champahati at South 24 Parganas where more than 50 students took part on each occasion. Employment opportunities being limited, there is a need for more of the younger generation, particularly the well educated, becoming self-employed. This will have a cascading effect as such self-employed will employ more people in the enterprises they set up. In continuation of its efforts to promote entrepreneurship, FOSMI conducted an Entrepreneurship Development and Training Course for the engineering students of Jadavpur University under the slogan ‘Catch them Young’. Eighty-two post-graduate and final year students participated in this one-month programme. Faculty members well versed in their respective topics thoroughly briefed participants on the various aspects related to the setting up of and running an enterprise. The programme was organised in collaboration with Jadavpur University and with the support from SIDBI, SBI and concerned Central and State Government Departments and Organisations. This was possibly the first time a programme of this type had been conducted. FOSMI Ladies Wing: FOSMI’s Ladies Wing “SAYAMSIDDHA” is taking care of the prospective Women Entrepreneurs and help them settle in life through proper guidance, counselling and by way of organizing awareness / training programmes for self-help employment. Meeting, Workshops, Conference etc. FOSMI organizes various in-house programmes from time to time. It also attends programmes being organised by other organisations and Government bodies. For more information please contact: Mr. H. Ganguly—Secretary, FOSMI - 92306 12820 |
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FEDERATION OF SMALL & MEDIUM INDUSTRIES, WEST BENGAL 23 R. N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700 001, India Phone: (033) 22485114, 2231 8382/8446 Fax: (033) 22104075 Email: fosmi@cal3.vsnl.net.in |
