Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe
SME Chamber of India and Federation of Indian SME Associations
As a serial & successful entrepreneur, influencer, mentor, business rights activist, having practical experience in the business management, commerce background, Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe has spent 9 years working in the family business, he has established his own business group “Macro Group of Companies” in 1991, situated in Mumbai, India and involved in the manufacturing and export of Industrial Packaging Machinery, equipments and material, industrial products, food processing products, industrial equipments and supporting various Industries & SMEs for the upgradation of their business and packaging units by adopting advanced packaging technology, patented and advanced industrial technologies for quality productivity and global competitiveness.
With a passionate vision, mission, dynamic & indomitable entrepreneurial leadership qualities, Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe has founded “SME Chamber of India” in 1993 to empower small & medium entrepreneurs and enterprises for better business growth, integration for enhancement of business connections and explore various business opportunities in India and abroad. Under his dynamic leadership, SME Chamber of India has been constantly striving for various activities for the benefit of SME Sector, manufacturing industries, exporters, allied industrial & business sectors and specially providing hand holding and support to start-ups, young entrepreneurs and members of family-owned businesses.
The Chamber has been providing value addition services for enhancement of quality productivity, entering into emerging markets for exports, channelising finance and investment for sustainable business growth, establishing cooperation with the foreign companies for collaborations, excellence in the manufacturing, contract manufacturing, joint ventures, technology transfers, new products design & development, innovations, inventions, connectivity with the large corporates for supply and procurement, franchise, distribution, marketing, improve creditworthiness and credibility to attract strategic partners & investors, encouraging them to enter into capital market for alternative finance, setting up new & additional manufacturing units and actively involve SMEs for accomplishment of dream project of Hon’ble Prime Minister to march towards “Viksit Bharat”, make India as a manufacturing hub and achieve largest economy in the world.
Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe he has been on the forefront to take up various issues and grievances of SMEs & manufacturing industries with the appropriate authorities, Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Government officials, heads of regulatory authorities & financial institutions for policy frame work change and its speedy implementation as well as to secure the interest of SME & manufacturing sectors and focus on level playing field in “Ease of Doing Business”, promote and encourage enterprises to avail various benefits & advantages of the Government schemes and policies. Mr. Salunkhe is putting more efforts by educating and creating awareness amongst entrepreneurs for developing quality and competitive products to brand at the national and international levels to enter into emerging markets.
Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe has strongly advocated to set up “SME Stock Exchange”, TReDS – Electronic platform for Trade Receivables, National Skill Development Corporation, Change of the Definition & Act of small-scale industries into MSME Act, set up of exclusive SME Ministry and Departments in the various State Governments, SME Desks/Divisions in the Indian Embassies to enter into the concerned markets, Start-up India platform to boost start-ups to convert into unicorns and collateral free financial facilities for SME sector upto Rs.5 crores.
Mr. Salunkhe has converted his vision & passion to set up various organisations, platforms & brands to provide opportunities to the entrepreneurs from the respective fields to connect, communicate & commercialise their business ideas, enhance business & export growth and avail specific advantages created by the various Governments Departments. He has taken lead to set up SME Industrial Parks of India for providing end to end solutions to the SMEs to set up manufacturing units in the various of India, especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Mr. Salunkhe has been strongly advocating for the enhancement of credit flow towards SME sectors, manufacturing industries and exports from the various financial institutions and advocating and interacting with the RBI, SEBI, CCI, Ministry of Finance and other Government Departments to resolve issues & grievances.
Mr. Salunkhe has been travelling extensively for the business co-operation with the various international organisations, Government Departments, FIs, Investment Boards, Industrial Parks, and various Chambers of Commerce from USA, Canada, UK, Israel, various European Countries, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Singapore, Bahrain, UAE, South Africa, Oman, Mauritius, Qatar, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and all GCC Countries.
Mr. Salunkhe is regularly participating as an eminent speaker in the various business conferences, round tables, Government events, meetings, global events and other business activities on his favourite topics on SME & Start-up empowerment, manufacturing, banking, finance, international trade, technology, packaging, innovations, inventions, marketing, international collaborations, industrial transformation, family businesses and other activities. He has been always writing articles and sharing his views in the business newspapers and giving his views and thoughts on specific topics and current affairs with the national TV channels and business channels.
He has been Jury for selecting successful entrepreneurs for their remarkable achievements and outstanding contributions in the business and industrial areas from across the sectors and Mr. Salunkhe is providing platform to these successful entrepreneurs to share their thoughts and success stories for the encouragement of existing entrepreneurs, start-ups and young entrepreneurs to follow their path to achieve success in their own ventures. He is inviting valuable suggestions, inputs and recommendations related to SME sector and manufacturing industries for further implementation and execution.
Mr. Salunkhe has also founded his own companies as under:
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