The lighting of the lamp ceremony at the conclave in Panaji.
PANAJI
The Global Chamber of Saraswat Entrepreneurs’ Annual Conclave was held on September 17 at Panjim Gymkhana. More than 300 dynamic Saraswat entrepreneurs from across India and a few from abroad attended the conclave.
Saraswat Chamber is providing a platform for its community entrepreneurs to grow their businesses by creating business networking opportunities.
The conclave was attended by many Saraswat stalwarts from many facets such as Suresh Prabhu, Ex-Union Minister who addressed the gathering by emphasising the need for networking.
Chief Guest Shrinivas Dempo from The House of Dempo explained the connection of all Saraswats towards their ‘Kuldaiwata’ as a natural binding amongst its community. “This will act as a guiding force in the coming years to Saraswat Chamber,” he said.
Keynote speaker Ulhas Kamath, former Joint MD Jyoti Labs and founder of UK & Co presented a few data points on the challenges faced by the family businesses in India and what steps are needed to ensure that the Saraswats remain relevant as entrepreneurs in this fast-changing world. He also shared that the job availability at the middle level will disappear and only top and bottom opportunities will be available as technology will take over most of the middle-level jobs. He also urged the community to develop more women entrepreneurs in the community to have more sustainability in businesses.
On the occasion, there were felicitations of all the Saraswats who have made their mark and established themselves in their entrepreneurial journey spread across different regions such as Saraswat Bank SVC Cooperative Bank, NKGSB Bank, Srinivas Dempo, MLA Daji Salkar, Shekar Sardessai (Kineko Group), Pravas Naik (Nanu Group), Manoj Caculo (Caculo Group), Anil Counto (Alcon Group), Jagmohan Kaul (Verispring), Giridhar Prabhu (Achal Group), Bhushan Namlekar, R S Shanbhag (Value Point), Pradeep G Pai Hangyo, Subhash Kamath (Abharan Jewellery), Dr Ushaprabha Nayak (Expert Group), Devendra Parulekar (Saffron Stays), Swarna Jewellers and Adithi Kare Panandiker & Sandeep Bombolkar of Indoco Remedies.
