Uma Reddy took cost because the 92nd president of the commerce physique.
Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Reddy mentioned that her goal can be to empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Karnataka with know-how and abilities, create alternatives for girls and youth, and to contribute to sustainability and inexperienced financial system initiatives.
Ms. Reddy is the managing director of Hitech Magnetics and Electronics, and below her management, the corporate has grown within the specialised discipline of energy electronics, an space the place ladies illustration has been minimal.
An electrical engineer from the UVCE, Bengaluru, she has been within the enterprise of producing transformers and coils for digital and industrial utility for over three a long time.
Excerpts from the interview:
You are the primary girl head of FKCCI. Why do ladies take time to achieve the highest?
I’ve been with FKCCI for 20 years, and it’s positively an honour for me to have been elevated to the publish of president. The second is each personally important and traditionally significant as I grow to be the primary girl to carry this place in our 108-year legacy.
I consider that after I’ve taken over this mantle, there can be many extra ladies to take management roles within the chambers of commerce. This milestone is not only about breaking boundaries, however about constructing bridges — for girls, for MSMEs, and for Karnataka’s future. My imaginative and prescient is to make FKCCI a platform that champions innovation, inclusivity, and sustainable progress, whereas carrying ahead the wealthy legacy of this establishment.
What is your recommendation to ladies entrepreneurs specifically and the commerce neighborhood on the whole?
I consider that chambers of commerce are gender-neutral, and chamber leaders are a part of mainstream enterprise. However, ladies leaders must be resilient and persevere to make sure success.
The important goal of FKCCI has all the time been coverage advocacy, which is the pillar stone that helps a progress of commerce, manufacturing and repair business. The commerce physique with over 5,000 direct members and over two lakh members, by means of its varied district associations, district chambers, and associations, will proceed to be a facilitator in ease of doing enterprise.
As president of FKCCI, what are the issues that you’d be specializing in?
As a group, we wish to make FKCCI not solely Karnataka’s pleasure, however the world’s benchmark for inclusive, progressive, and impactful commerce. Let us empower MSME’s with know-how and abilities, alternatives for girls and youth, embrace, sustainability and inexperienced financial system and amplify Karnataka international footprint. In addition to its flagship occasions, FKCCI can even concentrate on ability growth, coaching, and utility of know-how.
You are taking up at a juncture when MSMEs are plagued with varied inside and exterior pressures together with commerce boundaries. How do you view this problem?
Karnataka contributes 8 to 9% of India’s GDP, hosts over 400 Fortune 500 firms, and leads in IT, biotech, area analysis, and aerospace manufacturing. FKCCI’s position is vital at this juncture by way of addressing urgent points equivalent to rising operational prices, international competitors, tariff points, and financing hurdles for MSMEs.
Lots of work needs to be performed as a group to additional strengthen FKCCI’s position as a bridge between business, authorities, and society. We can even improve concentrate on strengthening the hyperlink between startups and business, ability growth coaching on know-how and nurturing agri tech companies.
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