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For Private Circulation only BOMBAY CHAMBER REVIEW Vol. XVII No. 4 August 2021 PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs
Contents Vol XVII No. 4 August 2021 Chamber Happenings ♦ PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs............................................................... 5-8 ♦ Market Linkages for FPOs through NeML........................................... 09 ♦ Digital Payments: The Way Forward................................................... 10 ♦ Monitoring and Evaluation.................................................................. 11 ♦ Floor Leadership................................................................................ 13 Editorial Team ♦ Writing Effective Business Emails ..................................................... 14 - Mr. Sandeep Khosla, ♦ CAFTA's (Certificate in Applied Finance, Treasury and Analytics) Director General Treasury Training Programs in collaboration with EY.......................... 15 - Mr. Sunil Nair, ♦ Consumer Protection Act, 2019 & Consumer Protection Joint Director (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020............................................................... 15 - Ms. Suchita Rale, ♦ Marketing Analytics............................................................................ 18 Manager ♦ Awakening Innovation Techniques...................................................... 18 ♦ How to Thrive as First Time Manager / Supervisor............................. 19 Published and Printed ♦ Customer Relationship & Selling Techniques...................................... 20 by Bombay Chamber of ♦ Certificate Course on Data Storytelling with Tableau........................... 21 Commerce and Industry ♦ Classroom Training on Excel.............................................................. 21 Admin.Office : The Ruby, 4th Floor, N.W., ♦ Export Procedure & Payment Settlement............................................ 21 Senapati Bapat Marg, 29, ♦ Primer on Arbitration.......................................................................... 22 (Tulsi Pipe Road), Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028. ♦ How to become a Profitable Personal Brand on Social Media............. 23 Tel. 022-6120 0200 ♦ Power of Branding yourself through Micro Videos.............................. 23 Fax. 022-6120 0213 www.bombaychamber.com ♦ Preamble of ISO Certification............................................................. 25 Regd. Office : ♦ Production Linked Incentives: Opportunity to Leverage for Mackinnon Mackenzie Building, Your Business Growth through Manufacturing.................................... 26 3rd Floor, Ballard Estate, ♦ Ergonomics Recommendations to Work Pain free !............................ 27 Mumbai 400 001. Tel. 022-4910 0200 ♦ Certified Industrial Electrical Safety Training....................................... 28 Fax. 022-4910 0213 ♦ Understanding Body Language........................................................... 29 Note : General articles published in ♦ Mentorship and Coaching within Leadership...................................... 30 this Review do not necessarily reflect the view of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Design and Printed at : Uchitha Graphic Printers Pvt. Ltd. August 2021 3
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Chamber Happenings PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs About the Project: potential partners, Businesses looking for customers Bombay Chamber is involved with a project on the or suppliers, or businesses with whom to work in Internationalisation of SMEs across the Great Mekong these countries. Subregion (Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam) and Progress of the Project: India. The project is themed as PROFIT– Promoting Till date, 460 Clients have registered for the PROFIT Regional Opportunities for Investment and Trade. It Programme, out of which 234 Registered are Indian is a programme funded by the Asian Development Clients. Mentors are assigned to the clients for Bank to support small and growing businesses to guidance and help achieve the international dream. grow through trade and investment. For the project there are 43 mentors in total, and Offerings: 73 Indian Clients are assigned with mentors and Training - We have six training modules covering everyday new clients are assigned with few. topics such as planning to export, researching the market, export market entry strategies, developing an international trade strategy, planning, accessing trade credit and sources of further information. These will all be delivered through a mix of video presentation, reading and live webinar facilitated by an international trade expert. Mentoring - Once the clients have completed the first training module, we introduce them to a As mentioned above, there are 6 training modules mentor who will provide advice and guidance as you and more than 230 clients have attended training/ develop your international trade plan. intro sessions. Also to mention there are 10+ B2B Matchmaking- Through our direct partnership Financial partners, to help smoothen out the and our wider networks, we will help you identify project's scope. The gist of the Past Events is given below: Introductory Webinar on Growing Businesses Through International Trade & Investment Chamber Happenings Batch 1: June 11, 2021 | Batch 2: July 9, 2021 The first session was facilitated by Mr. Mihir Shah, India. He briefly went through the whole process and key steps of the project where he made the International Trade Expert and the second session was facilitated by Dr. David Irwin, Team Leader, participants aware of the information and material Profit Accelerator. available in the form of fact sheets and introductory modules. To facilitate the partners, PROFIT has video Mr. Shah mentioned the trade trends and various presentations and specially curated six training Bilateral Free Trade Agreements facilitating the modules to prepare and help the clients in their trade and also the major Export incentives of internationalisation process. August 2021 5
Training 1- Thinking about Internationalisation Batch 1: June 16, 2021 | Batch 2: July 16, 2021 T he seminar was facilitated by Mr. Mihir Shah, first stage of the program i.e. PROFIT Accelerator International Trade Expert. This seminar was introductory webinar. The first module is intended targeted at the clients who have completed the to help clients think clearly about the opportunities to trade or invest. Started the session by asking the question ‘WHY Internationalisation’ to which many participants responded showing interest and building interaction in the session. There are many ways that clients can begin to trade with or invest in foreign markets. Later, he talked about planning where he discussed the selection of the product on the basis of types of product, range of the products, relevance in the overseas market, product capacity etc. Training 2 - Researching the Market Batch 1: June 25, 2021 | Batch 2: July 23, 2021 T he first batch was facilitated by Mr. Mihir to find new customers; 3. Establishing customer Shah, International Trade Expert and the second session by Mr. Sudhakar Kasture, International requirements; and 4. Assessing market volume & Trade Consultant. price 5. Market environment for their products. He explained the factors which need to be taken Advised clients to undertake research on into consideration while researching market e.g. parameters such as - market entry options, marketing mix strategy, 1. How to research existing customers; 2. How marketing plan. Training 3 - Preparing for International Trade Batch 1: June 3, 2021 | Batch 2: July 1, 2021 | Batch 3: July 29, 2021 The session was facilitated by Mr. Mihir Shah, Some countries require that you undertake ‘Know International Trade Expert. This session was Your Customer’ checks before you can send them targeted at the clients who have completed goods. Towards the end, he mentioned about the first and second stage of the program. He the innumerable risks in business and trading started the session by introducing various market internationally increases those risks considerably entry options that are available for the clients though, managed well, international trade can also like Direct export, Joint ventures, Direct selling, reduce some of the more existential risks and build Franchising, Licensing, Agents & Distributors. resilience. 6 Bombay Chamber Review
Training 4 - Preparing for FDI Batch 1: June 9, 2021 The seminar was facilitated by Dr. David Irwin, He curated the whole structure into a step-by-step Team Leader, Profit accelerator. process for the better understanding of the clients. Bombay Chamber organised a virtual training Session on Preparing for FDI under the project on "Internationalisation of SMEs" funded by Asian Development Bank. This seminar aimed at assisting to prepare and plan to invest internationally. This seminar is focused on helping our clients to get more information and insights on Foreign Direct Investment. He discussed the basics of FDI - foreign direct investment occurs when you invest in, and assume a measure of control, of a business in a country other than your own. He also explained in detail the strategies for Foreign Direct Investment. Training 5 - Session on ‘Finance’ Batch 1: June 18, 2021 T he seminar was facilitated by Mr. Mihir Shah, International Trade Expert. He explained the key differences between cost and price in a concise manner. Later, he discussed the factors such as business model, cost of raw materials in international trade. He discussed strategies that and manufacturing cost etc. which one should clients can use to assess financial conditions of the consider while deciding on a costing model. He firms and get a broader perspective of what the introduced “Incoterms” which is a set of rules used world holds for them. Training 6 - Trade Mission Batch 1: June 30, 2021 Chamber Happenings The seminar was facilitated by Mr. Mihir Shah, Internationalization. During the mission, or very International Trade Expert. He explained that soon after that, the client will want to confirm their the trade mission is the most exciting part of the suitable partner and require them to negotiate journey to internationalise. However, the current terms for trading or investing. This should enable covid pandemic makes it unlikely that there will be clients to finalise costs and prices, their financial scope for physical trade missions this year. Though forecast and structured internationalisation action one can continue with a virtual approach. He briefed plan as well. about the most important aspect of Networking in August 2021 7
Masterclass with Mr. K. V. Rao on Cross Cultural Marketing in India & the GMS Region (Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam) July 30, 2021 T he seminar was facilitated by Mr. K. V .Rao, Resident Director - ASEAN, Tata Sons Board Member & Chairman of Tata Regional Subsidiaries. Mr. Rao shared a few insights on the learnings one gains in their journey of entrepreneurship. He briefly emphasized on the concepts of communication and interactions between cultures across borders supporting it with examples of cultural diversity and its impact on the business. He quoted Peter Drucker who says “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” He curated the whole presentation in 17 Sutras i.e., principles that every entrepreneur would follow when it comes to cross culture trade. Mr. Rao concluded by saying that communication is not the only aspect in Cross Cultural Marketing, it's more of it to understand better and benefit from the trade understanding the cultures and getting involved in even more. Upcoming Events: 1) Training session on “The Trade Mission" - August 18, 2021 2) Introductory Seminar on "Growing Businesses Through International Trade & Investment- August 19, 2021 and September 15, 2021 3) Training session on “Preparing for International trade" – September 8, 2021 4) Virtual training session 5 on “Finance" - 24 September 2021 Contact Details: Mr. Pravin Rane, India Business Acceleration Manager, pravin.rane@bombaychamber.com Ms. Minal Khadilkar, India Accelerator Facilitator, minal.khadilkar@bombaychamber.com 8 Bombay Chamber Review
Agriculture & Food Processing Market Linkages for FPOs through NeML June 22, 2021 The Agriculture & Food Processing Committee of the Bombay Chamber conducted a webinar on Market Linkages for FPOs through NeML. The session was conducted for FPOs focused mainly on Increasing market accessibility, and enabling smallholders to attract and negotiate with larger buyers, access certifications, and grow their businesses in an appropriate manner. Mr. Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay Chamber delivered a welcome address and briefed about the Chamber. Mr. Sunil Nair, Joint Director, Bombay Chamber welcomed Mr. Rajan Raje, CEO, role of connecting the individual farmers with the Nichem Solutions. market at large by bringing the much-needed quality aspects, logistics support and power of collection. The FPO session started with the introduction of the Agriculture and Food Processing Committee Mr. Praveen Hiremath, Executive Vice President by Mr. Rajan Raje. He explained the objective of NeML shared a presentation about market linkages the committee is to bring in all stakeholders which FPO’s through NeML. He introduced NeML as a include corporate, SMEs’, farmers/Farmer groups, delivery-based market platform for all the agri and govt. officials on a single platform and bring Commodities. He shared the salient services given in inclusive economic development. He spoke by NeML like funds clearance and settlements, about the activities which are performed under the price and supply risk mitigation, continual market committee such as flagship conference - Agricorp, development etc. Mr. Hiremath spoke on various workshops, webinars, industrial visits, various topics like spread of FPO’s commodity wise, NeML promotional activities, etc. Mr. Sunil Nair introduced business model connecting Buyers and Sellers, the Agri Committee Mentor Dr. Sudhir Kumar Goel, opportunities, challenges, NeML direct market I.A.S., Former Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture application etc. and Marketing), Govt of Maharashtra. Dr. S. K. The webinar concluded with an interactive Q&A Goel presented the Preamble for FPOs. He shared session where the participants interacted actively his views about the necessity of market linkages and exchanged their views and suggestions with for FPOs. He addressed the participants with his the speaker. Around 80 participants from various thoughts about the webinar topic. He said Market sectors had attended the webinar and the overall Access or connect continues to be the critical feedback was encouraging. At the end Mr. Sunil Nair, aspect for the farmers for better realization of Joint Director, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Chamber Happenings their produce and better bargaining power. Farmer Industry delivered a vote of thanks to the speakers producer organizations continue to play the vital and delegates. August 2021 9
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Digital Payments: The Way Forward June 3, 2021 Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Committee of o Service Providers - Deliver a Specific Service: IT, Banking, Healthcare Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry had organized a Virtual Session on Digital Payments: The o Products - Provide Tools & Software Way Forward with Mr. Sharad Sharma. Mr. Sudhir Products: ERP, BankTech, HealthTech Kapadia, President, Bombay Chamber & Partner & o Plumbing aka Platforms - Supports National Tax Leader, Ernst & Young LLP welcomed Innovation Players on top the speaker. o Protocol’s aka Standards - Makes Platforms The webinar was continued with a fireside chat by Possible Mr. Sharad Sharma, the co-founder and Governing • iSpirit is building the bottom two layers i.e., Council Member of iSPIRT on Digital Payments, the platforms and standards and lending the Way Forward. product companies come up and helping them. He highlighted on various matter, and also covered It is done by – the following points – o iSPIRT helps create standards: eKYC for • India Stack is a collection of building blocks. Identity, UPI protocols for payments, DEPA These building blocks are all owned by the for data government. India Stack has three foundational o iSPIRT helps create platforms: eKYC, eSign, layers - Digi-Locker o Identity Layer – Giving every resident a o iSPIRT helps promising product player’s win unique ID - Aadhar, eKYC, eSign • We can approach this by picking up a problem o Payments Layer – Allowing anyone to pay and building a playground, in which all the 4 anyone else! interoperable, fast and cheap players Service Providers, Products, Platforms - not just smartphones - UPI, Aadhaar and Standards are there. Payments Bridge. Aadhaar Enabled Payment • We build the infrastructure – Shape the Policy Service and Help the Market Players – and bring all o Data Empowerment - To enable secure three together. sharing of data - Account Aggregator (DEPA), • iSpirit goal is to focus on three areas - Credit Consent Artefact, DigiLocker. Democratization, Health Inclusion and Pull • Some of the Touch Points experienced by India Logistics. Stack are – eKYC, DigiLocker, UPI, Account Aggregator (AA) for data. UPI transactions have The session was moderated and ended with an overtaken credit and debit card payments. interesting Q&A Session with over 180 registered MSMEs can get credit using data - Information participants, and Vote of Thanks by Ms. Anjali Collateral will play a critical role as the economy Bansal, Sr. Vice President, Bombay Chamber re-leverages. and Founder, Avaana Capital. The webinar was supported by Jackstien Practices & Consulting • The Hidden Innovation Pyramid – International LLP. 10 Bombay Chamber Review
Corporate Social Responsibility Monitoring and Evaluation June 28 to June 30, 2021 B ombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry organised three days training on Monitoring and Evaluation. intervention by identifying positive and negative changes. Drawing conclusions and presenting them Ms. Vijaya Balaji, Founding Partner and CEO, Social to their and your teams. Lens, Ms. Ruchika Hiranandani, Lead Associate - They also explained about the factors organisation Capacity Building, SocialLens & Ms. Meemansa needs to consider at corporate, portfolio and at Bhandari, Lead Associate - Impact, Social Lens was the programme level for impact of the project. Further trainers. they touched upon following topics : In three days of training they touched upon different ● M&E Challenges encountered by Funders and how aspects of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) starting to overcome those challenges. with understanding M&E. They spoke about three aspects of developing a monitoring system : ● Role of data and impact considerations. ● Data-driven Decision Making (DDDM) - its Role and 1. Developing an Annual Action Plan such as preparing Advantages. a list of activities, identifying responsible persons, setting a timeline and Determining expected ● Guiding Questions for Funders which gives Insights outcomes and smart indicators. to ask more questions, Details about the extent of work being done and these questions are means to 2. Management Meetings. greater social impact. 3. Action Report - Analysis and feedback of all the On a last day of training trainers touched upon activities completed aid in understanding the work the Reimagined Approach to M&E and Impact that needs to be done ahead, i.e., for providing Measurement and its pillars. futuristic direction to the organization. 1. MEANINGFUL IMPACT - Develop purpose-driven They also explained the Role of funders in monitoring insights that allow organisations to make more which are Due Diligence, Developing an Action Plan, effective strategic, operational and program level Developing Monitoring Framework, quarterly reporting decisions. from partner organization and at least six-monthly 2. MEASURABLE IMPACT - Benchmarking impact review meetings with partner. They stated that Both indicators to standardized measures defined by monitoring and evaluation are equally important leading organisations in the sector (UN, WHO etc.) and simultaneous processes that are essential for successful implementation of any development 3. RELEVANT IMPACT - Designing indicators that programme. It is essential for all kinds of stakeholders capture impact that is pertinent to the beneficiary involved in any development programme. community. 4. BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE - The extent to which the Further they spoke about M&E stage wise processes intervention has been successful in introducing and during programme Lifecycle, Measuring Impact instilling the desired habits, actions, and mindsets Effectively, Theory of Change, Logical Framework among the intended beneficiaries. Analysis, Ongoing M&E data for Impact measurement, Understanding Impact Measurement, Dimensions of 5. UNINTENDED EFFECTS- Identification of any Impact etc. unintended effects (primary, secondary, short term and long term effects) of the program on the direct Chamber Happenings Next day they touched upon the philanthropic and indirect beneficiaries. organisation’s role in M&E and they explained steps 6. MULTI STAKEHOLDER VIEW - The extent to which for Creating impact measurement systems which are : the intervention has been able to involve multiple, 1. Engage in participative planning. relevant stakeholders and stakeholders to address 2. Decide the focus of impact measurement. the multiple facets of the principle social issue. 3. Develop the indicators. At the end of the training, they also touched upon Linking SDGs to Impact and M&E, and three steps for 4. Develop the data collection plan, methods, and aligning with the SDGs which are plan, Assess Progress tools. and report and use of data. As well as steps and tools 5. Collecting and managing data. of behaviour change and measurement of behaviour 6. Use the data- Drawing insights and learning from change. The training was very interactive and received the data and understanding the impact of their very good feedback. August 2021 11
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Education and Skill Development Floor Leadership Batch 1: June 10 to 12, 2020 | Batch 2: June 15 to 17, 2020 T he coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing The participants learned to identify shop floor lockdown has severely disrupted the Indian problems and production process failures arising economy and the manufacturing sector. Most of out of lack of interpersonal skills. They developed the manufacturers have resumed operations with a corrective action plan to effectively communicate a limited workforce and vigilant guidelines. With with their team and develop techniques to motivate the well-being of the workforce on the shop floor their employees. This program incorporated becoming a key priority for organizations, it is different aspects, including effective rapport important to exercise extreme caution during this building, feedback, and conflict management. gradual return to normalcy. It is also important In the first half of the program, participants to plan for this ‘new normal’ by preparing agile identified their leadership style and traits on contingency plans. This will help ensure business the shop floor. They identified the challenges continuity in case the existing situation deteriorates encountered with their styles and discovered in the near future. strategies to overcome these challenges. The To prepare businesses to deal with shop floor participants shared their experiences and operations effectively and maximize productivity, expertise, thus making the discussions vibrant. the Education and Skill Development Committee Furthermore, discussion included aspects, such as of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry walking the talk and the necessity of an executive organized a virtual training course on Shop Floor presence. During the second half of the program, Leadership. The program included 20 participants in the speakers discussed management perspectives. each batch. The workshop was conducted by Mrs. The discussion included approaches for forming an Archana Shastry, who is a Behavioral Facilitator and effective team and utilizing the resources from the Transformational Coach, with 21 years of corporate team members, with an emphasis on trust building experience. exercises. The workshop started with a welcome note and The interactions helped participants in defining a brief introduction of the speaker. The program the difference between energy and enthusiasm Chamber Happenings included a high-impact customised learning module and its importance on the shopfloor. Conflict for production floor supervisors. This program resolution and effective leadership were introduced aimed to impart knowledge on the skills to manage in the discussion, and all participants showed a the daily work of their teams by using the Daily keen interest in self-development. The primary Management System. This system enables leaders understating imparted was that employees and to effectively lead their teams with effective skill leaders adopt different roles and contribute to communication methods for daily problem solving. efficient day-to-day functioning. This unique program is even more effective at All participants shared an action plan and successful developing the manufacturing leadership team. Mrs. implementation of the skills in their job role. The Shastry discussed different topics, such as managing program ended with a positive note and a vote of ‘oneself and others’ and ‘increasing productivity’. thanks. August 2021 13
Writing Effective Business Emails Batch 1: July 20 to 22, 2021 | Batch 2: July 27 to 29, 2021 B usiness Email Writing is a High impact • Effective subject lines and email text custom learning module for all levels of working • Language styles suitable for diverse set of professionals. Good writing skills are essential audience and purpose for success in the workplace, whether it’s emails, • Common errors such as punctuation and project reports, or sales proposals etc. Hence, capitalization to prepare the participants to improve their communication and to create an understanding of • Appropriate tone and level of formality in emails the significance of writing skills at the workplace, • Cultural context in business emails the Education and Skill Development Committee Towards the end of session, all participants shared of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry an action plan for implementation of the skills organized virtual session on Writing Effective acquired in their existing job role. The program Business Emails. ended with a positive note and a vote of thanks. The session started with a welcome note and a brief introduction of the speaker by Ms. Divya Pongde. The session was facilitated by Ms. Archana Shastry, who is a post graduate in English and she carries almost two decades work experience including international training. Helping you The workshop module was curated to be a help our participants get familiar with step ahead the basic email etiquette, formalise the of structure of the mail, Importance of uncertainties, proofreading with special emphasis on always grammar, typo errors, tone of the mail etc. Additionally, the session focused on standard mail formatting, the importance of branding and consistent subject Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited ensures your peace of mind and protection headings while broadcasting the mail, with its range of solutions that caters to every how to manage overload of emails need in your life. etc. During the session, the trainer highlighted various techniques such as STAR technique for smart and effective Motor Health Business Travel Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance communication. She carried out various exercises in order to practice the skills learnt in the session. It was ensured that Personal Accident Personal Property by the end of this course, participants Insurance Insurance have better understanding of: Disclaimer: Insurance is the subject matter of solicitation. For more details on benefits, exclusions, limitations, terms and conditions, please refer sales brochure/policy wordings before concluding a sale. • Vital skills for written English Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited • Differences and similarities among the Registered Office: Peninsula Business Park, Tower A, 15th Floor, G.K. Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013. different email formats 24X7 Toll Free No: 1800 266 7780 or 1800 229 966 (For Senior Citizens) I Fax: 022 6693 8170 Email: customersupport@tataaig.com I Website: www.tataaig.com I IRDA of India Registration No: 108 CIN:U85110MH2000PLC128425 | Auto Secure - Private Car Package Policy UIN - IRDAN108RP0002V01200001 | Tata AIG MediCare UIN - TATHLIP21224V022021 | Business Guard - Commercial Policy Package (Small Business Solutions) – Commercial - UIN - IRDAN108CP0015V01201819 | Accident Guard Plus UIN - TATPAIP21187V022021 14 Bombay Chamber Review | Standard Fire and Special Perils - Retail UIN - IRDAN108RP0004V01200607 | Travel Guard Policy UIN - TATTIOP21207V022021 TAGIC/MagAd/Generic/Dec 20/23 Ver 1/All 2321
Governance CAFTA's (Certificate in Applied Finance, Treasury and Analytics) Treasury Training Programs in collaboration with EY July 4 to August 21, 2021 B usiness Email Writing is a High impact custom learning module for all levels of working consistent subject headings while broadcasting the mail, how to manage overload of emails etc. professionals. Good writing skills are essential for During the session, the trainer highlighted various success in the workplace, whether it’s emails, project techniques such as STAR technique for smart and reports, or sales proposals etc. Hence, to prepare the effective communication. She carried out various participants to improve their communication and to exercises in order to practice the skills learnt in create an understanding of the significance of writing the session. It was ensured that by the end of this skills at the workplace, the Education and Skill course, participants have better understanding of: Development Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized virtual session on • Vital skills for written English Writing Effective Business Emails. • Differences and similarities among the different email formats The session started with a welcome note and a brief introduction of the speaker by Ms. Divya Pongde. • Effective subject lines and email text The session was facilitated by Ms. Archana Shastry, • Language styles suitable for diverse set of who is a post graduate in English and she carries audience and purpose almost two decades work experience including • Common errors such as punctuation and international training. capitalization The workshop module was curated to help our • Appropriate tone and level of formality in emails participants get familiar with the basic email • Cultural context in business emails etiquette, formalise the structure of the mail, Importance of proofreading with special emphasis Towards the end of session, all participants shared on grammar, typo errors, tone of the mail etc. an action plan for implementation of the skills Additionally, the session focused on standard acquired in their existing job role. The program mail formatting, the importance of branding and ended with a positive note and a vote of thanks. Consumer Protection Act, 2019 & Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 July 23, 2021 Tformulated he E-commerce Rules have primarily been Committee and Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Chamber Happenings with the objective to regulate the set the Theme for the webinar. E-commerce sector in India and protect consumers from unfair trade practices on such platforms. The Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar, Managing Partner, Legasis rules are set out for levelling the playing field for Partners and Founder-Director, Legasis Services all e-commerce players and are a significant step Pvt. Ltd. addressed our members on the said towards better digital governance. Rules. In his presentation, Mr. Tuljapurkar briefed With a view to update our members on the said on the scope of Rules; duties of E-commerce Rules, Bombay Chamber, under the auspices of its entities; duties of sellers on marketplace; duties Governance Committee organized the said webinar. and liabilities of inventory E-commerce entities and Mr. Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay summarised on the key takeaways from the Rules; Chamber delivered the welcome address and Mr. Sandeep Khosla thanked Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar Mr. Bharat Vasani, Chairman, Legal Affairs & IPR for his detailed presentation. August 2021 15
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Human Resource Management Marketing Analytics June 23 to 25, 2021 T he HRM of the Bombay Chamber conducted a three days webinar on Marketing Analytics. The retailing problem, excel and statistics. He explained about predictive analytics, its characteristics speaker was Dr. Bishram, B.Tech., PGDBM(XLRI), and also its evaluation. Dr. Bishram introduced CFA, Ph.D. forecasting and it’s characteristics and different On the first day, Dr. ishram gave an introduction methods of forecasting too. He covered regression about Marketing Analytics and said that Marketing analysis with excel and thoroughly discussed about Analytics is the application of analytics tools to solve prescriptive analytics. Dr. Bishram spoke about mean marketing problems. He spoke about its benefits and standard deviation with different scenarios, and discussed the types of analytics which are discrete and continuous random variables and its’ descriptive, predictive and prescriptive. He used examples. He covered Probability Distribution of excel to explain different types of analytics. He Dice Rolls. The participants solved the problems for spoke about various charts used in analytics. The better understanding. speaker explained about six phases of life cycle of On the third day the 25th June, Dr. Bishram covered Marketing Analytics namely Discovery, Preparation, about Prescriptive Analytics. He gave an industry Model Planning, Model Building, Communicate example to explain the topic. He discussed about Results, Operationalise. He discussed each phase prescriptive analytics under low uncertainty and thoroughly. At the end of the first session the under risk. He also spoke about simulation analysis. participants were given exercises to solve with He explained the model of customer acquisition and various organisational problems. customer retention. He made the different concepts On the second day the 24th June, the speaker clear by giving examples. He discussed various case covered Descriptive Analytics with examples. He studies and allowed the participants to come up spoke about descriptive analytics with the help of a with their analysis. Awakening Innovation Techniques June 29, 2021 The HRM of the Bombay Chamber conducted effective communication and projection of one’s creative and innovative ideas to an organization. a webinar on Awakening Innovation Techniques. The creativity and problem solving session aimed The speaker spoke about visualization and imagining to provide opportunities for all the participants out of the box, stress management and creativity to understand and enhance their understanding through art and painting abstract. Mr. Kalbag and abilities to become more innovative and conducted creativity enhancing activities in the positively different in their thinking and their action session like the ACRONYM game in order to awaken towards their respective tasks and responsibilities. creative thinking. He discussed about meditation This webinar was focused upon ways to enhance on music and silence to enhance imagination. He creative and innovative thinking thereby help advised the participants to break the monotony of each participant to find solutions for their various actions and thoughts. challenges. The webinar was designed to enable the The speaker Mr. Mayur Kalbag discussed with participants to think out of box which will help live professional and personal examples that them in situations of crisis. He discussed about doing things differently is the need of the hour. real life examples of creativity and how one can He spoke about advantages of being creative bring the same in one’s work. The speaker taught and innovative at work and the role of the 3 Ps the techniques to communicate the creativity and – Provoke, Project and Progress. He discussed ways to manage stress. He said that creativity can about how to provoke and project one’s ideas and be enhanced through art and poetry writing. Each its importance. He mentioned about the role of participant was asked to write poem in the session. 18 Bombay Chamber Review
How to Thrive as First Time Manager / Supervisor July 24, 2021 The Bombay Chamber under the aegis of HRM Committee conducted a webinar on How to Thrive as First Time Manager / Supervisor. Newly promoted Managers/Executives/ Supervisor need a different skill set and attitude to perform managerial functions. They now have to experience a paradigm shift from a follower to a leader mind set. On getting elevated to a managerial position from junior executive status he first needs to develop managerial attitude & skills. The new manager needs to acquire a macro perspective, a broad vision of his role as a manager. If he has to manage former peers, he needs special skills and transition tips. He/she has to be aware and 3. L ea d ers h i p s k i l l s ; d evel o p i n g p eo p l e , overcome some common mistakes like: Still trying delegating, positive influencing skills. to do things yourself, focusing on details rather 4. Effective Communication & Team Building Skills; than goals, refusing to make decisions, making maintaining ‘savvy’ interpersonal and decision promises you can’t keep, holding back and such making skills. others. 5. Coping with stress through practical tools. Man management skills like ability to delegate, to Objectives: develop people, getting work done; professional • To provide man management skills like leadership, problem solving and time and stress developing macro perspective, getting management skills are a must. work done instead of doing on own, setting From being implementer to getting the work targets, motivating, communicating with done is the important aspect for newly promoted juniors and seniors. Managers/ Supervisor. Managerial skills are as • To develop a professional and managerial important as technical skills to get work done. The mindset when dealing with juniors & to new Manager/ Supervisor needs to be equipped ensure smooth transition to managerial with these management skills like dealing with staff position. and customers, and motivating staff. They can run • To give them skills to develop capabilities, their departments effectively with these skills. to delegate after coaching & counselling The workshop covered the Managerial & juniors in their team. Leadership Skills with Professional Mindset; Chamber Happenings • To equip participants with skills to plan, to acquiring a leadership mindset to a follower use time productively & conduct meetings mind set, developing managerial attitude to get effectively. work done, result oriented approach, to increase • To enhance team building skills, to fulfil productivity. team expectations; savvy interpersonal 1. Smooth transition by avoiding Six Unforgivable relationship and decision making skills. Mistakes – treating individuals unequally, FACULTY: Dr. Lata Shetty - Director, Mainstream no trust, losing cool, engaging in personal Training Centre. Qualifications: B.Sc., M.S.W., Ph.D., relationships with whom we supervise. a gold medalist throughout her academic career 2. Motivating employees & creating extraordinary and holds a Doctorate from the prestigious Tata energy. Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). August 2021 19
Customer Relationship & Selling Techniques July 27, 2021 The Bombay Chamber under the aegis of HRM and duration of presentation, listening more to uncover customer’s needs and desires, Committee conducted a webinar on Customer Relationship & Selling Techniques. Building handling objections; After Sales: Creative follow a strong relationship with customers is the up to ensure a close. foundation to successful selling, and a great • Qualities of result oriented salesperson – relationship begins with developing rapport. Passion, focus, result oriented, smart use When you have a strong relationship with a of time to strengthen customer relationship customer, you tend to have more influence with and generate more and more business, that customer. That means the customer respects good judgment and ability to negotiate in a your experience and advice, they are more likely proactively prepared manner. to value your contribution to the decision process, • Closing sales strategies – Knowing the decision and there is a greater chance of such customers makers and people who can influence him, becoming “long-term” customers. Top sales people creating a sense of urgency, anticipating have certain qualities which differentiate them possible objections and handling them from an average one. Building and strengthening with confidence e.g. about price: know and relationships with customers makes a difference communicate how your service is better than to sales and results in increased goodwill. Loyal your competitor, proactively knowing how customers are more critical than ever to enhance much leeway is possible to negotiate, focus on sales. Through such customers’ recommendations close or at least coming closer to the close. and references great sales become possible. They generate repeat sales. The purpose of the Objectives: salesperson today is to build the business and To sensitize participants about how critical to influence customer loyalty. Increase in sales relationship building is to increase sales. happens with vibrant customer relationships, coming up with win-win situations, and providing To develop and strengthen selling techniques so value adds whenever possible. that they become skilled in the areas like building rapport through mirroring, matching, pacing; The workshop covered the most important step in providing value adds. the sales process like; To provide skills to control the Sales Process. • Importance of Relationship in selling – Relationship a key factor in selling, creative To help participants develop and strengthen w ay s o f b u i l d i n g a n d s t re n gt h e n i n g qualities required to become a superstar relationship; uncovering customer needs. salesperson. To develop mastery in presenting for sales by • Control of sales process- Avoiding common asking enough relevant questions, active listening; mistakes like quoting price before presenting making an impressive opening. the value, leaving “will calls” when calling a prospect, overcoming personal prejudices and To sensitize about the importance of closing sales others. besides presenting, handling objections; asking for business and referrals with panache. • Thorough Preparation & Approach- Pre Sales approach: customer’s likely needs, competitor’s FACULTY: Dr. Lata Shetty - Director, Mainstream rate and offering; During sales: correct timing Training Centre. 20 Bombay Chamber Review
Information & Communication Technology Certificate Course on Data Storytelling with Tableau June 24-25, 2021 B ombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Graphs. He further enlightened the participants on organized a Certificate Course on Data Storytelling the Dashboard and stories, Tableau Preparation, with Tableau. On behalf of Bombay Chamber, Integration of Tableau with R and Hadoop and Ms. Revati welcomed Dr. Manish Kumar Jain, various projects on Working with Tableau Interactive Speaker and the participants. Dashboard, Tableau for Crime Statistics Analysis, Manish talked about the Visualisation and Power Analyzing Economic Data, and Analyzing Market of Tableau, Architecture of Tableau, Working with Performance. Metadata and Data Blending, Working with Filters, Organising Data and Visual Analytics, Working with The program ended with a vote of thanks to the Mapping, Working with parameters, Charts and speaker and participants. Classroom Training on Excel July 8 & 9, 2021 B ombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Charts etc. He further enlightened the participants organized a Classroom Training on Excel. Mr Altaf Quick Access Toolbar, Reference and the Keyboard Karimi conducted the session for Galderma India Shortcuts. Employees. Mr Altaf talked about the Excel Interface, Modifying a Worksheet, Formatting The program ended with a vote of thanks. Twenty Cells, Formulas and Functions, Sorting and Filling, delegates participated in the training. International Trade & Commerce Export Procedure & Payment Settlement May 29, 2021 Chamber Happenings Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Documentation, Role of a Freight Forwarder etc.) organized a Webinar on Export Procedure & She further enlightened the participants on the Payment Settlement. On behalf of Bombay Chamber, Advance Payment Method, Open Account Method, Ms. Revati welcomed Ms. Smita Santoki, Speaker Bills for Collection Method, Consignment Sale and the participants. Method and the Letter of Credit (LC) Ms. Smita talked about the deciding factors for picking up the product/s for Export and a The program ended with a vote of thanks to the particular region Country/ies, also on How to Export speaker and participants. There were 11 delegates (Actual Procedures- IEC, RCMC, Export Incentives, participated from different organizations. August 2021 21
Legal Affairs & IPR Primer on Arbitration June 19, 2021 T he cl o su re of th e co urts c reated a n Committee and Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas unprecedented backlog particularly in commercial set the Theme for the webinar. matters in a city like Mumbai. Medium enterprises Mr. Ashok Barat, Past President, Bombay Chamber are likely to be impacted the most as they will and Mr. Zarir Bharucha, Managing Partner, ZBA be struggling to get dates and hearings. In such a addressed the members at the webinar. They briefed situation, arbitration will become the only alternate on the (i) advantages and limitations of arbitration, dispute resolution mechanism available as an (ii) stage of considering arbitration; (iii) choice of immediate resort to get reliefs. jurisdiction, seat, rules – what do they mean and To familiarize and update our members, especially determining best fit, with illustrations, jurisprudence the MSMEs, with the entire arbitration process, its and precedents; (iv) choice of arbitrator/s – various steps, the pros and cons, which will enable composition of tribunal, criteria, costs and typical them to effectively utilize the same, the Bombay terms and conditions; (v) tips for commencement of Chamber, under the auspices of its Legal Affairs & arbitration; (vi) reliefs and awards; (vii) enforcement IPR Committee, organized this webinar. of arbitral awards – practical problems associated Mr. Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay with execution; and (viii) future of Indian arbitration Chamber delivered the welcome address and – trends and forecasts. Mr. Sandeep Khosla delivered Mr. Bharat Vasani, Chairman, Legal Affairs & IPR the vote of thanks. Bombay Chamber's Legal and Labour Advisory Services depar tment has been regularly suppor ting members by providing opinion and advisory to our members on recent issues. All Advisories and Notifications relating to COVID-19 issued by the Centre, State Governments and other Regulatory Authorities are regularly uploaded on our website - http://www.bombaychamber.com/service?labourAdvisory.html Government Notifications / Orders Covid-19: Updates and Notifications CLICK HERE Legal Updates CLICK HERE Latest News CLICK HERE 22 Bombay Chamber Review
Media, Corporate Communication & Public Relations How to become a Profitable Personal Brand on Social Media July 1, 2021 The Media, Corporate Communication & Public Relations (MCCPR) Committee of Bombay Chamber people all over the world, The science of creating high conversion captions which engage and creating had organized a Webinar on How to become a hashtags, which increase the reach and makes Profitable Personal Brand on Social Media. Ms. Shruti prospective audiences hooked to their social media Rathod, Bombay Chamber welcomed the speaker pages, Exclusive personal branding templates and tips and delegates. She introduced and briefly spoke on which people good at personal branding never speak historical milestones of Bombay Chamber and Young about, How and why should an individual create their Bombay Forum. There were 10 delegates participated own niche to build a strong personal brand and online from different organizations. presence, How to create videos and present the story online to connect with the audience?, Benefits of Mr. Pavan Prakash Badllani was the speaker. He creating a personal brand, Benefits of video marketing is a celebrity handwriting and signature analyst, and Creative ways to present the story online and motivational speaker and author. increase the fan following, How to write a book & start This webinar covered in detail all about how an individual a podcast to build a strong personal brand and online can use social media to create a personal brand, build presence?, Secrets of utilizing content marketing for awareness and generate sales for the business. Another the business and how to increase traffic to the pages segment is about social media strategies, content ideas by collaborating with other creators online on various and powerful strategies which can help an individual to social media platforms. build a sales funnel for their brand. Overall, the entire webinar was highly interactive where Mr. Pavan stressed on key topics about How to create delegates discussed their challenges with the speakers a powerful personal brand which helps in building and got practical meaningful responses on the subject. authority, Increase awareness and connecting with The webinar received an excellent feedback. Power of Branding yourself through Micro Videos July 15, 2021 TRelations he Media, Corporate Communication & Public (MCCPR) Committee of Bombay Chamber Mr. Pavan stressed on key topics about How to create powerful micro videos which helps to build authority, had organized a Webinar on Power of Branding increase awareness, connect with people all over the yourself through Micro Videos. Ms. Shruti Rathod, world, The science of converting cold audiences to Bombay Chamber welcomed the speaker and prospective clients for the business /personal brand, delegates. She introduced and briefly spoke on Exclusive video scripts and templates to utilize to historical milestones of Bombay Chamber and create powerful videos which help in automating the efforts and saves time so that an individual don’t Chamber Happenings Young Bombay Forum. There were 13 delegates participated from different organizations. have to convince people repeatedly to purchase the product or service, How to create own niche to build Mr. Pavan Prakash Badllani was the speaker. He a strong personal brand and online presence, Secrets is a celebrity handwriting and signature analyst, of utilizing video marketing for the business and how motivational speaker and author. to increase urgency amongst the audience for higher This webinar covered in detail about how to use micro sales, How to introduce yourself on video?. He videos to build the personal brand online which can explained the concept with the help of various case help to build awareness, generate leads and lead to studies, examples and activities. high ticket sales for the various products and services. Overall, the entire webinar was highly interactive The objective of the webinar was to share secrets where delegates discussed their challenges with the about how to build a powerful brand online and speakers and got practical meaningful responses on the how to harness the power of video marketing. subject. The webinar received an excellent feedback. August 2021 23
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