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                                BOMBAY
                                CHAMBER REVIEW                                          Vol. XVII No. 4 August 2021

                               PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs
PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs
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
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   ♦   Customer Relationship & Selling Techniques...................................... 20
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   ♦   Certificate Course on Data Storytelling with Tableau........................... 21                    Commerce and Industry
   ♦   Classroom Training on Excel.............................................................. 21          Admin.Office :
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   ♦   Export Procedure & Payment Settlement............................................ 21                  Senapati Bapat Marg, 29,
   ♦   Primer on Arbitration.......................................................................... 22    (Tulsi Pipe Road), Dadar (W),
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   ♦   Preamble of ISO Certification............................................................. 25
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       Your Business Growth through Manufacturing.................................... 26                     3rd Floor, Ballard Estate,
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   ♦   Understanding Body Language........................................................... 29             Note :
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   ♦   Mentorship and Coaching within Leadership...................................... 30
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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.

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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.

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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

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PROFIT Business Accelerator Programme for Internationalisation of SMEs
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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Membership Privileges, Benefits & Services
                   Exclusive Privileges for “Member (0)” members
•   Right to Attend the General Meetings
•   Right to Vote for Any Purpose
•   Right to hold Any Office in the Chamber
•   Represent the Chamber on public or semi-public bodies subject to the provisions of the Articles

                Benefits for “Member (O) & Associate (A)” members
•   Complimentary copy of the Bombay Chamber Review
•   Opportunity to participate in Meetings, Seminars, Workshops organized by the Chamber
•   Participate in lectures and discussion meetings on subject of topical interest
•   Participate Employees Training & Development Programmes
•   Participate in meetings with visiting Delegations, Consular Corps and dignitaries from abroad
•   Visa Recommendation letter to Embassies and Consulates for grant of visa for overseas business travel
•   Certificate of export documentation and endorsement (Certificate of Origin)
•   Labour Advisory services
•   Board Room / Meeting Room at Concessional Rates
•   Arbitration and Conciliation Services
•   Mediation Services (under progression)
•   Complimentary Copy of Members Directory ( Digital Edition)

                    Services for Associates Limited (AL) Members
•   Certificate of Export documentation and endorsement (Certificate of Origin) Online
•   Attestation Services
•   Visa Recommendation letter to Embassies and Consulates for grant of visa for overseas business travel
•   Board Room / Meeting Room at Concessional Rates

                                          For details contact:
                    Rajiv Mani - rajiv.mani@bombaychamber.com / 9820631452
                  Amritlal Yadav - membership@bombaychamber.com / 9930986224
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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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