IMS Foundation - established in 2011 is a Not-for-Profit Charitable Trust managed by renowned industry leaders. It is a single largest collaborative platform of all Indian and Global manufacturing entities especially, the Micro, Small and Medium Scale enterprises (MSME) to become engineering manufacturing industries. The IMS Foundation also works extensively to promote start-ups throughout India.
TechBharat: A flagship program of IMS Foundation & Laghu Udyog Bharati…TechBharat is one of the prime initiatives of IMS and LUB-K. Basically established to support and enable Start Ups and Start-Up ecosystem. TechBharat extensively promotes technology and product-based companies…
Read More...IMS Foundation with the support of Laghu Udyog Bharati-Karnataka under the National banner Grama Shilpi Prakosta has initiated various programmes to support rural based artisans and promotion their products in the state. It has been hosting various programmes at these GI indexed regions and rope in the NexGen also to get actively involved in keep this art alive.
IMS Foundation has started another initiative to support healthcare system in rural regions called Clinic on Wheels.
Laghu Udyog Bharati - Karnataka (LUB-K) is the State Chapter of LUB catering to the 24 districts of Karnataka and works towards the empowerment of entrepreneurs in the Micro and Small sector.
It plays an important role in promoting trade and investments in the State. Being the apex organisation in Karnataka for MSMEs, it regularly interacts with Senior Government Officials both from the Centre and State on critical issues concerning MSME sector.
LUB-K is involved in activities including:
Capacity building programmes for Entrepreneurs
Industrial Visits – To showcase best practices & encourage MSMEs to adopt and replicate the same
Interactive Meetings with Government Departments to solve specific bottlenecks/grievances
Hosting Knowledge capsules on regular basis as a member-connect initiative
Participation in National and International Exhibitions and Trade Fairs
Hosting of National and International Exhibitions
Organizing International Business Delegations for Technology transfers, B2B & Joint Ventures and Collaborations
Promoting Leadership among Women Entrepreneurs
It ensure continuous support for the development of businesses by creating and disseminating cross-industry best practices and critical knowledge, and help members understand and keep abreast of changing economic conditions, the regulatory and taxation environment, and rapid technological changes. Operating through several Expert Committees, representing all industry and service sectors, LUBK regularly organizes industrial visits for its membership base so that best practices can be replicated back in their own units.
LUBK provides a strong interface with the Union and State Governments in the formulation of industrial policy, sector specific schemes and policies, with industry expertise, cutting edge research and incisive analysis. It regularly submits representations on both immediate and long-standing issues to the governments.
At the Events
The first edition was organised in Bangalore in 2010. It was inaugurated by Shri Sachin Jindal, Chief of Jindal Steel and Shri B S Yediyurappa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka
The Second Edition was hosted in 2012. It was inaugurated by Shri Anand Mahindra, CMD of Mahindra Group and Shri Jagadish Shettar, Minister for Large and Heavy Industries, GoK
The Third Edition was hosted in 2014 where Shri Vikram Kirloskar, Chief of Kirloskar Group inaugurated along with Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan and Shri Maheshwar Rao, IAS-GoK.
The Fourth Edition was organised in 2017 where Shri H N Anantha Kumar, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Government of India.
IMS Foundation in association with Laghu Udyog Bharati-Karnataka very successfully organised the 5th India Manufacturing Show: IMS 2022-MSME.
As part of its CSR initiative, IMS Foundation in association Laghu Udyog Bharati-Karnataka launched its first in the series “Clinic on Wheels” on April 1, 2023 in Bengaluru.
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