{"id":36323,"date":"2026-08-24T17:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/?p=36323"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:12:42","slug":"msme-export-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/msme-export-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT Madras Just Told Indian MSMEs How to Sell to the World \u2014 Here’s What Was Said"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Seminar That Signals a Structural Shift<\/strong><\/p>\n

India has 63 million MSMEs contributing to 45% of India’s exports and almost 30% of India’s GDP. But most of these enterprises have never sold outside their district, much less their country. In that day, it is about to change \u2013 and it is changing quickly.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) conducted a historic National Seminar on \u201cFrom Local to Global: Enabling Export-ready MSMEs through Digital Commerce\u201d at IIT Madras on 18 August 2026. The event has been attended by the policymakers, DGFT officials, EXIM Bank, ECGC, export consultants and more than 100 MSMEs, entrepreneurs and students from Chennai, reported DD News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is not a normal governmental function. Structured capacity-building, academic collaboration, and financial institution access are all key policy tools being deployed to steer MSMEs into global digital trade, and it is clear that it is the Centre’s policy. The opportunities for entrepreneurs and manufacturers to jump on this trend are vast \u2014 and will keep growing bigger.<\/p>\n

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