Tech Frontiers

3 JULY 2026 Hosur

SCALING MSMES IN DEFENCE INDIGENIZATION & EXPORTS

Shri. Shashi Kiran Lewis, Dy. Regional Chairman, Southern Region, EEPC India delivering welcome remarks at the Seminar.

Organized by EEPC India with the support from Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. The objective of the seminar was to promote the Government Scheme for promotion of MSMEs in Defence Sector.

Key speakers who addressed the session:

Shri. Vivek Virmani, Dy. Director General (DDG), iDEX and Dir (P&C), DDP, MoD, Govt. of India;

Shri. Sankaraiah Mada, Sc. 'H', OS &TD (GS&P), Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bengaluru;

Shri. S P Dekate, Addl. Director General of Quality Assurance, Dte of Quality Assurance (Combat Vehicle), DGQA, Avadi; Shri. Saravanan Murugesan, DDGQA, DQA(CV) Avadi, Chennai, Ministry of Defence, GoI

Shri. Sandeep Rane. Dy. Controller, Controllerate of Quality Assurance (Heavy Vehicles), DGQA, Avadi

Smt. Shruthi Venugopal, Dy. Director, Defence Standardisation Cell, Bengaluru, Directorate of Standardization (DoS), DDP, GoI;

Shri. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Jt. General Manager, Engine Factory, AVNL Avadi;

Shri. Kiran Dev Satuluri, IEDS, Assistant Director, MSME DFO, Chennai, Ministry of MSME, GoI

Shri Suresh RaoProject Co-ordinator, DIA-RCoE

Mr Mayank Krishna, Sr Assistant Director, EEPC India

Ms Priyanka Chakraborty, Assistant Director, EEPC India

7 - 8 JULY 2026, Johhnesburg, South Africa

AFRICA RAIL

AFRICA RAIL IS THE LARGEST AND LONGEST-RUNNING RAIL INDUSTRY TRADE EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE IN AFRICA

7 - 9 JULY 2026

The Palms Convention Center, Accra, Ghana

MEGAWATT AFRICA

THE INTL ENERGY AND POWER GENERATION EXHIBITION FOR AFRICA

Shri Surinder Bhagat, Indian Ambassador to Ghana (in the center) Shri V.N. Parameswaran, HOC (Head of Chancery) and Second Secretary (Comm, PIC/Edu) (Left) was also present

15 JULY 2026 Bengaluru & Chennai

FLAGGING OFF CEREMONIES WHERE FIRST EXPORT CONSIGNMENTS FLAGGED OFF IN CHENNAI, BANGALORE, MUMBAI AND SANAND UNDER INDIA-UK CETA AND PREFERENTIAL CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN (eCoO) UNDER INDIA - UK CETA WERE HANDED OVER

ALSO IN VANIJYA BHAVAN NEW DELHI

Ms Lindy Cameron, British High Commissioner to India (3rd from left on dias )

Mr Rajesh Agrawal, Commerce Secretary, Government of India (middle on the dais)

Ms Lindy Cameron (2nd from left) and Mr Rajesh Agrawal (middle) handed over Preferential Certificate of Origin (eCoO) under India - UK CETA to Exporters

Mr Pankaj Chadha, Chairman, EEPC India was present (far left)

BENGALURU EEPC MEMBER - JINDAL ALUMINIUM

15 JULY 2026 Chennai & New Delhi

First export consignments flagged off in Chennai under India-UK CETA by Mrs Rajalakshmi, Zonal Addl. DGFT , Dr Sutapa Choudhury, British Dy. High Commissioner and Mr Venkatesham Anamala, Additional Commissioner of Customs

Member of EEPC India, M/s. Wheels India Pvt Ltd receiving the India-UK CETA Certificate of Origin from Mrs Rajalakshmi, Zonal Addl. DGFT and Mr Venkatesham Anamala, Additional Commissioner of Customs

Member of EEPC India, M/s. IGP Engineers Pvt Ltd receiving the India-UK CETA Certificate of Origin from Mrs Rajalakshmi, Zonal Addl. DGFT and Mr Venkatesham Anamala, Additional Commissioner of Customs

15 JULY 2026, Mumbai & Sanand

Mumbai

India UK Flagging off Ceremony in Mumbai

Mr Anoop Marwaha , Regional Chairman (WR), EEPC India along with 10 other EEPC India members were present at the flagging off ceremony

SANAND

Mr Stephen Hicking, Deputy High Commissioner to Gujarat and Rajasthan, British Deputy High Commission, Ahmedabad; Mr Sudhakaran Nair, Sr. Deputy Director, EEPC INDIA; Mr Rahul Singh, Joint DGFT, Ahmedabad

Flaging off of the first consignment at ICD after India UK CETA became effective

17 JULY 2026, Kolkata

WORKSHOP ON NAVIGATING THE RUSSIAN MARKET: BANKING, LOGISTICS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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Mr. B. D. Agarwal, Regional Chairman (ER), EEPC India (4th from left) is giving the welcome address.

Dignitaries seated on the dais - Mr. Naveen Malhotra, Director – Customer Relations, Sberbank (3rd from right);

Mr. Nishant Parashar, Director – Business

Development, Sberbank (2nd from right);

Mr. Ajay Bansal, Senior Client Relationship Manager, Sberbank (far right);

Mr. Arun Kumar Garodia, Immediate Past Chairman, EEPC India (3rd from left);

Dr. Rajat Srivastava, AED, EEPC India (2nd from left) and

Mrs. Jaya Basu, Regional Director (ER), EEPC India (far left)

Mr Kousik Bhattacharjee, Assistant Director, EEPC India was present (seen in the last photo far right)

Mr. Naveen Malhotra, Director – Customer Relations, Sberbank (2nd from right) making presentation on business opportunities for Indian companies in Russia

Mr. Arun Kumar Garodia, Immediate Past Chairman, EEPC India during interaction with the Sberbank officials

Mr. Nishant Parashar, Director – Business Development, Sberbank addressing the audience on dynamics of export from India to Russia

Participants at the Session

Presenting mementos to the speakers

17 JULY 2026, Coimbatore

EXPORT OUTREACH SESSION - RECENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

Dr. S Chandrasekar, Convenor, EEPC INDIA - Coimbatore Chapter addressing the gathering on Export outreach Session

Shri J V Raja Gopal Rao, Regional Director (SR), EEPC India - Making Presentation on Recent Free Trade Agreements

Shri Sekhar & Shri Vinay Kumar Saxena, Bharat Exim - Explaining about services offered by them

Shri Senthilmurugan R - Chief Manager, Primary Market Relationship, NSE, giving a presentation

Dignitaries on the Dias From Left :

Shri. Vinay Kumar Saxena, Founders, Bharat Exim
Shri Sekhar, Founders, Bharat Exim
Dr. S Chandrasekar, Convenor, EEPC INDIA
Shri Sridhar Dharamarajan, ITS, Addl. DGFT
Shri J.V.Raja Gopal Rao, Regional Director (SR), EEPC INDIA,
Shri Senthilmurugan.R , Chief Manager, Primary Market Relationship, NSE
Shri Bharat Chandela, Assistant Vice President FEDAI

Participants at the Session

17 JULY 2026, Belagavi

AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (FTAS),EXPORT PROMOTION MISSION, AND TRADE CONNECT PORTAL

Shri Parag Bhandare, Convener, Belagavi Chapter, welcoming the participants

Shri. Adarsh K., Assistant Director, DGFT, ITS, making a detailed presentation on FTA Outreach Program, Export Promotion Mission and Session on Trade Connect Portal International markets.

Shri. V C Ravish, Dy. Director, EEPC India, Bengaluru, making a detailed presentation on Exploring International Markets / Sub Contracting

Participants at the Session