Business Leaders, Industry Associations Speak About Post COVID Revival At Business Goa Summit
Business Goa hosted a lively conversation between heads of industry associations and business leaders with Chairman and Editor in Chief of BW BusinessWorld magazine and founder exchange4media group, Dr Annurag Batra.
The theme was Post Pandemic Lessons Business, Economy and Entrepreneurship, and Goa’s business leaders were invited for this exchange of ideas, at Fortune Miramar.
Dr. Batra, a serial entrepreneur and a mentor to many successful entrepreneurs, spoke on the destruction caused by Covid which hurt the global economy and the rise of digital in our daily lives, be it in media and e-commerce sectors, and various lessons that he had learned from the pandemic.
Dr. Batra further stressed healthcare services waking up to the need for improvement, especially in areas like infrastructure and medical education, so also tourism, entrepreneurship in Goa, the rise of startups, and strategizing for the new normal.
Ralph De Souza, President, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI), spoke on the challenges Goa faced with regards to tourism, the impact of domestic tourists in Goa and moving forward after the pandemic.
Atul Pai Kane, Chairman of Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), Goa Chapter was buoyant about the prospects for MSMEs and the manufacturing sector.
Milind Anvekar, President, Goa Technology Association, highlighted the startup ecosystem in Goa and the new bitcoin, FOHO, launched in Goa this year.
Former President of GCCI and Chartered Accountant, Sandip Bhandare, CA, and Santosh Kenkre, incoming Chairman of IACC and CA, spoke on the Indian economy and how the industry has grown, wiser and stronger after numerous lockdowns.
Ajit Dalvi, Circle Head, Goa, HDFC Bank, did expressed HDFC Bank’s readiness to support Industry in a post-COVIS-19 economic scenario.
Nitin Kuncolienkar, President of, Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology, spoke on the political scenario in the State and the changes that needed to be brought about in order for various industries to bounce back from the effects of the lockdowns.
