Rotary International District 3140 District Governer, Dr. Ulhas Kolhatkar invites you to participate in the “MicroFinance Utsav 07-08” an Exhibition cum Conference on Micro-Finance opportunities in Urban Semi Urban Areas.

Organiser’s Profile
Rotary International District 3140. (Comprising 111 clubs and over 6000 distinguished members from Mumbai And Thane).

Event Duration
2 days - 7th and 8th March 2008

Time
9.30 am to 6.00 pm

Venue
Hotel Tip Top Plaza, Thane West

Participants Profile
All stakeholders in MicroFinance industry i.e. MicroFinance institutions (MFIs), Private Banks, Nationalised Banks, Development Banks (like NABARD /SIDBI/RRB), Credit societies, NGOs, relevant Govt. depts., Social Welfare Clubs or service clubs (like Rotary, Lions, etc), Trusts, Private Players, Corporate CSR cells, Self Help Groups (SHGs), SHG Federations, Consumer Forums, etc.

Event Objective

• To bring together all stakeholders in MicroFinance industry under one roof, to share, exchange ideas, views, experiences, resources and to encourage small/medium players for capacity building through alliances, joint ventures
• To create awareness amongst target population about MicroFinance, including various MicroFinance products & services, various MicroFinance initiatives, various stakeholders etc.
• The Focus of the event will be on MicroFinance related activities in Urban & Semi-Urban areas of our country.
• Declaration and Action Plan on MicroFinance by RI District 3140

Event Highlights

• 2 day Conference/Seminar on recent issues in MicroFinance
• Speeches by well-known experts from MicroFinance and allied industry.
• Highlighting/Guidance from experts on various emerging issues, schemes, developments, opportunities in Urban MicroFinance, ways of participation for NGOs, etc.
• Facilitating round table talks between various stakeholders of MicroFinance industry and providing encouraging environment for creation of alliances or joint ventures or partnership amongst various stakeholders 
• Exhibition Stalls cum Sales of goods and items made and/or services by various NGOs, Self Help Groups etc.
• Display and show of real success stories by MFI, NGOs, various Private banks / partners initiatives, etc.
• Rotary to distribute MicroCredit corpus (Target Two Crores) to NGOs and Self Help Groups for various causes.

Guests and Speakers

• Experts in MicroFinance industries (Dr. Mohammad Yunus, Ela Bhatt, Dr. Nachiket Mor, Dy. Governor Mrs. Thorat, Mr. Vijay Mahajan and experts from NABARD / SIDBI / SA-DHAN / other big MFIs have been invited to grace the ocassion)
• Renowned social activist dealing with grass root NGOs etc.
• VVIPs including CM, Dy. CM, Co-operation Minister, Finance Minister, etc. will be invited to grace the ocassion.
• Also local dignitaries like Mayor, MP, MLA etc.

Visitors Profile
A large number of visitors are expected to visit this event. Visitors may include all banks and their Microcredit staff, MFIs, intermediate banks, NGOs, Co-operatives etc, ancillary industries like various MicroInsurance companies, Microcredit software, tools and publications companies, vocational training and livelihood NGOs, Self Help Group of various banks and MFIs etc. and special stalls of renowned NGOs in field of education, health, and environment etc for interest of common public.

Event Deliverable

• Platform to understand market dynamics and experiences from the industry experts.
• Common platform for both the MFIs / NGOs (needing funds) and financial institutions (giving debt/equity funds).
• Platform to exchange business ideas, resources and build contacts with various stakeholders.
• Rotary to understand its future role in MicroFinance and to initiate joint projects with MFI.

How can it benefit you?

• There may be several direct and indirect benefits for you or your organisation individually and the whole micro-finance sector collectively.
• Overall awareness about the segment and promoting the concept on the whole.
• Guidance from experts on various emerging issues, schemes, developments, opportunities in urban MicroFinance.
• Finding a MF Partner, Finding a funding partner, finding an intermediary, Visibility in the Industry.

Organising committee:

Correspondence Address
RID 3140 - MICROFINANCE UTSAV 07-08
M/s. Satish Mane & Company
Shop No. 4, Ramkrishna Nagar, Opp. Satguru Garden,
R. M. Road, Thane (East) - 400 603. Maharashtra. India