Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 3: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), Northern Region-II, conducted Vendor Development Program/ Buyer-Seller Meet for Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre, here today to promote participation of MSEs in the procurements of Corporation.
The event was organized in association with Branch MSME Development and Facilitation Office, Srinagar. The Branch was represented in the Meet by Saheel Alaqaband, Assistant Director.
Senior most officials from POWERGRID, Northern Region-II including Anil Sharma (CGM Projects), Senior GM (Ladakh & Kashmir) Shafat Ahmad Wani, Senior GM (C&M) Arshad Iqbal, Senior GM (Finance) KV Sampath Kumar, GM (HR) Vinod P Baxla and Senior DGM (C&M) Amit Patel led by Executive Director Rajesh Kumar participated in vendor development programme.
Rajesh Kumar in his key note address impressed upon the MSME vendors to come forward and partner POWERGRID in nation building. He intimated that the purpose of this programme is to make them aware and facilitate their participation in various tenders being floated by the Corporation.
During the event, various schemes of GoI/CPSUs were explained and the participants showed their keen interest and raised queries regarding Registration on GeM portal, POWERGRID PRANIT portal, Quality Assessment, benefit extended to MSME vendors and business prospects for participation in POWERGRID tenders.
Around 60 MSME vendors from the Kashmir valley participated in this vendor development program.
POWERGRID is a Maharatna Enterprise under Ministry of Power having its regional headquarters of Northern Region-II at Jammu. It is engaged in inter-state bulk power transmission.