Chandrakant Anant Salunkhe
Founder & President, Packaging Industry Association of India
Biography
Being a serial entrepreneur from 1991, Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe has founded variousv organisations to support SMEs, Young Entrepreneurs and Start-ups for business growth, export promotion, imparting knowledge & education for transformation of their business activity,
capacity building for global competitiveness, interface with policy makers, channelise finance & investment, joint ventures, technology transfer, setting up industries and expansion and diversification of business activities in India and Overseas.
He has been on a forefront for policy change and policy implementation and resolve the issue and problems of SMEs and Manufacturing Industries and provides suggestions and recommendations to various government department and agencies for industrial growth and SME empowerment.
Mr. Salunkhe has played a very important role for empowerment of SMEs and taken efforts to initiate SME Stock Exchange, National Skill Development Corporation, TReDS – Electronic platform for Trade Receivables, inclusion of SME sector for providing level playing field in ease of doing business facilities, identification of emerging export market for SMEs and advance technology for better productivity and quality, exclusive SME department in Maharashtra State as well as guidance to Start-ups, young and women entrepreneurs for converting business ideas into profitable venture and commercialization ofp inventions & innovations.

