Dr. P. Koshy
Author|Entrepreneur|Development Professional. Writes on #SMEs,
#Entrepreneurship. Director at TdwMedia; Editor Global SME News. Former Senior Economist at World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises/ Former Economist AMI International SAOC; Studied at Mumbai
University, NMIMS University and KC College, Mumbai.
Email.<caushie@gmail.com>;
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caushie/
Anita Joseph
Business & Technology journalist. Worked with NDTV, Hindustan Times
and Indian Express. Recently published a book on Digital technology and
Marketing focussing the needs of Small businesses and enterprises titled,
“Content in the Digital Age.”. She writes on CyberSecurity, Digital Transformation, AI, Industry 4.0 and and emerging technologies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajo25/

Contributors:

Prof. Dr. S. N. Tripathy Former Professor of Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Econom ics, (Deemed University), Pune. Authored, co-authored, edited/ co-edited 58 books, on rural and tribal development, labour economics, gender studies etc., Guided dozens of PhD scholars, organized National Seminars/ confer ences/ training programs and completed dozens of research projects. Email: sn_tripathy2004@yahoo.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/surjya-narayan-tripathy-4a78a058

Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Founder and Adviser, the Goat Trust, which focuses on small livestock (Goat/sheep/backyard bird farming) based livelihood development through enabling local communities. Ph.D in Technology and Development from Swiss School of Business.. https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegoattrust/

Dr. P.M.Mathew Senior Fellow & Director, Institute of Small Enterprises and Development, Cochin; Member, Consultative Group, Unorganised Sector, at the Prime Minister’s Office; Coordinating Consultant, High Power Committee on SME Policy, Government of India; Consultant, United Nations Industrial Devel opment Organisation(UNIDO). email: director @isedonline.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-p-m-mathew-636a9785/

Prof Dr. Renu Jatana Dean and Faculty Chairman UCCMS-University College of Commerce and Management Studies M L Sukhadiya University, Udaipur, Rajastan

Dr.Preet Deep Singh
Dr Preet Deep Singh is a Gold Medallist Finance PhD from IIM Ahmed abad. His research was on the intersection of government regulation and private enterprises. He has worked with various stakeholders in the startup ecosystem for over a decade. His experience of working with State Gov ernments and Central Agencies towards Startup Policies culminated in him leading the Startup India Programme for the Government of India. He is currently the Chief Analytics Officer at Invest India.

T P Misra Director (Training, Jainx Financial Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd Banglore; Formerly Principal, Baroda Apex Academy, Bank of Baroda; Author of the book, “Financing MSME in india: Lender’s Perspective”. B.Sc Agriculture, CAIIB, LLB,DCP,CPMA and PGDRM. Worked in different positions as operational banker, Credit Analyst, Faculty in marketing, project appraisal, credit appraisal , PS advance, behavioral science and preventive vigilance. Published papers in IBA bulletin, Banks internal journal , ISTD Journal , Banks in house Journal and various hand outs and case studies. LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-prasad-misra-3a848979/
Nitin Lahoti
Nitin has over 12 years of rich experience in entrepreneurship development, startup consulting, incubation and business mentoring. His core areas of expertise are business idea generation, validation, business coaching, devel oping go-to-market strategies, prototype and minimum viable product de velopment. He has a Master in Business Administration from Edith Cowan University, Australia. He has worked with various stakeholders of the startup ecosystem including Villgro Innovation Foundation, CIIE Initiative (IIM-A) and National Institute of Agricultural Marketing. He has managed projects for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Science Technology, Technology Development Board of India, World Bank, Rocke feller Foundation and MSME. He has mentored more than 700 early-stage startups across sectors of which many have been able to raise multiple rounds of funding from National and International investors. Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/niti1/ Prof. Dr. Mridul Dharwal Professor, Economics and International Business, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India

Dr. Radhakrushna Panda Sr. Manager, Ernst and Young. Formerly with CTRAN Consulting, Bhu baneswar; AMS, Lucknow; Sr.Research Analyst, Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD, Nabard). Taught economics, statistics & business re search methods to undergraduate and post graduate students at Khallikote College, Berhampur; ICFAI Academy, Hyderabad; Everonn Business Edu cation Ltd, Chennai; IMS Unison University, Dehradun; and Fazalani Altius Business School, Mumbai. Professionally, his area of expertise is well linked with teaching Economics and undertaking study projects related with devel opment evaluation in diverse domains of development in Inida. E Mail: ecorkp@gmail.com

Dr. M Rajeswari Assistant professor, department of Economics, Annamalia university, Tam il Nadu from 2004. She has completed her Ph.D from Gandhigram Rural University in 2002. Besides having 15 years of vast teaching and research experience, she has publisshed several reasearch papers which have appeared in national and international journals .Her area of Specialization is Women studies and Rural Development. Email: saran-raji@yahoo.co.in

Shubarat Shameem Research scholar, department of Economics, Annamalia university. He is a post-graduate in Economics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar Has published several reasearch papers in leading journals. Social infrastructure in Kashmir, sustainable development, SDG9, Impact of covid-19 on economy and em ployement are some of the areas of his research and publications, which ap peared in reputed national and international journals. His area of interest are economics of infrastructure, development economics and rural economy. Email: bhatshubarat100@gmail.com

Dr. Lucy Mishra Assistant Professor, sociology, School of Social, Financial and Human Sci ences, KIIT, Deemed to be University. Dr. Mishra has taught at some of the universities like Ravenshaw University, Ramadevi Women’s University and Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo University as a guest faculty in Sociolo gy. She was a ICSSR Doctoral Fellow at the Nabakrushra Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Email: lucy.mishra2000@gmail.com

C K Viswanath Author, Environmental activist, development specialist & political commen tator. Viswanath is involved in initiatives to raise awareness about challenges arising from carbon emissions, climate change and the need for enterprises to adopt green practices. Email: ckvishwanath@gmail.com

Manisha Nahar Senior Research Fellow (NFPwD) Dept of Banking and Bus Economics, UCCMS, M L Sukhadiya University, Udaipur. Rajastan) Surbhi Bhardwaj Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, Bhiwani, Haryana, India surbhi2860@gmail.com

Rishab Manocha Associate Professor at Pearl Academy, Jaipur, India; Doctoral student at Sharda University, India. With over 24 years’ experience in Fashion Educa tion, Rishab has worked, with some of the most coveted Institutions in U.K and India. A proud alumnus of the prestigious Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, London, he has worked in the British Education Industry for 10 years, out of which 4 years were spent working at Marks and Spencer. He has also worked at the British Council Social Services in providing Art Education to adults with learning disabilities. In 1998, Rishab launched his label ‘Vanitas Collections’ Email: rishab.manocha@pearlacademy.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishab-manocha-5935bbb8/ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-4040 https://www.researchgate.net/ profile/Rishab-Manocha Dr. Uma Shankar Sharma Chairman, Jaipur Zila Vikas Parishad(JZVP), Jaipur, Rajastan, India.

Dr. Uma Shankar Sharma focuses his work on rural tourism and eco nomic development. He was awarded Ph.d from University of Rajas tan for his pioneering work on rural tourism and economic develop ment. His organization JZVP works to promote and develop tourism sites that are known for ancient monuments in Haryana and Rajasthan. jaipurparishad@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-umashankar-sharma-43001245/