CII Mysuru to Host MSME Buyer-Seller Meet ‘Integrate-2025

Quick Summary:

• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru zone, is organising ‘Integrate 2025’, a two-day buyer-seller meet, industrial exhibition, and conference on August 21 and 22 at the Jagannatha Center for Art & Culture, Mysuru.
• The initiative aims to enhance business sustainability through stronger local procurement linkages, MSME collaboration, and robust supply-chain management.
• Nearly 200 delegates from Karnataka and neighboring regions-comprising MSMEs, startups, PSUs, large enterprises, policymakers, and ecosystem partners-are expected to attend the event.
• ‘Integrate 2025’ builds on its legacy since its first edition in 1998, aiming to position Mysuru as a hub for showcasing manufacturing capabilities while enabling sustainable growth of MSMEs in alignment with national policies like Atmanirbhar Bharat and make in India.
• Focus areas include regional value chains development; vendor linkages; women-led entrepreneurship; energy transition; technology adoption; funding assistance through MSME schemes; legal perspectives on doing business; governance practices; leadership skills development; ESG compliance drivers among women-led enterprises & startups.
• CII encourages startups and women entrepreneurs to highlight innovations in front of national/global buyers while exploring long-term market opportunities during the exhibition sessions.

Indian Opinion Analysis:
The association of ‘Integrate 2025’ by CII signals growing recognition of tier-II cities like Mysuru as emerging industrial hubs capable of decentralizing economic development away from mega urban centers. This aligns with India’s broader vision under Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives aimed at bolstering domestic manufacturing resilience while integrating smaller players-such as MSMEs-into global value chains.

Given its thematic focus on facilitating vendor agreements (“conversations into contracts”) paired with smart practices workshops across diverse domains like ESG drivers or energy transitions therein calls how multifaceted yet practical-oriented interventions remain vital pushing ahead support locally Indigenous setups Justice adapting international level talks too-tapping structured already policy-backed