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ABOUT FKCCI

Bharat Ratna Sir. M. Visvesvaraya was an engineering genius, a visionary, a statesman and most importantly a great Institution builder. The erstwhile Mysore Chamber of Commerce founded by him on May 8th 1916 started serving the interests of the Business community since its inception. Mr W.C. Rose served as the first President of the Chambers from 1916 till 1920. The Chamber later became the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI).

Over the last 100 years, the Chamber has had a distinguished array of businessmen and industrialists at the helm of FKCCI, establishing it as an apex organization for Industry, Trade & Service sectors in Karnataka.

Since its inception, the Chamber has sought to promote the national interest by way of both public and private sector led, economic growth and has played a catalytic role in policy making at the State and Central level. FKCCI today has a membership drawn from all sectors of Industry, Trade & Services.

With a century of service in commerce and industry, it is no wonder that the FKCCI stands as one of the five foremost chambers in the country apart from being the oldest parent chamber of any state in India.

Currently, the membership at FKCCI stands at 3000 direct members and more than 250000 indirect members drawn from all sectors of Trade, Commerce and Industry, spread over Karnataka, including 26 District Chambers of Commerce and 135 Trade Industry Associations.

The Federation is a member of national bodies like FICCI, ASSOCHAM and also the International Chamber of Commerce. Being a member of global trade associations, FKCCI facilitates collaboration of trade between Karnataka industries and overseas enterprises, and also holds talks with international trade entities.

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ABOUT KASSIA

KASSIA is a preeminent MSME Association based in Bangalore. Set up in the year 1949, the organization was founded by R. S. Aradhya, a freedom fighter, initially with a membership of 15.

The objectives of the institution were to promote small enterprises in the Country at a time enterprise was a rare phenomenon. The focus therefore had to be on motivating the first-generation entrepreneurs to set up industry particularly manufacturing with a view to function as ancillaries and components suppliers to the medium and large-scale enterprises both in the public domain and the private sector.

Over the years, KASSIA has grown into a huge organization of micro and small enterprises with the membership of over 12,124 today with 127 Affiliated Associations.

KASSIA is a premier institution which represents the interests of SMEs in the State and the Country having representation in all the major Government committees including the membership of the MSME Board in New Delhi, besides the committees and the Boards in the State such as KSSIDC, among others.

KASSIA is run by a Council of Management elected annually with President, Vice President and Hon. General Secretary and other Office Bearers. KASSIA functions as the eyes and ears of MSMEs and vigorously takes up with the Government the policy issues that concern the sector with regular interfaces. Today, KASSIA has a national and international reach and exchanges delegations with important regions of the World besides participating in fairs and exhibitions to benefit members and SMEs in general.

KASSIA is an ISO 9001-2015 certified organization and also has accreditation with QCI under the scheme of Industry Associations / Business Membership Organizations.

KASSIA works through different committees with the support of a well-staffed Secretariat and state of the art infrastructure.

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ABOUT PIA

The Peenya Industries association, which was founded in 1978 with a handful of enthusiastic entrepreneurs with the objective of safeguarding the interest of industrial units in Peenya Complex, now has 3700 members. Over the years the Association has transformed itself from a welfare organisation into a facilitator for the promotion and growth of small-scale industries.

The Association has attained the status of being recognised by both the Central and State Governments in the formulation of industrial policies.

The Association is a registered body under Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. The Council of Management of the Association consists of six office bearers and 12 managing council members who are elected for a term of one year in the AGM. The Association has its own premises at a prime location in the Peenya Industrial Complex.

The Association organises Growth Programmes, Vendor Development Programmes, ISO Certification Programmes, Refresher Courses, Training Programmes, Seminars and symposiums and Workshops, Interactive Meetings on various Technical, Commercial and Management topics of interest to the members. The Association also renders community services.

Our Association is one of the largest in the country with its presence noted in all the circles of Industry Associations across the country. Our Association has been at the forefront in tackling the problems faced by the SSI's. We enjoy the distinction of being one of the leading pro-active associations in the State.

The Association has successfully completed 30 years of its service to the members with various promotional, growth and developmental activities for the benefit of the small-scale industries in this prestigious industrial complex. Our Association has also been coordinating with other SSI Associations in Karnataka for the wellbeing of the SSI's.

Our Association is affiliated to all the major National and State Level Associations like CII, ICSI, GMCI, FKCCI, and KASSIA.

Our Association is represented in the various committees of the Government Departments like Industries and Commerce, RBI, Central Excise & Customs, Commercial Taxes, etc., and needs to be represented in all the Consultative Committees of all the other various Government Departments. in which our Association has no representation for wider interaction buy cialis cheap in the matters related to Micro and SSI’s.