[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1579696029054{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”game-team-single-rowone event-page-single-rowone”][vc_column width=”3/4″][tek_sectiontitle st_title=”Small Businesses Coming Back To Life – Recovering from COVID-19″ st_title_tag=”h2″ st_subtitle_decoration=”” st_separator_enable=”separator_off” st_text_align=”text-left” st_width=”st_fullwidth”][vc_single_image image=”9066″ img_size=”850*500″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In partnership with Your Story, GAME hosted an online convening “Small Businesses Coming Back To Life- Recovering from COVID-19” to focus on a collective approach to support the recovery of small businesses through four identified focus areas: Liquidity, Supporting the Survival of Mass Entrepreneurs, Enabling New Markets and Evangelising Mass Entrepreneurs.
These support areas were identified after speaking to over a hundred partners from the GAME Alliance. We had almost 20 expert panelists come together for the day-long virtual convening – Avinash Pol, Chief Advisor, Paani Foundation; Sandeep Varaganti, MD and CEO, Prione; Anish Kumar, Managing Director, Transform Rural India Foundation; Ashish Jhina, Co-Founder & COO, Jumbotail; Reema Nanavatty Executive Director, SEWA; Krishnagopal GV CEO, Access Livelihoods Consulting India; Vivek Pawar CEO & Trustee, Deshpande Foundation India; Pradnya Godbole, CEO, DeAsra Foundation; Baskar S Reddy, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation India; Dr. KP. Krishnan, Former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India; Nat Malupillai, Director, MSDF; Tushar Thakkar, Specialist, Investing for Development, Dalberg Advisors; Samir Shah, Executive Vice-Chair and Group President Dvara Trust, NorthernArc; Sharon Buteau, Executive Director, IFMR Lead; Gunjan Krishna, Commissioner, Directorate of MSME, Government of Karnataka; Manisha Panwar, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of Uttarakhand, India; Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director, India, South and Central Asia, Facebook; Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO, Meesho; Dhimant Parekh, Founder, The Better India.
The sessions were moderated by GAME Co-Founders, Madan Padaki and Mekin Maheshwari and GAME CEO, M. Srinivas Rao. View all the thought-provoking conversations from the different tracks, starting with an introduction by GAME’s founder, Ravi Venkatesan.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][tek_sectiontitle st_title=”The Panel Discussions” st_title_tag=”h3″ st_subtitle_decoration=”” st_separator_enable=”separator_on” st_separator_position=”below_title” st_separator_style=”solid-line” st_separator_width=”sep-border-width-1″ st_text_align=”text-left” st_width=”st_fullwidth”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9076″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://yourstory.com/2020/04/survival-small-businesses-covid19-stronger”][vc_custom_heading text=”Beyond just survival: How can small businesses emerge from the COVID-19 and emerge stronger” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyourstory.com%2F2020%2F04%2Fsurvival-small-businesses-covid19-stronger||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1587996873453{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9084″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://yourstory.com/2020/04/time-compassionate-collaborative-commerce”][vc_custom_heading text=”The time for compassionate and collaborative commerce is now” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyourstory.com%2F2020%2F04%2Ftime-compassionate-collaborative-commerce||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1587996927662{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9086″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://yourstory.com/2020/04/micro-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-crisis-covid19″][vc_custom_heading text=”What will it take for the micro-entrepreneurial ecosystem to survive the crisis that has been amplified by COVID-19?” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyourstory.com%2F2020%2F04%2Fmicro-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-crisis-covid19||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1587996950672{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1587996851558{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9110″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://yourstory.com/2020/04/liquidity-cash-availability-survival-msme”][vc_custom_heading text=”Providing liquidity and cash availability a priority for survival of MSMEs and informal sector” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyourstory.com%2F2020%2F04%2Fliquidity-cash-availability-survival-msme||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1587996972192{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9111″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://yourstory.com/2020/04/collaborative-commerce-need-indian-economy”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why collaborative commerce is the need of the hour for Indian economy” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyourstory.com%2F2020%2F04%2Fcollaborative-commerce-need-indian-economy||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1587996979541{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1516008777154{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”blog-sidebar”][/vc_column][/vc_row]