India is the world’s fastest-growing major economy, a tag it is likely to retain in the years ahead.The country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of its economy, contributing a third of the gross value added (GVA), 40 percent to exports, and provide a livelihood to millions.With its Policy Next summits, Moneycontrol, India’s leading financial news platform, deep dives into a broad range of high-powered policy conversations of national and international significance with India’s leading think tanks, policymakers, industry leaders, and academia.At the beginning of the summit, MSME Minister Narayan Rane will deliver the keynote address on ‘The way forward for MSMEs – Sunrise sectors to target’ followed by a fireside chat with Moneycontrol Deputy Executive Editor Ravi Krishnan.Minister Rane, who hails from Maharashtra, is a grassroot politician and a former chief minister of the western state. At the MSME ministry, his focus has been on helping the sector with financing after the shock of the pandemic.The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Scaling up – Powering MSMEs to achieve scale’. While the government has announced a slew of support schemes for the sector, including credit, financing remains one of the key challenges for growth. The panel will deliberate on what can be done to ease financing woes. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME); Jyoti Prakash Gadia, Managing Director, Resurgent India; Pushan Sharma, Director, CRISIL, and Amit Kumar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at MSMEx will be the panellists. The session will be moderated by Ravi Krishnan.The next panel, moderated by Chandra R Srikanth, Editor – Tech, Startups & New Economy, Moneycontrol, is titled ‘MSMEs & the Techade: Unleashing Potential, Driving Growth’. Dhiresh Bansal, CFO, Meesho, Dinesh Agarwal, CEO, IndiaMART, and Nupur Goenka, ED, Tally Solutions, will discuss how MSMEs can surmount the dual challenges of digital marketing and e-commerce, and how digital platforms are enabling micro-entrepreneurs.The Policy Next series of events has been conceptualised by Deputy Editor Shweta Punj. The MSME Summit will be hosted by Deputy News Editor Meghna Mittal.Catch the event live on Moneycontrol. Find out more about the event here.