Archive · 29 Nov 2025
National Seminar on Empowering Rural India
A big meeting is happening on January 29th and 30th, 2026, at a college in Srisailam.
The meeting is about helping people in villages start their own businesses using small and medium-sized companies and digital tools.
Important people like ministers, professors, and business experts will talk about how to make villages stronger and better.
The main guest is the Minister for Industries and Commerce, and there will also be a professor from a university and a local leader.
The college is organizing this meeting with help from a big research group in New Delhi.
A two-day national seminar on empowering rural India through MSMEs and digital technologies will be held on January 29-30, 2026, at Government Degree College, Srisailam Project.
The seminar is sponsored by ICSSR–New Delhi and organized by the Department of Commerce under the leadership of Dr P Hussain Basha and Dr M Buchaiah.
Eminent scholars, academicians, policymakers, industry experts, and research scholars will participate and share their insights.
TG Bharath, Minister for Industries and Commerce, will be the Chief Guest, with Prof. V Venkata Basava Rao as the Guest of Honour and Budda Rajasekhar Reddy as a Special Invitee.
The seminar aims to provide a platform for meaningful dialogue and policy recommendations to promote sustainable rural development.
- Who
- Eminent scholars, academicians, policymakers, industry experts, and research scholars from across the country
- What
- A two-day national seminar on empowering rural India through MSMEs and digital technologies
- When
- January 29-30, 2026
- Where
- Government Degree College, Srisailam Project
- Why
- To explore the role of MSMEs in promoting rural entrepreneurship and provide policy recommendations for sustainable rural development
- Event Name
- National Seminar on Empowering Rural India: Role of MSMEs to Promote Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era
- Date
- January 29-30, 2026
- Location
- Government Degree College, Srisailam Project
- Organizer
- Department of Commerce, Government Degree College, Srisailam Project
- Sponsor
- ICSSR–New Delhi
- Chief Guest
- TG Bharath, Minister for Industries and Commerce
- Guest of Honour
- Prof. V Venkata Basava Rao, Vice Chancellor of Rayalaseema University, Kurnool
- Special Invitee
- Budda Rajasekhar Reddy, MLA, Srisailam Constituency