Leading SMEs of India 2020

E - 9 Leading SMEs of India 2020 Experts' View products which are now patented across various countries. We have a healthy pipeline of projects under development which will be a catalyst to our growth strategy in short to medium term. More recently we have promoted India’s first and only sand marketplace: Doctor Sand - to provide alternatives, to the fast vanishing, natural source of sand and the need to enhance the quality of sand and make a positive impact on the sector and the environment. How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted business? What are the strategies that the company has deployed to tide over this crisis? Being a part of the capital goods industry, the initial reaction was very worrying. To combat the crisis, we had created an internal War room where the senior leadership of the company met over VC every day for 1 hour to discuss and take real-time. decisions across various aspects and we adopted our new “Reset strategy” which covered actions relating to developing a smart machine to ensure contact-free operations, building supply chain resilience, creating a strong relationship with stakeholders etc. As we look back, we see huge improvements all across, accredited to the reset strategy, which we took at the start of the pandemic. The old saying “Never waste a crisis” cannot be more emphasized. What kind of support do you expect from the Government to help sustain the ecosystem in which you operate? Access to easy and cheap capital for our clients and skilled workforce continues to be a cause of concern for most SME enterprises. In addition to this and specific to our operations, we expect the Government to help industries towards locating land at reasonable prices and also expediting the process of granting patents. What is the company’s growth strategy over the next 3-5 years? We have an aggressive growth forecast over the next 3-5 years. The growth will be driven by expanding our presence in the 24 countries where we operate in, by continuing to focus on developing innovative and clean environmental solutions and by being with the customer throughout the lifecycle. One of the most remarkable factors in our growth strategy is the commitment to Sustainability. Our growth forecast in addition to the Business parameters (revenue, profitability etc.) has an equal amount of focus on specific SDGs which form a part of our growth strategy (please refer our website for more details). Dun & Bradstreet