No. 17(2)/CLCS-TUS/Design-PMAC Government of India

Office of the Development Commissioner (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)

Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (CLCS-TUS Division)

*** Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated: 18.2.2021

Subject: Minutes of 4th PMAC Meeting held on 4.2.2021 at 3.00 pm for approval of Toy/ Design projects under Design Expertise to Manufacturing MSME sector under CLCS-TU Scheme.

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith the Minutes of PMAC

meeting held on 4.2.2021 under the Chairmanship of AS&DC(MSME) for information

and necessary action. Further alai lAs whose projects have been approved are requested

to send the blank Pre recipt bill , ·undertaking, Bank Mandate form and Annexure D in

triplicate (duly signed on the letter head of the respective lAs) for release of grant at the

earliest. A sample copy of all these documents is enclosed for ready reference;.._~~~· \.

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To:

(Gaurav S~im) Asst Director (CLCS-TUS)

I. Sh. Ateesh Singh, Joint Secretary, AFI, Ministry of MSME Udyog Bhavan, ew Delhi .

2. Sh. Vinamara Mishra, Director (Technical & Project) , M/o MSME, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi

3. Shri T.V. Prabhakar, Head, MSME Centre of Excellence, Indian Institute of Science, Old CES Building, First floor Malleshwaram, Bangalore-5600 12 (Karnataka)

4. Dean/ Director, Indian Institute ofTechnology ( Roorkee, Varanasi , Ropar, Indore, Kanpur)

5. Dean/ Director , ational Institute of Technology (Silchar, , Pudducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Jaipur, Bhopal, Trichipalli, Agartala, J&K, Warangal , Nagpur, Allahabad, Kurkshetra)

Copy for Information:

PS to AS&DC(MSME)

Minutes of the 4th PMAC meeting held through VC on 4.Z.2021 at 3.00 pm for approval of Toy/

Design projects under design expertise to manufacturing MSME sector under CLCS-TUS.

The 41h Project Monitoring Advisory Committee (PMAC) meeting which was held on 41

h, February

2021 at 3.00 PM under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner

(AS&DC), MSME through VC under Design expertise to manufacturing MSME sector - a component

of CLCS-TUS.

A list of members who attended the meeting is enclosed at Annexure - A.

2. AS&DC (MSME) welcomed all the participants. Director (T &P) elaborated the agenda points of

the meeting and invited the lAs to present their proposals.

Agenda #1: Approval of Toy/ Design Projects of liSe/ IITs/ ITs

NIT, Srinagar- 3 Projects were presented out of which 1 Student Project was approved.

Name of the Name of the Project Category I Project cost PMAC Institute Decision

NIT Srinagar I. KYK Time to Know Student Project - Gol - Rs. l.50 lakhs Gaming and information Rs. 2.25 lakh Approved App

liSe, Bangalore - liSe presented their proposal to the committee and informed the committee that they

are ready to support 4 Toy units from these 2 toy Clusters for Design and development of their product.

Further they informed that they have identified some Toy sectors using loT based technology and they

are exploring possibilities in this regard.

Name of the Name of the Toy Cluster PMAC decision

Institute

I. Channapatna toy cluster In Principle approval to assist 4 MSME units for

Design and development of the product in

liSe, Bangalore ii. Kidnali toy cluster consultation of MSM E-Dl , Bangalore. However,

Tota l project cost -Rs.l8 .00 IISc is requested to share the details of 4 MSME

units as proposed by liSe. lakh

ii. NIT, Silchar - NIT Silchar presented their 12 Proposals. During the discussion, Chairman

observed that, some of the lAs has submitted the proposals of MSMEs of other State. In this regard,

Chairman directed that each IA should focus and support the local MSMEs units of their respective

State under this scheme. Further, AS & DC (MSME) informed that each IA should strictly follow

the scheme guidelines provisions and constitute Project Assessment Panel (PAP) in their institute to

scrutinize, evaluate and access the proposals received and forward the eligible proposals along with

their recommendations to the PMAC for further consideration.

Out of 12 proposals as submitted by NIT, Silchar the Committee approved 3 design/student

proposals and 1 design proposal was d~ferred as tabulated below:

Name of Categor Name of the Design Project Total Go I the y project cost Contribution (in

Institute lakh) NIT, Micro Development of bamboo bottles 10.00 lakh Approved

Silchar and containers using processed

bamboo dust in micro and Rs. 7.50 lakh

medium scale.

Student Synthesis of super-activated 1.50 Rs. 1.125 lakh Project charcoal for deodorizer and water

purification from tea waste using Approved subject to

household microwave and providing the details

nitrogen filled oven for of MSME unit to this

activation." office as per scheme guidelines.

Student Stable baby walker for different 1.50 Rs. 1.125 lakh Project age groups

Approved subject to providing the details ofMSME unit to this office as per scheme guidelines.

Design Too Fun Labs Deferred. Project

To submit a detailed proposal in the nextPMAC

NIT, Arunachal Pradesh - NIT, Arunachal Pradesh presented their 10 Student proposals. The

committee observed that there was merit in few of the proposals . However, as none of the proposal

was as per scheme guidelines, it was suggested to submit detailed proposals along with the details

of the MSME unit for respective proposal in the next PMAC. Further, AS& DC (MSME) suggested

NIT, Arunachal Pradesh to visit and contact the Tool Room, Bhiwadi which is actively involved in

supporting the local toy industry. Chairman also suggested that NIT, Arunachal Pradesh must visit to

SIDBI, Guwahati for further dialogue in the matter. Institute must also do the potential and need

based survey.

NIT, Trichinapalli - NIT, Trichy presented 6 Proposals in the PMAC out of which the Committee

approved 3 Student Projects as mentioned below:

Name of the Category Name of the Design Project Total Go I

Institute project Contribution as per cost scheme guidelines

(in lakh) (in lakh)

NIT, Trichy Student Identification & Analysis of 1.50 Approved raw materials to improve the

Rs. 1.125 lakh traditional toy quality . Student Optimization of sintering 1.50 Approved

process parameters of Kiln Rs . 1 . .125 lakh for traditional mud toys

Student Traffic rules & signs based 1.30 Approved

toys Rs. 0.975 lakh

liT, Kanpur - Presented 9 nos. of Design Project out of which the Committee approved 2 Design

projects as mentioned below :

Name of Category Name of the Design Project Total Go I the project cost Contribution

Institute (in lakh)

(in lakh)

liT, Design W ARSHA - Smart Washing 21.00 Approved Kanpur Project Machine Wastewater Recycling

Rs. 15.00 * lakh (Micro) Solution for Households Design Fleather - Fleather is a 53.00 Approved Project sustainable, non-animal, and non-

(Micro) plastic novel material with Rs. 15.00 * lakh

aesthetics and properties of

leather. The proposed design utilizes (MAG) Microorganism Assisted Growth phenomena, to manufacture Fleather

*Rs.lS.OO lakhs is the max. Goi for the Micro units as per the scheme guidelines.

liT, BHU, Varanasi- Dr. Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai from liT, BHU explained about the

difficulties faced by the lAs in implementing the present scheme and proposed some modification in

the scheme implementation along with the roles and responsibilities of the IA in the present scheme .

In this regard, the Committee requested him to share his suggestions to this office.

3. Concluding remark by AS&DC (MSME):

i. All lAs to prefer submitting the proposals of the Local MSME units of their respective

State/ geographical region.

ii. All the lAs should constitute a Project Appraisal Panel (PAP) in their institute as per the

MoU. The Project Assessment Panel (PAP) would comprise officials, professionals,

MSME associations, designers, academics or other expert individuals. Its function is to

scrutinize/ assess proposals received including the proposed budget, make

recommendations, and monitor approved projects.

iii. All lAs should ensure that the MSME projects presented in the PMAC should not have

earlier received grant from any other Central/ State/ any other Gol scheme for similar

activity. An undertaking from the MSME may be taken in this regard.

iv. lAs should strictly adhere to the provisions of scheme guidelines while submitting the

projects for approval of PMAC .

Meeting ended with thanks to the chair.

Annexure-A

List of Participants

Si.No. Name & Designation Organization name

1 Sh. D. K. Singh AS&DC (MSME) 0/oDCMSME Chairman

2 Sh. Ateesh Singh, Joint Secretary, 0 /o DC M/o MSME MSME , Vice Chairman

3 Sh. Rajib Kumar Sen, EA (IFW)/ M/oMSME Representative Member , Member

4 Sh. Vinarnra Mishra, Director (T&P) , M/o MSME Member

5 Sh. Rakesh Kumar, Joint .Director Member 0 /oDCMSME

6 Dr. T.V. Prabhakar, head CoE,IISC Banglore

7 Ms.Aditi Kumar, A VP liT, Kanpur

8 Prf. Dilip Peshwe NIT, Nagpur

9 Prof.C.K.Nirala IIT, Robar

10 Dr. G. Dixit MANIT, Bhopal

11 Dr. P.K. Mohanty NIT, Arunchal Pradesh

12 Ms. Sudha V NIT, Tiruchirappall

13 Dr.Rajeev Agrawal MNIT, Jaipur

14 Dr. Saad Parvez NIT,Srinagar

15 Sh. Sumit Bhommit NIT, Silcher

16 Dr. Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai liT, BHU, Varanasi

17 Sh. Kumar Gaurav liT, Indore