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fter receiving more than 50,000 nominations from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country for the most-awaited event of the year, 'IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2011', IndiaMART.com along with ET NOW are all set to kick start the pre-jury rounds in New Delhi (October 29, 2011), Mumbai (October 30, 2011) and Bengaluru (October 31, 2011). Top 10 nominees in each of 13 categories will emerge from these pre-jury rounds. Post this, most-promising MSMEs will be chosen in the final jury round, expected to take place on November 11, 2011 in New Delhi.

IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, is known for its out-of-the-box initiatives and ideas. In its first-of-its-kind campaign, IndiaMART.com has decided to bring in participation from all quarters for its first ever Television commercial (TVC). Inviting creatives for the same, IndiaMART.com has launched a 'Win Big' contest in search of the best idea for TVC. The winner of this contest will be entitled for a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. Apart from this, top 10 shortlisted scripts will also receive exciting prizes. This TVC will be launched nationally as part of the company's 360 degree brand campaign early next year.

Symbolizing aspirations of millions of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), ET NOW-IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2011, a joint initiative of IndiaMART.com and ET NOW, are close to support leadership within this community yet again. The Awards have received a huge response from all quarters with nominations standing at over 30000 so far. The race to make it big through these Awards gets fierce as the last date for registration, August 31, 2011, inches closer. The critical task of screening all the nominations will rest on Ernst & Young, which is the process validation partner for the Awards. It is set to begin the selection process from September 2011.

IndiaMART.com & IAMAI join hands to organise 4th Conference on ICT for SMEs. This year's theme to focus on "Taking SMEs to the Cloud: Pay as you need". Exhibit inherent power of cloud in streamlining business operations of SMEs. Assist in drawing up simple strategies for SMEs to digitize

With the objective of serving the numerous emerging needs of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, has entered into news segment with its media initiative of SME NEWS portal (http://news.indiamart.com/). IndiaMART.com backed SME news site is a rich pool of information that will give access to latest developments and updated information across various industry verticals. This will be useful for small enterprises specifically looking to keep their businesses abreast with upcoming and latest trends in different markets.

IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, announced today that more than 4,000 of its employees, located across 75 offices within the country, have recently started using Google Apps for Business as their primary messaging and collaboration suite.

Aims to bring more business from global markets to small & medium businesses Provides users of my.indiamart.com with unique service to advertise unlimited products online free of cost

Awardees bring laurels to the SME community. First edition of the Awards attains grand success

Aspiring to enable the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) harness the power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), India's largest online B2B marketplace, IndiaMART.com,joins hands with Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)to present a first-of-its-kind conference 'Free for SMEs'which would lay thrust on cost-effective ICT applications and services.

With buyers based in remote locations, accessing prospective supplier's credentials has so far been a daunting task. However, to bridge this trust gap, IndiaMART.com, India's leading online B2B marketplace, has recently launched an exclusive facility - 'Video Profile' for suppliers. This service will provide the buyers with a first-hand experience of viewing the suppliers' office, product range, overall infrastructure and manufacturing processes, in a short video uploaded on the latter's website.