Board of Trustees The Foundation for MSME Clusters is steered by a Board of Trustees at the apex level, chaired by Professor Y.K. Alagh, former Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, former Union Minister of State of Science and Technology and currently the Vice-Chairman of Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research as well as Chairman of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). The Board comprises of other eminent persons and institutional representatives including Chairman and Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Mr. Nitin Desai, former Under Secretary General of United Nations, Mr. Hari Sankaran, Managing Director, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) and Dr. Dinesh Awasthi, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI). The main role of the Board is to lay down the primary aims and objectives of the Foundation and ensure its overall governance in conformity with the Vision of the Foundation.

“We assist institutions undertake effective and inclusive cluster based local economic development in developing and transition economies.”