4 days to go: Opportunity for Indian MSMEs to explore 3 global corridors at ET MSME Awards 2025

Four days is all that stands between India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and something they rarely get in one place: structured access to global markets, partners, and technology.

On March 24, 2026, in New Delhi, the ET MSME Awards 2025 will go beyond celebrating the best enterprises in India and redraw how Indian MSMEs plug into the world. For the first time since the inception of the Awards, three distinct global SME ecosystems will be present not merely as observers but as active participants with clear intent.

Each represents a different corridor and a different way forward.


Corridor 1: South Korea
The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) arrives with a clear proposition.

South Korea didn’t globalise on the back of large corporations alone. It built depth through SMEs that could manufacture, supply, and scale with precision. That playbook is being extended to India.

KOSME has steadily expanded its footprint here, scaling its Global Business Center in Gurugram and supporting a growing base of South Korean SMEs entering the Indian market. For Indian MSMEs, this equals access to supply chain partnerships, joint manufacturing opportunities, and technology-linked collaborations.

If you are in engineering, components, consumer goods, or industrial inputs, this corridor is yours to be part of.

Corridor 2: Australia
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) shows up with numbers, not brochures. Through its South Asia Business Exchange programme, it has facilitated hundreds of export deals across the region, a billion-dollar-plus deal pipeline, and thousands of exporters, many of whom are focused on India.

In essence, Australian businesses are entering the country with intent and structure. For Indian MSMEs, this opens doors to buyers and distributors, co-development partnerships, and access to sectors such as agritech, food processing, and education services.

This is a corridor built on transactions, not introductions.

Corridor 3: Denmark
The Embassy of Denmark in India represents a quieter but more strategic shift. Through its collaboration with India’s MSME Ministry, Denmark is enabling Indian enterprises to access and commercialise global intellectual property.

This is about upgrading what Indian MSMEs can build, not just exporting more of the same. For Indian enterprises looking to move up the value chain, this means access to some of the best EU technologies, licensing opportunities, and pathways into sustainability and advanced manufacturing.

To sum up: if South Korea brings production muscle and Australia brings market access, Denmark brings innovation and cutting-edge capability.

What Indian MSMEs will take from the grand felicitation ceremony

One room. Three pathways. Real outcomes.
Most business awards offer visibility, but few offer actual pathways to bigger, better opportunities. On March 24, those pathways converge in the same room.

An MSME looking to manufacture better, expand to new markets, or build smarter does not need three separate trips, three delegations, or three introductions. It needs one conversation that leads to the next. And that is what the ET MSME Awards 2025 is designed to do.

If you want to take your MSME beyond domestic limits, the ET MSME Awards is more than an event felicitating the best enterprises. It’s where India’s MSMEs will meet the markets, partners, policymakers, and technologies that move them forward.

The ET MSME Awards 2025 has IDBI Bank as the Banking and Lending Partner, The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. as the General (Non-Life) Insurance Partner, and CareEdge Ratings as the Evaluation Partner.

The country’s most definitive MSME stage returns on March 24, 2026, in New Delhi. Secure your chance to meet partners and markets that move businesses forward. Register now for the ET MSME Awards 2025: etmsmeawards.com