SKOCH Achiever Award

The SKOCH Achiever Award has played a pioneering and catalytic role in helping a significant number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) list on the SME Exchanges of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). By being among the first institutional platforms to recognise and actively encourage high-potential MSMEs to explore public listing as a strategic growth avenue, the Award has boosted awareness of the benefits of capital market participation, such as enhanced credibility, access to growth capital, improved governance and investor scrutiny, long before many enterprises considered it. 

Today, the BSE SME platform has crossed more than 600 listed companies, with their combined market capitalisation reaching approximately ₹1,84,574 crore, underscoring the expanding depth and vibrancy of this segment. Meanwhile, NSE’s EMERGE platform has surpassed 700 SME listings, with a combined market capitalisation of around ₹2,22,338 crore, highlighting the growing appeal of SME listings as a funding and growth path for smaller enterprises. 

The MSME sector today forms the backbone of India’s growth story and its transition towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Despite structural challenges, including limited access to capital, technology gaps, regulatory complexity and constrained market linkages, many MSMEs have built scalable, governance-driven and competitive businesses, demonstrating resilience and adaptability.

The SKOCH Achiever Award has been instrumental in this transformation by providing enterprises with institutional credibility and public recognition for excellence in innovation, corporate governance, digital transformation, financial discipline and sustainable growth. It has positioned awardees as champions of Atmanirbhar Bharat and inspired them to explore broader growth pathways. 

By functioning as an enabler of enterprise growth aligned with India’s long-term development and growth vision, the SKOCH Achiever Award supports competitiveness, inclusion and economic resilience on the path to India@2047.