nagpur vidarbha industries association via and the economic times are jointly organizing a twoday finance summit in the city on january 18 and 19 the meet in which delegates from mumbai and delhi will be participating is expected to provide a rendezvous for head honchos from the financial sector and entrepreneurs from the region where the latter can also find means of funding their projectsthere are several business entities in the region planning a major expansion in their operations and are looking for funds other than bank finance the meet may provide them with opportunities for striking deals with private equities venture capital firms as well as angel funds said pravin tapadia president of via in a press conference the biggest advantage is that around 80 delegates are arriving from mumbai and delhi it provides a major opportunity for the local businessmen as well as indicates that those from the bigger centres are also eyeing this meet as a business opportunity there will be delegates from smaller towns like raipur jabalpur chandrapur too added tapadiaaround 25 entities from the region are planning to tap the capital markets for raising funds the summit is likely to help them plan their initial public offers too he said the summit will also focus on topics like debt restructuring cost reduction rupee loans and financial risk management there will be emphasis on new opportunities for smes tapping the capital market and debt financing through rupee and foreign currency loans financial consultancy ernst and young are the knowledge partners for the eventthe speakers include sanjay chakrabarti a partner in ernst and young renu challu managing director of state bank of hyderabad svs srinivasan executive director of idbi bank and anand sancheti of sms infrastructure the speakers from private equity sector are mayank rastogi partner private equity and transaction advisory services of ernst and young sunil diwadkar of ilfs private equity dhiraj poddar the director of ta associates