KASSIA is a pre eminent MSME Association based in Bangalore. Set up in the year 1949, the organization was founded by R. S. Aradhya, a freedom fighter, initially with a membership of 15. The objectives of the institution were to promote small enterprises in the Country at a time enterprise was a rare phenomenon. The focus therefore had to be on motivating the first generation entrepreneurs to set up industry particularly manufacturing with a view to function as ancillaries and components suppliers to the medium and large scale enterprises both in the public domain and the private sector.
