The Federation of Associations of Small Industries of India - Southern Region(FASII-SR) is a consequence of the visit of the Ford Foundation Team to India in 1953 which emphasised the need for a national apex body for micro, small, village, cottage and rural Enterprises.
FASII-SR was ushered into existence in the year 1959 under the sponsorship of the Government of India and at the instance of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and Shri Manubai Shah, Former Union Industries Minister. Padamshree Late A.R. Bhat, a Gandhian, was instrumental in the very edifice of FASII-SR. FASII-SR’s Building was inaugurated by the then President of India Late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in the year 1963.
