The COMPASS 2005 exhibition organized at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
from October 21 to 24, 2005 proved to be a whopping success as 1,30,000 visitors
braved the continuous heavy downpour, flood and water logging to attend the
event.
Visitors from other cities like, Patna, Ranchi, Siliguri, Guwahati and other
places also flogged the expo. "We have more or less achieved our initial
target of Rs 100 crore business," informed VK Bhan-dari, President,
COMPASS.
There were about 190 stalls including 14 pavilions and 90 participants
comprising of MNCs, national and regional companies and channel partners. Isyn
was the main sponsor of the event and AMD was the co-sponsor. The other sponsors
were Gigabyte, D-link, Quick Heal 2006, Chabria, Supercomp, Canon, Tata Indicom,
Taaza TV and the DQ Channels.
Piyali Guha
Kolkata