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Associations
across South India have welcomed the Manufacturer's Association of
Information Technology's (
plan to include federation of IT
channel associations as part of their organization. Recently, MAIT
undergone a leadership change as Alok Bhardwaj took over its
president.
Under his
leadership, this plan came out. MAIT is also planning to conduct
executive council meet in Goa on December 1-3, 2011 to discuss the
agendas and modalities of the new plans. Speaking to The DQ Week, R
Sridhar, president, Association of IT dealers, Bengaluru and
proprietor, Triangle Technologies said, “To be very honest, there
is no manufacturing in India.
Components are
imported and then assembled here in India. By including different
companies and channel partners, there will a convergence in IT trade.
MAIT's move will directly benefit major companies like Wipro and
TCS, and companies with large turnover, though small
companies/dealers might not leverage profi t. But the synergy is
always welcome and overall it is good for the industry.” Including
bigger companies by MAIT in their federation will help attracting
investments in IT manufacturing with increased IT penetration in
India.
Speaking about
the advantages, John G Kotara, state PRO, All Kerala IT Dealers
Association (AKIDTA) said, “We will get an all India forum/platform
to solve our issues. We may have a strong organization and like
export/import, excise problems can be handled together in a better
manner.” Echoing similar
sentiments, A Muthuswamy, president, Confed-ITA said, “We will be
definitely benefited as all
major manufactures are the members of the association and therefore
we will have a direct relationship with them. Second, we would have a
better voice at all- India level.”
to include federation of IT channel associations