MAIT executive director Ashwini Aggarwal resigns

Reliably learnt by
Dataquest, Ashwini Aggarwal has resigned as the executive director of
the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology ( href="https://www.dqweek.com/budget-to-hit-local-pc-manufacturing-mait">MAIT).
This
comes as a surprise as he had taken over just 7 months back, in
September 2010 to be precise. His immediate predecessor, Vinnie
Mehta, occupied the position for close to twelve and a half years.

It is not known what
exactly prompted Aggarwal to put in his papers so soon after taking
up the responsibility, though industry sources suggest that some
executive council members did not have a great relationship with him.
The executive council of MAIT has representatives from most of the
large manufacturers operating in India, both Indian and foreign
companies. Aggarwal had a long stint
at Hewlett-Packard India and worked for a short while in Omnicom
Media Group before taking over the position at MAIT. Set up in 1982,
MAIT
represents the interests of Indian IT manufacturers. Though started
before Nasscom, it has not been as influential as the software and
services apex body, partially because India has not developed much as
a global manufacturing base.