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.