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NACIT and MAIT decide to join hands

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Will work towards better understanding between channels and
vendors

In a significant development for the national channel community,
the recently-formed National Association of Channels of Information Technology (NACIT)
and Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) have decided
to come together and work on common issues affecting both the channels as well
as the vendors.

The two asso-ciations will now work on resolving matters of com-mon
interest and help channels to work along with vendors. As a first step, NACIT
and MAIT have deci-ded to hold a joint meeting once ev-ery quarter, which will
act as an inter-face between the vendors on one side and the channel community
on the other.

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Pointed out an excited Saurin Shah, President, NACIT, "By
working together with MAIT, we could take up issues with vendors directly and
resolve it together. This is one of the first steps NACIT has taken of getting
the channels closer to the vendors. There are a lot of new initiatives being
planned as there are also new members becoming part of the association."

Interestingly, this important development happened far from
Delhi–where MAIT is headquartered–as well as Mumbai–where NACIT is
located. The venue was the annual IT Expo of Surat where both Shah as well as
Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT, came together on the same platform
provided by the South Gujarat Information Technologists Association (SITA).
Concurrent with the Surat expo, a meeting of the representatives of the channel
associations from all over Gujarat was held at the Surat Police Station’s
conference room. The meeting was attended by various associations from Ahmedabad,
Baroda, Valsad, Surat etc besides MAIT and NACIT. The channel representatives
put forward the major issues in front of the channel community and urged MAIT
and NACIT to resolve them. And to the delight of all the representatives present
there, MAIT and NACIT resolved to work together for the betterment of the
channel community.

Meanwhile, NACIT now plans to go all out to inc-rease its me-mbership
base which currently sta-nds at 25. According to Shah, an in-tensive cam-paign
will be conducted in the coming weeks to get more channels associations–especially
from the north and the east–come under its fold.

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The other areas of focus for NACIT will be to interface with the
central government on policy issues, regular dissemination of policy
information, develop ethical code of conduct for the channel community, channel
development through annual national conference, interface with users through
workshops and seminars, weekly/monthly e-newsletters on topical issues of
interest to the industry, publishing of member company’s profile and other
requisite details in the prestigious annual NACIT directory of members with a
wide distribution in India and overseas, workshops and tutorials on new
technology and business management forum in each region, which provides an ideal
forum for interactions for best business practice exchanges.

DQW News Bureau

Mumbai

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