NACIT Is Born!

In a landmark event in the history of IT channels in
India, 25 trade associations from across the country came together in Mumbai on
26th July to form a national body. Christened 'National Association of Channels
of Information Technology' or NACIT, the body was formed as a consequence of a
day-long Conference of IT Trade Associations held on the same day.

The
conference was facilitated by DQ Channels India.

In all, 54 representatives took part in this
conference, which deliberated on a range of prominent issues facing channels,
the modalities involved in the formation of NACIT, its functioning and the
immediate objectives. A working committee was formed with 24 members. The
working committee members then voted for a 12-member managing committee.

Saurin Shah, currently the chairman of Mumbai-based
TAIT, was unanimously elected as the President of NACIT while Arun K Jalan,
president of Kolkata-based COMPASS, was elected as the National Vice-President.
Chetan Shah of Surat-based SITA was elected as Secretary with Devang Shah of
Mumbai-based CMDA as Treasurer.

The working committee also appointed four
regional VPs: John Thomas of CMDA, Pune (West); Rupesh Kedia of RCTA, Rajasthan
(North); TS Srinivasan of TCCDA, Hyderabad (South) and Manoj Lalani of ITAO,
Orissa (East). Four members were co-opted to the managing committee. These were
Naishadh Diwanji of ACMA, Ahmedabad; JP Bansal of DCTA, Delhi; Moolchand Jain of
ITTA, Chennai and Lalit Prakash Bhartia of AIT, Bangalore. CW Kadwadkar of TAIT
would function as the executive secretary of NACIT.

The member associations have decided to contribute Rs 10,000 each to kickstart
the activities of NACIT.

GOLDIE