FAIITA III Conclave in Mumbai from 27th June to 28th June hosted by Federation of IT Associations Maharashtra (FITAM) culminated successfully rendering the delegates with predilection to work for the cause of the IT fraternity.
Agenda of the conclave was successfully completed through the marathon session of over 10 hours on the first day followed by successive half day session.
Conclave started with welcome note by the General Secretary Saket Kapur followed by brief visionary address by the President Champak Raj Gurjar and Vice President Hari Balasubramanium. President’s address emphasized the need to create brand FAIITA. His vision to foment the brand FAIITA through Chanakya Niti and gain fighting spirit of the Samurai to achieve the same left the audience gobsmacked. Leaders from across the country briefly introduced themselves and shared their associational achievements and expectation from FAIITA.
Presentations by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asus palpably highlighted their support for the conventional IT channel through adoption of series of initiatives advised by FAIITA during December’2014 to scupper the predatory prices. At the same time the brand owners were convinced on e-commerce being the new route to the market. Subsequent to the presentations by the Vendors it was felt by the leaders that there is a long way to go before price parity is restored between online and offline retailing of IT products.
Vineet Goenka from BJP IT Cell patiently heard the woes of the IT channel and categorized the same into ABC and promised to extend all personal advisory support to escalate the impending issues related to 6% increase in Custom Duty, OLS predatory pricing.
FAIITA Mumbai conclave is a landmark event whereby issues related to its membership and membership fee were unanimously resolved. Committees were formed with the immediate task to achieve the near term objectives of the Federation. Need for Convener was felt by the leaders and Alok Gupta President of PCAIT New Delhi was selected unopposed for the responsibility.
Four functional Committees formed were Membership and Website Committee chaired by Arun Kumar Dey, Grievance Committee chaired by Pawan Jajodia, Government Interface Committee chaired by Mahendra Agarwal, Vendor and OLS Committee chaired by Shri Karthik. S.