FAIITA makes future plans in IIIrd conclave in Mumbai

The FAIITA III Conclave in Mumbai hosted by Federation of IT Associations Maharashtra (FITAM) from 27-28^th June culminated in rendering the delegates with an enthusiasm to work for the cause of the IT fraternity. The 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.

The conclave started with a welcome note by the General Secretary Saket Kapur followed by brief visionary address by the President Champak Raj Gurjar and vice president Hari Balasubramanium. The President’s address emphasized the need to create brand FAIITA. Leaders from across the country 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 prices. Subsequent to the presentations by the vendors it was felt by the leaders that there much needs to be done before price parity is restored between online and offline retailing of IT products. Vineet Goenka from BJP IT Cell 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 an 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. Four functional committees formed were membership & 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 Karthik. S.