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SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
COMPASS (Computer Association of Eastern India) elected its new President and
the Executive Committee for year 2006—07 on its 12th AGM. After completing its
twelve-year journey, once again COMPASS has unanimously elected KL Lalani as the
new President. For Lalani, who is one of the founder members and also the first
president of the association in 1994, the current appointment is his second
innings.
Expressing his views on the occasion, Lalani said, “I was not very keen to
take the post as it demands a lot of attention and the responsibility is huge.
But it was the need of the hour and when everybody selected and requested me, I
could not deny.”
Talking about his plans as the new President of COMPASS, Lalani said, “I
would like to take up some of the burning issues on behalf of the members.
Issues like warranty, payment, credit policies demands immediate attention. And
I am planning to do some constructive jobs on these areas.” Elaborating
further he said that, Warranty support is always a big issue with both the
partners as well as end-users. “I am planning to hold some seminars on this
issue,” he said. “We are also coming up with a warranty book which will
include the warranty terms and condition of almost all the IT OEMs. This will
help to educate both the partners and the end-users,” he informed.
He is also keen to take up other major issue regarding credit and payment
terms that most dealers have to face.
Commenting on last year's fiasco, Lalani whole-heartedly thanked his
predecessor VK Bhandari, “My predecessor did a very good job during his tenure
last time. He has been quite successful to bring back the legacy of COMPASS,
which was to some extent damaged due to the failure of the March 2005
exhibition. I am thankful to him as he has not left any backlog for me.”
Adding up to this he said farther, “Now my responsibility is huge as I will
have to take over from where he has left and accomplish this task.”
COMPASS this time has also formed two new cells in its recently held AGM. One
is the Business & Trade Practices Committee lead by Vinay Dugar of Supreme
Technologies and the second one is Sports Activities headed by Sunil Jhawar of S
K Enterprise. “We are also planning to do some activities, seminars, etc for
the overall benefit of the members which is very essential. Only conducting
exhibitions won't suffice,” said Lalani. “This year we are also planning
to do three exhibitions apart from the main COMPASS Exhibition. One will be a PC
show followed by a Gaming and Software show. The fourth one will be Used PC
show,” he informed.
The new President has a ambitious plan in his mind for the benefit of all the
COMPASS members, “I feel that there should be a separate premises for COMPASS
at GC Avenue itself with all modern amenities. This will help the members to
conduct any types of trade related meets or events. Being in the market itself
this will facilitate all the partners to a great extent.” He also added that
to materialize this project a lot of fund is also required. “This is in my
mind and needs to be approved by the Executive Committee first,” he said. The
occasion was also utilized to release the latest version of the COMPASS
Membership Directory by Lalani and Bhandari.
COMPASS Executive Committee 2006
Executive Committee Members 2006-07:
Gopal Pansari - Rashi Peripherals
JK Baid - Eastern Comnet
Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek
PL Suhasaria — Caltron
Pawan Jajodia - Mohit Electronics
Pradeep Biyani - Suntronic Systems
Pranay Agarwal - Alfa Tech
Rajendra Kr. Bachawat - Arihant Mercantiles
Rajen Keshan - Cine Photographic Agencies
Rajesh Saboo - Saboo Computers Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjay Chordia - Systematix Media
Sanjay Chowdhury - Reliable Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Sunil Jhawar - SK Enterprise
VK Dugar - Supreme Technologies
Immediate Past President: VK Bhandari - Supertron Electronics
Immediate Past Secretary: Jayanth - Microcom
Permanent Invitees: N Dhanuka - Odyssey Computer Services
Niraj Agarwal - Nimbus Technologies
RK Poddar - Computer Center
Co-opted Members:
Arun Kr. Jalan - Jalan Infotech
Hement Chabria - Chabria Infotech
Selected Office Bearers 2006-07
Secretary: Sanjay Chaudhary - Reliable Infotech
Joint Secy.: Pradeep Biyani - Suntronic Systems
Treasurer: Gopal Pansari - Rashi Peripherals
Committees 2006-07:
Fellowship: Rajen Keshan - Cine Photographic Agencies
Rajesh Saboo - Saboo Computers
Website: Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek Ltd
IT/Members Directory: Pranay Agarwal - Alfa Tech
Seminar & Training: Sanjay Chordia - Systematix Media
Social Services: G Jayanth - Microcom
Grievance & Legal Cell: RK Poddar - Computer Center
Business & Trade Practices: VK Dugar - Supreme Technologies
Newsletter: Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek
Membership & Corporate:
Sports Activities: Sunil Jhawar — SK Enterprise