ITTA-Pondicherry conducts its first official election

S Gopikrishna 

Chennai 

Information Technology Traders Association (ITTA) of Pondicherry conducted its first official election electing new office bearers for the year 2004-05. The newly elected office bearers are S Ravikumar (Peripherals Care), President; Suresh Kumar Soni
(Auro Enterprises), VP; PN Prasad (Microplus Computers), Secretary; Magesh (Magnanim Systems), Joint Secretary and Prabhakar
(CADDWARE), Treasurer. 

Besides this, it also has an eight member executive committee represented by Sivakumar of Siarra Systems, Cyril Thomas of C&D Systems, Ravidev of Excellent Computer Point, Rajesh of Indica Computers, Saravanan of Trishul Energy Systems, Sridhar of Sukra Traders, Illango of Netlan Connectors and Ravi of Corenet Systems. 

“Soon, we will form an expo committee to conduct IT trade fairs and other shows in the region. We are planning for a major IT event in July,” says S
Ravikumar. 

The association plans to meet every fourth Saturday of the month to discuss the issues affecting the business. “We also have an e-group and communication network to pass news on a real-time basis among the channel partners. This is basically to alert resellers quickly on credit system (financial status) of a particular reseller who seems to close down shop and escape with the booty,” says Suresh Kumar
Soni.

The association is also planning to make a representation to the government to consider local resellers, while releasing project orders. “We would also ask vendors to provide more technical education for our field staff and upgrade their IT knowledge and skills,” states
Ravikumar.

ITTA was floated in 2000 but maintained a low profile for sometime before registering with the Registrar of Companies under Society Act last year. “It was a long felt need to have an exclusive channel association and it gained momentum during this year. Now, after the first official election, we have set goals and agendas for the association and will strive to achieve it. ITTA will play a significant role in promoting IT business in the region and it will protect the interest of every reseller,” says ITTA Secretary, PN
Prasad. 

Presently, the association has 31 registered members and is working towards a target of enrolling 60 members in the next one month. “We have fixed Rs 1,000 as the entry fee for a reseller to become a member of the association and he should be a registered player,” Prasad says. 

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