Jamshedpur gets new IT association

Amidst much speculation about the going-ons in four-year-old Jamshedpur IT
Association (JITA), the Steel City got its second association. Formed by former
JITA members, called IT Dealers' Association, the new body has been conceived
and formed by some of the established IT players from the city. The six founder
members are Ajay Tiwari from System-N-Software, Manoj Kumar Singh from Aditya
Infotech, Tarak Nath Bose from Symantech, Sudhir Kumar from Infogate Exporters
Pvt Ltd, Ajay Verma from Soft Point and Abhishek Yadav from Chinmastika
Exporters Pvt Ltd. “The main objective of the association would be to create
IT awareness among the masses and to provide IT products at affordable rates to
the people of Jamshedpur,” informed Sudhir Kumar.

Speaking about what compelled them to leave JITA and form a new association,
Bose specified, “We were not satisfied with the way in which JITA was
functioning. We decided to leave it due to improper management and lack of
clarity.”

“In fact it cannot be termed as an association. It's more like a
proprietary firm. And we cannot be a part of it as it's not a business,” he
added further. Concurring with Bose's view Kumar said, “JITA has been around
since the last four years. Still it's not yet been registered with the
government.” Elaborating further he said, “Unlike other associations JITA
has never worked for the betterment of its members or the trade. The main people
associated with JITA were dominating and they never bothered to take feedback
during any meets. We didn't agree with their views or approach.”

It seems the previous association failed to live up to the expectation of its
members though according to Bose the new association is not competing with JITA
or going against it. “Our views didn't match and therefore we have formed a
separate association. We feel that the motive of an association should not be
based profit but for the benefit of its members. With this objective only we
have initiated the new body,” he added.

Meanwhile, apart from the six founder members, two more members have also
joined in-Ashish Ranjan Das and Rajesh Kumar from Mind Technology. The new
association is yet to appoint its president and secretary, who will be elected
in due course of time. The company has also already applied for registration.
“The process is on and we are expecting the completion of the entire
registration process within the next one month,” informed Kumar.

Piyali Guha