CITA member lauds TITA expo

Tirupur: For the first time, the Tirupur Information Technology Association (TITA) conducted a three-day IT expo from July 24 to July 26, 2009. The event was inaugurated by the District's SP S Shanthi.

The event saw a footfall from 22,000 visitors and generated business worth over Rs 50 lakh, according to Babu, Secretary of TITA.  Airtel, Epson, Canon, and Samsung participated in the expo through direct stalls.

Arun, CEO of Sunway Computers, which had a stall featuring BSNL Nova netPC, said, “On the first day we received 22 orders. On the second day it was 70 and more than 100 on the final day. This event was most beneficial to us.”

Arangasamy, one of the partners of Universys, said the company has bagged orders to install surveillance cameras across Tirupur. “Now, we got business for the next six months,” he mentioned. Universys has installed video surveillance systems across Thiruvannamalai, Vellore, and Kanchipuram successfully.

“There was excellent response for us at the expo. We sold 20 laptops and 30 desktops and got more than 200 enquiries. Our sales people are working on fulfilling these orders,” mentioned another participant Prateesh of Phoenix Infoway.

Arunagiri, CEO of Softlink Computers, who has an exclusive store for Lenovo, said that he got several orders and is happy that he participated in the expo. “Lenovo machines received good response from the visitors,” he noted.

Yet another happy seller is Saravana Kumar of Maruti Info System who said, “We focused on HCL and Wipro, together we sold more than 40 systems and got lot of enquiries. We are busy following them.”

Buoyed by this response Ravichandran, President of TITA, mentioned, “The response we got was certainly more than expected. Every participant is happy and has profited from being a part of this expo. I believe now people of Tirupur are well informed that all the latest IT products are available in the city itself.”

However, few of the participants opined that the preparatory work should have been started few days in advance. But nevertheless, they mentioned that within a short period the association has done a commendable job.

 Gopalakrishnan, Partner of Emerald Infosys, Coimbatore, and a member of Coimbatore Information Technology Association, CITA, visited the expo and told that the products displayed were very unique from each stall to other. He appreciated the TITA team for making the event grand and colorful one by organizing it in such a professional manner.