Kirti Thakkar is new ACMA President

The Ahmedabad Computer Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has a new President
now. Kaushik Pandya, Past President of the association resigned from his post
voluntarily. After holding the president-ship for two years, he recently handed
over the charge to Kirti Thakkar, who was VP of ACMA, and the senior-most person
of the executive committee. He has been elevated as the new president of the
organization. He would serve the post till the next elections, that is scheduled
for the year 2010.

“I have decided to retire as the President of ACMA. Due to personal reasons
and pre-occupation,” said the e-mail sent to association members by Pandya. He
will now work as immediate past President within the committee.

Speaking to The DQ Channels, the new President said, “The role of an
organization becomes very important in the present time, when there is a battle
of existence rather than of doing business. We need to educate people to
increase the bottomline to survive the slowdown,” Thakkar said, informing that
he is planning to organize training sessions for members, where they can get
some guidance and motivation to take on the tough times. His other priority
would be to increase the number of members in the organization.