Pondicherry's ITTA gets new office bearers

The Information Technology Traders Association (ITTA) of Pondicherry has
elected new office bearers, who assumed office on the May15. The new members
include the M Mahesh, President, T Sivakumar, VP, Rajesh Jain, Secretary,
Sridhar, Joint Secretary and Sivagananam, Treasurer. A six member executive
committee would assist the new team in its efforts. Past presidents of the
association-Ravikumar, Suresh Soni and PN Prasad would serve as advisors to the
new team.

Speaking after the election, M Mahesh, President, ITTA said, “The new team
has planned a lot of new activities. To begin with, we will aggressively market
the association so that the people in the business know about us and are aware
that they can approach us whenever there is an issue of concern. We feel that
there is a need to let more people know of our existence. Additionally we would
be setting up a public grievance cell so that any issue of concern can be
mutually resolved without partners having to approach the courts.”

Indicating that delayed credit periods are a major cause of concern, Mahesh
said, “Most distributors get a credit period of 15 days. But customers in the
government and corporate take credit time of a couple of months. Such delayed
payments have caused major problems to the people in the business. So the
association members have decided to approach the Pondicherry government to find
an amicable solution. Probably we would see if some definite time period could
be fixed for credit payments. We hope to implement all of this by June this
year.”

Sharing his thoughts, Rajesh Jain, Secretary, ITTA said, “Among others things
the recent news that some vendors are doing direct sales has caused concern in
the community. We shall be talking to these vendors and impress upon them the
need to use the channel as a carrier for effective delivery of products to the
customer.”

Another feature of the ITTA is the appointment of past presidents of the
association as advisors. This according to Mahesh is a strategic move. “Past
presidents have been in the industry for long. Their work experience would be
very useful to us since they would give us an insight on how to deal with
various issues and also how we should take it forward to the people in the
government or authority. Also they would help us chalk out best fit solutions to
all issues that our partners face.”