Tirunelveli association gets new team

Tenkasi: Computer Dealers Association Tirunelveli (CDAT) has elected a
new team for 2009. The election was held in the Second Annual Confed-ITTA
Summit, held in Kodaikanal. N Ananthavaratharajan, CEO, BG Systems has been
elected as the new President. The other office bearers include VA Senthilkumaran,
CEO, Megadot Computers as VP; M Jacob Durairaj, CEO, Avalon Data Products as
Secretary; S Premkumar, CEO, Corel Computers as Joint Secretary; NA Balakrishnan,
CEO, Raaja Computers as Treasurer and N Shankaranarayanan, CEO, Pioneer Traders
as Public Relations Officer.

D Vijayakumar, CEO, Superb Systems & Services and Vijaya Janaki, CEO, Rayal
Computers have been appointed as advisers of the association. The other EC
members of the association include T Kumar, CEO, Sathyam Computers &
Consultancy; P Jeyakumar Gnanam, CEO, Computer Park; V Arumugam, CEO, Global
Infosys; D Rajeshwaran, CEO, Roopa Computers; D Mohan Babu, CEO, Veefores
Associates; AP Mohan, CEO, Sky Networks and K Guru, CEO, Ashian Technologies.

R Muthiah Pillai, CEO, Bits Computer Systems and H Noushad Batcha, CEO,
Premier Systems were elected as the Executive Committee Members for representing
the association at Confed-ITTA.

Being a district association, CDAT usually elects executive committee members
from the taluks that are under Tirunelveli district so that there is a
representative from each of the taluks in the association. Muthukumar, CEO, Agni
Computers was appointed for Tenkasi; Sureshkumar, CEO, Smart Systems for Ambai;
Sakthivel, CEO, Suresh Systems for Sankarankovil; Sivabalan, CEO, Computer Park
for Vallioor and Bosco, CEO, Excel Systems for Kovilpatti.

The new team would take charge from Jan 1, 2009. Speaking on the achievements
of the current team, Kumar, Secretary, CDAT said that the team under the
leadership of Noushad Batcha managed to raise funds of around Rs 2 lakh for the
association. "Previously there were no funds in the association and we managed
to raise a very good amount through this year's IT expo. The association was
very active and we conducted regular meetings on the last Saturdays of every
month. For the first time Microsoft conducted a training program for channel
partners recently and educated us on various licensing programs. Leaving the
past issues with the vendor behind, association members have decided to actively
sell original software and work towards eliminating piracy in the district by
educating customers about the benefits of opting for original products," Kumar
said.

As the new President of CDAT, Ananthavaratharajan said that his team would
work towards strengthening the association and bringing in more welfare measures
for the partners that would help them to grow.