MAIT Appoints Dr. Alok Bharadwaj As President

MAIT, the apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, announced the appointment of Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice-President at Canon India as its President and J V Ramamurthy, President and COO, HCL Infosystems as its Vice-President for the term 2011-12.

“It’s always an honour to be leading MAIT. While the current times are quite challenging as growth in IT industry is slowing down, all fundamental and long term demand drivers for the economy are building enormous opportunities for IT industry,” said Dr. Alok Bharadwaj.

“To give a larger picture, India has dominant presence in software and IT services sector, it is yet to build globally competitive IT and electronics systems design and manufacturing capabilities. The objective of both the Industry and the Govt. is to commence major transformation for India in the next 5-10 years in a 3 dimensional IT thrust,” added Dr. Bharadwaj.

“One good big change that is noticeable is higher level of Industry Government collaborations & consultations. MAIT is working very closely with Ministries of IT, Environment, finance & Commerce to build growth focussed stronger business as well as regulatory IT ecosystem in India” Dr. Bharadwaj concluded.

“I am grateful to the industry for reposing faith in me. Indian economy is said to be entering another phase of exponential growth and development in the coming years and will see a sustainable high economic growth. IT and technology will serve as big enablers and legitimising India’s status to emerge globally competitive in the hardware arena. A robust and encouraging ecosystem covering all aspects of the downstream industry will enable us to emerge as a strong IT nation,” said J V Ramamurthy.