ISODA AGM 2018

The Infotech Software Dealers Association (ISODA) recently concluded its Annual General meeting on 25-26^th August 2018, at Radisson Blue Temple Bay resort in Mahabalipuram, near Chennai. As per the protocol, existing Vice Chairman & Vice President took over as Chairman & President respectively. The Secretary and Treasurer were elected unopposed. New Vice Chairman & Vice President were chosen by unanimous voice vote. This was formally announced to all members present at the gathering by the returning officer, Prashant Jain who presided the session.

N K Mehta – Managing Director, Secure Network Solutions became the Chairman, after being the Vice Chairman last year. Gunasegharan Krishnan – Director eCaps Computers became the President after being the Vice President last year..

Amarnath Shetty – Managing Director, LDS Infotech was elected as Vice Chairman and Manasi Saha – Managing Director, Macaws Infotech was elected as the Vice President. Vimesh Avlani – Proprietor Graftronics was elected as Secretary and Ravi Jalan – Proprietor, Sakti Enterprises was elected as Treasurer.

In addition, L Ashok – CEO, Futurenet Technologies , was announced as the TechSummit 9 Chairperson and he will uprasie the community shortly about when and where the flagship event will take place.

The achievements of the previous team were presented. Some key achievements included a very successful TechSummit 8 at Malaysia, increased acceptance to ISODA monthly Mouthpiece called Interconnect, addition of about 30 members across the country including newer states and cities and overall governance of working as a team.

After the elections and swearing in of the new MC, key note speaker Padmashree T N Manoharan, Chairman Canara Bank spoke on  “Learning from Satyam Fiasco. This was followed by  presentations with 2 in-house sponsors. M/S  Xcellhost presented about managed SOC and Systech presented about Parallel. Day 2 saw another keynote speaker Mr. Kumar Vembu, Founder ZOHO sharing his entrepreneurial journey and the finer tips of customer support & talent management.

The AGM concluded with Canara Bank Senior executives giving presentation on SME funding options followed by feedback & vote of thanks.

The New Managing Committee now:

• Chair Person– N K Mehta, Managing Director, Secure Network Solutions
• President– Gunasegharan Krishnan, Director eCaps Computers
• Vice Chairperson– Amarnath Shetty, Managing Director, LDS Infotech
• Vice President– Manasi Saha, Managing Director, Macaws Infotech
• Secretary – Vimesh Avlani, Proprietor, Graftronics
• Treasurer– Ravi Jalan, Proprietor, Shakti Enterprises
• Regional Secretary (West)– Ajay Bhayani, AmbiSure Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Regional Secretary (South)– Pradeep Daga, SUNTRONIX
• Regional Secretary (North)– Atul Modi, Modi Infosol
• Regional Secretary (East) – BISHWAJIT SUTRADHAR, Electro Chavel Technology

• Jt. Regional Secretary (Bangalore)– Thomas Jacob, MicroGenesis CadSoft
• Regional Secretary (Gujarat)– Jitesh Chauhan, Rubik Infotech
• Regional Secretary (North East)– Bhaskar Kalita, BMG Infomatics

The top priorities for ISODA Management Committee this year will be:

• Create 5 year leadership plans with a long term vision in mind
  • Long term leadership to create greater focus on Vision of ISODA
  • Well known succession plan to maintain the continuity

• Create a platform to help members in matters related to their business cycle
  • Tax advisory
  • Legal advisory
  • HR & compliance advisory
  • Finance & Funding advisory

• Increased Digital adoption for more visibility to ISODA & ISODA members
  • Market ISODA website better
  • Create more Social Media Buzz
  • Create more collaboration opportunities

• Increased liasioning with Government authorities, other Industry and IT Associations
  • Every association has their flagship events
  • Participate in such events to build more collaboration opportunities
  • Build visibility for ISODA as well as help other associations
  • Liasion with government authorities and representation for tax related matters

• Continue the focus to increase the membership in more states and having more chapters
  • Look at opening 4-5 new chapters
  • New Chapters like Jaipur, Bangalore to be encouraged to have more members

• Continue to provide a great technology & knowledge exchange platform throughout the year
  • Try and make the most out of ISODA Regional Meets, AGM , Tech Summits & Business summits
  • Promote Indian product start-up companies and give them a platform to launch themselves
  • Promote new start-up ventures and provide members a great investment opportunity

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