KOLKATA
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006

COMPASS (Computer Association of Eastern India) elected its new President and the Executive Committee for year 2006–07 on its 12th AGM. After completing its twelve-year journey, once again COMPASS has unanimously elected KL Lalani as the new President. For Lalani, who is one of the founder members and also the first president of the association in 1994, the current appointment is his second innings.

Expressing his views on the occasion, Lalani said, “I was not very keen to take the post as it demands a lot of attention and the responsibility is huge. But it was the need of the hour and when everybody selected and requested me, I could not deny.”

Talking about his plans as the new President of COMPASS, Lalani said, “I would like to take up some of the burning issues on behalf of the members. Issues like warranty, payment, credit policies demands immediate attention. And I am planning to do some constructive jobs on these areas.” Elaborating further he said that, Warranty support is always a big issue with both the partners as well as end-users. “I am planning to hold some seminars on this issue,” he said. “We are also coming up with a warranty book which will include the warranty terms and condition of almost all the IT OEMs. This will help to educate both the partners and the end-users,” he informed.

He is also keen to take up other major issue regarding credit and payment terms that most dealers have to face.

Commenting on last year's fiasco, Lalani whole-heartedly thanked his predecessor VK Bhandari, “My predecessor did a very good job during his tenure last time. He has been quite successful to bring back the legacy of COMPASS, which was to some extent damaged due to the failure of the March 2005 exhibition. I am thankful to him as he has not left any backlog for me.” Adding up to this he said farther, “Now my responsibility is huge as I will have to take over from where he has left and accomplish this task.”

COMPASS this time has also formed two new cells in its recently held AGM. One is the Business & Trade Practices Committee lead by Vinay Dugar of Supreme Technologies and the second one is Sports Activities headed by Sunil Jhawar of S K Enterprise. “We are also planning to do some activities, seminars, etc for the overall benefit of the members which is very essential. Only conducting exhibitions won't suffice,” said Lalani. “This year we are also planning to do three exhibitions apart from the main COMPASS Exhibition. One will be a PC show followed by a Gaming and Software show. The fourth one will be Used PC show,” he informed.

The new President has a ambitious plan in his mind for the benefit of all the COMPASS members, “I feel that there should be a separate premises for COMPASS at GC Avenue itself with all modern amenities. This will help the members to conduct any types of trade related meets or events. Being in the market itself this will facilitate all the partners to a great extent.” He also added that to materialize this project a lot of fund is also required. “This is in my mind and needs to be approved by the Executive Committee first,” he said. The occasion was also utilized to release the latest version of the COMPASS Membership Directory by Lalani and Bhandari.  

COMPASS Executive Committee 2006  
President: KL Lalani- Lalani Infotech

Executive Committee Members 2006-07:  
Alok Garodia - Jupiter International  
Gopal Pansari - Rashi Peripherals  
JK Baid - Eastern Comnet  
Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek  
PL Suhasaria – Caltron  
Pawan Jajodia - Mohit Electronics  
Pradeep Biyani - Suntronic Systems  
Pranay Agarwal - Alfa Tech  
Rajendra Kr. Bachawat - Arihant Mercantiles  
Rajen Keshan - Cine Photographic Agencies  
Rajesh Saboo - Saboo Computers Pvt. Ltd.  
Sanjay Chordia - Systematix Media  
Sanjay Chowdhury - Reliable Infotech Pvt. Ltd.  
Sunil Jhawar - SK Enterprise  
VK Dugar - Supreme Technologies  
Immediate Past President: VK Bhandari - Supertron Electronics  
Immediate Past Secretary: Jayanth - Microcom  
Permanent Invitees: N Dhanuka - Odyssey Computer Services  
Niraj Agarwal - Nimbus Technologies  
RK Poddar - Computer Center

Co-opted Members:  
MK Shah - Pecon Infotech  
Arun Kr. Jalan - Jalan Infotech  
Hement Chabria - Chabria Infotech

Selected Office Bearers 2006-07  
Vice President: Alok Garodia - Jupiter International  
Secretary: Sanjay Chaudhary - Reliable Infotech  
Joint Secy.: Pradeep Biyani - Suntronic Systems  
Treasurer: Gopal Pansari - Rashi Peripherals

Committees 2006-07:  
Exhibition: Pawan Jajodia - Mohit Electronics  
Fellowship: Rajen Keshan - Cine Photographic Agencies  
Rajesh Saboo - Saboo Computers  
Website: Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek Ltd  
IT/Members Directory: Pranay Agarwal - Alfa Tech  
Seminar & Training: Sanjay Chordia - Systematix Media  
Social Services: G Jayanth - Microcom  
Grievance & Legal Cell: RK Poddar - Computer Center  
Business & Trade Practices: VK Dugar - Supreme Technologies  
Newsletter: Manoj Jain - Destiny Infotek

Membership & Corporate:  
Membership Drive: PL Suhasaria - Caltron  
Sports Activities: Sunil Jhawar – SK Enterprise

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