Bangalore
May 15th, 2007

The Association of Information Technology (AIT) is all set to go to poll on the 20th of May this year against the backdrop of very poor response for nominations to the various posts of the association. "It is unfortunate that the response to the call by the association for the nominations for the posts of office bearers and the executive committee is very poor. We have hardly received any nominations for the crucial posts for the elections," lamented Anand Rao, current President of the AIT.

Up until now, the election for the posts of office bearers was unanimous because of the absence of other nominations. "Currently there are no nominations for the crucial posts and we have not more than two nominations from the existing office bearers," Rao added.

Delving into the reasons behind the current scenario, Rao felt that the lack of enthusiasm from members had been a major setback. The need of the hour he felt was for members to come together and work for a common cause.

Sharing his thoughts on the scenario, Sridhar, current Secretary, AIT said," AIT has taken up the cause of the channel many times and has achieved considerable success thus far. We thank all partners who supported us in our endeavor. However a cause of concern now is the fact that there has been a lack of interest exhibited by a section of the dealer community in recent times. This has forced us to maintain a low key in our functioning. We urge them to change their outlook and form a new committee which would have a new vision, extra vigor and continue on the good work of the previous team."

Given the above situation, candidates have been asked to file nominations on the day of the election.

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