Anwar Shirpurwala appointed Executive Director of MAIT

MAIT has announced the appointment of Anwar Shirpurwala as its new Executive Director with effect from 16th October 2012. The announcement was made by Dr Alok Bharadwaj, President, MAIT.

Anwar has taken over from  Sabyasachi Patra, who  has resigned from MAIT to pursue his passion of wildlife filming and Conservation issues full time. He has founded IndiaWilds (www.indiawilds.com) - a Conservation and online photography forum for strengthening the conservation movement in the country. His film "A Call in the Rainforest" has been nominated for Special Awards in Wildlife Vaasa Festival, Finland and has been awarded the Vasundhara Award by Maharashtra Government.

Anwar comes with a diverse experience of 15 years in IT Training, Sales & Marketing, Retail and Govt. Affairs. Welcoming Anwar, Dr Alok Bharadwaj, President, MAIT said, "The vast experience that Anwar brings to MAIT would help the Association in meeting the growing challenges being faced by the IT Hardware industry in the highly competitive global environment.  I am confident that he will add immense value towards augmenting and furthering the IT Hardware industry ecosystem in the country."