MAIT exec director Ashwini Aggarwal resigns

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Ashwini Aggarwal has resigned as the executive director of the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT), it is reliably learnt by Dataquest. This comes as a surprise as he had taken over just seven months back, in September 2010 to be precise. His immediate predecessor, Vinnie Mehta, occupied the position for close to twelve and half years.

It is not known what exactly prompted Aggarwal to put in his papers so soon after taking up the responsibility, though some industry sources suggest that some executive council members did not have a great relationship with him.

The Executive Council of MAIT has representatives from most of the large manufacturers operating in India, both Indian and foreign companies.

Ashwini had a long stint at Hewlett-Packard India and worked for a short while in Omnicom Media Group before taking over the position at MAIT.

Set up in 1982, MAIT represents the interests of Indian IT manufacturers. Though started before NASSCOM, it has not been as influential as the software and services apex body, partially because India has not developed much as a global manufacturing base.