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MAIT, the apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, appointed its new President, Amar Babu, Managing Director, Lenovo India and the new Vice- President, Ms. Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director (Sales & Marketing), Intel South Asia, during its 30th Annual General Meeting for the term of 2013- 14.
A Management Post Graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, Amar Babu holds an Engineering degree in Electrical & Electronics from PSG Tech, Coimbatore. He has over 17 years of experience with more than 10 years in various leadership roles. He was serving as the Vice- President of MAIT for 2012- 13.

The Indian IT hardware industry can look forward to making a substantial impact by taking some of the steps such as bringing down the hardware cost by 43% with the help of the Government subsidies, reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a PC and broadband solution (currently estimated to be ~Rs 15,650 per annum), providing Income tax exemption to individuals against PC purchase, and promote purchase of PCs amongst specific segments like students and less than INR 5 lakh income households, among other steps, suggests MAIT- KPMG Reporttitled -“Indian Market Place- IT the unrealized potential”, unveiled by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to Prime Minister, Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, Government of India.