ASIRT (Association of System Integrators & Retailers in Technology) a dynamic and focused IT Association committed towards the growth and progress of System Integrators (SIs) and IT Retailers in India. The Association promotes collaboration amongst Members to expand on business segments and to cover larger areas of operations. Adopting transparency in operations and relations ASIRT nurtures Member talent and creation of values. Formed in 2012 ASIRT has been instrumental in bringing this value-chain to the relationships with Vendors, Principals Techday the flagship event conducted every month till date has the active support of Principal Companies and Vendors as Sponsors with active participation by its Members.
A Governing Board of up to 14+ Members, with oldest one third elected Board Members retiring every year while continuing for maximum two Terms of three years each, manages ASIRT. The Board’s agenda is to ensure that ASIRT is aligned with the business needs of all partners large or small, act as their enablers, help them with business growth whilst lending an ear to their grievances.
ASIRT held their yearly elections and announced its new Managing Committee (BOARD) as listed below:
| Sr | Post | Name | Company |
| 1 | Chairman | Tushar Parekh | Silicon Netsecure Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2 | President | Tushar Shah | Paths Enterprise |
| 3 | Secretary | Nilesh Kadakia | Neotech Infocom |
| 4 | Treasurer | Hiten Shah | Zeta Infotech |
| 5 | Chief Advisor | Jiten Mehta | Magnamious Systems Pvt. Ltd. |
| 6 | Chief Mentor | Chetan Shah | Xpress Computers Ltd. |
| 7 | Vice President | Sanjay Ruparel | Ruparel Computers Pvt. Ltd. |
| 8 | Vice President | Shirish Marathe | COMPetc |
| 9 | Vice President | Jayesh Sompura | Active Infocom |
| 10 | Board Member | Amit Shah | TAS Technologies |
| 11 | Board Member | Bharat Chheda | N-Tech Automation |
| 12 | Board Member | Jitendra Gupta | Pioneer IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |
| 13 | Co-Opt Member | Manish Kapasi | Avion Electronics Pvt. Ltd. |
| 14 | Co-Opt Member | Kaustubh Kulkarni | Fusion Softwares & Systems Pvt. Ltd. |
Speaking on this occasion, Tushar Parekh, Chairman, ASIRT, commented, “ASIRT today is Mumbai’s largest aggregation of Indian ISVs, SIs, Resellers and Cloud Platform providers. Currently, we have about 200+ Members in ASIRT from the MMR region. Our immediate objective is to help partners revive their businesses from the downturn caused due to lockdown. We are helping the partners to coordinate, link up and help each other to improve their businesses in mutually beneficial ways. In the long-term perspective, we want to improve the reach of ASIRT so that the Members can get the maximum benefit of their services and solutions and work more efficiently. We are using both digital and traditional methods to achieve this purpose.
Creating Consortium Teams of 30 to 35 members each has helped enhance collaboration amongst members thus improving the businesses and extending business reach.
We are also aligned with other IT Associations and join hands to provide the SI communities a level playing business environment and trade practices.
Tushar Shah, President, ASIRT added, “ASIRT works to create a unified SI & Retail ecosystem and acts as a strong voice working as a bridge between Vendors & the SI community for mutual benefits. It also organizes training sessions “TechEdge” which help in garnering more knowledge and technology updates for the benefit of its Members and their employees. ASIRT also arranges Picnics, Online Live Music shows, and the Annual cricketing event – ACPL, which helps in increased bonding and trust amongst its Members and gain traction for introducing different IT solutions to their clientele.”
