PANAJI
Nitin Kunkolienker, director, Synergy EMS Ltd has been elected as the president of MAIT (Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology) for the third time. The governing body of MAIT which is the apex body representing India’s ICT and Electronics took this decision, praising his dynamic leadership.
Kunkolienker has been part of MAIT’s management team and has played a key role in shaping the electronics landscape of the country. MAIT also re-elected Harish Krishnan, MD Public Affairs and SE Cisco and Rajkumar Rishi VP and MD Dell as vice president to steer the Organization. It is noteworthy that MAIT is the apex electronics industry body constituted by leading global and Indian companies in the field of electronics, information technology, mobiles, OA, datacom, consumer electronics, white goods and industrial electronics.
Commenting on the selection, George Paul, CEO, MAIT stated that MAIT is fortunate to have such personalities to lead the association, and the next two years are going to be an exciting time of growth for the sector in India. Calling Kunkolienker a thought leader in the electronics manufacturing arena and a man with a mission, and unlimited energy, Paul added that he is a strong proponent of carrying along all stakeholders in making India’s vision of becoming an electronics manufacturing leader a reality.
“It is a great opportunity for the entire industry to have Kunkolienker as our president as he has demonstrated his ability to drive growth and has delivered results for us in the past and will add value and extend MAIT’s growth to the new charter,” said Paul.
Speaking on the occasion, Nitin Kunkolienker said that he is excited to continue his role at an interesting juncture when it has been a year of turbulent geopolitical developments and policy announcements like PLI that impacted the electronics industry in a big way. “It is a right time to align the government policies with industry requirements to make India a successful manufacturing hub for the electronics and ICT hardware industry,” stated Kunkolienker who also thanked the government of Goa and the leadership at ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for supporting and being responsive to the industry. “It is the new sunrise sector for India which offers high value addition and employment opportunity,” he expressed.
Commenting on the ‘Chip to Product’ vision of our country, Kunkolienker pointed out that it is time we leveraged our design strength, and identified a number of products that India should focus on like STB, surveillance cameras, adapters, tablets where products made around India IP Chips will become a reality. “The electronics hardware industry in India would tap new opportunities,” hoped Kunkolienker.
