EIITF 2015 Brings the SMEs of Eastern India to the Limelight

VARINDIA for the 6th consecutive year has successfully concluded its EIITF (Eastern India Information Technology Fair) in the city of joy, Kolkata. The topic for this year’s event was ‘Capitalizing the Indian SMB Opportunity’. The event provided a common platform for the corporates to share ideas, discuss various issues and challenges to target the growth of SMBs in the country. The event brought together the leading spokespersons from the respective stakeholders from Eastern and the North eastern India that included WEBEL, STPI, VARs, SIs and Solution Partners who discussed issues critical to the development and growth in the Eastern India.


The Chief Guest of the event was Shri Kaushik Haldar, Commissioner IT and Telecom, Govt. of West Bengal. The other guests who had attended the event and were present at the lamp lighting ceremony were Shri Upender Jit Singh, MD – WBEIDC; Dr. Govind, CEO, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI); Shri Ashwani Jain, COO, Telecom-PGCIL; Col. A K Nath, E.D – C-DAC; Mr. Shubhendu Mitra, Regional Manager- Canon India; Mr. Santanu Dutta, Partner Business Manager- SAP India besides Mr. D K Sahu, Publisher – VARINDIA and Ms. S Mohini Ratna, Editor – VARINDIA...Read more 

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