TAIT organizes Knowledge Series Session on how to add value to business

The Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT) organized a Knowledge Series Session on 4th August, 2018 at the Krishna Palace, Mumbai. The Session was a mix of innovative business opportunities and a motivational talk on innovative entrepreneurship.

The Knowledge series began with an exciting presentation by Mohit Motwani of S.K. Robotics, who demonstrated their unique product line of Virtual Presence Robots (VPR) to the amused audience. Highlighting the unique properties of the product, Motwani shared the various applications of the Virtual Presence Robot that primarily facilitates a person to be virtually “present” at one place of choice, despite being miles away, physically. In today’s tech-enabled world, travelling for long hours to be physically present can not only be tiring but also counterproductive. The Virtual Presence Robot addresses this issue by facilitating virtual presence meetings, interactions, and experiences. Among the many attributes of the VPR, the robots come with features like anti-collision, self-charging, motion sensors, etc.

Apart from the VPR, S.K. Robotics LLP has also created award-winning, specialised Robots for cleaning, as part of the “Swatch Bharat Campaign” and humanoids and robots for information display and receptionist roles, all of which have received a good response, especially for the specialised applications in Hospitality, Corporate and many other segments.

Next on the agenda was a presentation by Ajay Parekh of Shree Maat Computers, who, in association with Wishtel, presented a range of budget-friendly tablets and Thin Book Products. Designed by Wishtel in partnership with Intel, the IRA range of tablets are power- packed with high-performance features and offer budget-friendly and energy-efficient solutions in the field of Banking, Pharma, Sales Force, Education, etc.

The evening then progressed to a fun, “know your member” session of formal introductions. About 10–15 members were invited, one by one, to take the podium and introduce themselves, share their background and talk about their business offerings, giving fellow members a peek into their business expertise and open possible opportunities to network and collaborate. Needless to say, this activity was very enthusiastically received as members interacted with each other and exchanged coordinates.

The event then moved on to the coveted talk of the evening, “Let’s Work It Out – Business Beyond IT”, a motivational talk by Sohel Kazani on exploring newer business horizons for growth. Kazani is a passionate innovator who believes in thinking out of the box and transforming businesses, and through his talk, he shared his learnings from his professional ventures, from being a C.A. Finals student to an employee of a company in crisis, to managing his family business of import-export and customs clearance to following his passion for IT with Miracle Digital..

Speaking about the purpose of the event, Ajay Parekh, General Secretary, TAIT, said, “The objective behind inviting a speaker like Kazani was to offer our members a new dimension of thinking and to encourage them to be creative in dealing with business problems. Since he has already been in IT and has also ventured out to other sectors, he can provide members with a holistic view of how all industries are coming in terms with changing technologies. There are several members here who have been in the industry for more than 25 years now and are currently facing challenging business prospects, thanks to the changing dynamics of the industry. At TAIT, we aim at using the knowledge series platform to help members transform their businesses and guide them to migrate in this environment with a shift in technology.”