Bihar IT fair concludes

PATNA, INDIA: The first IT fair ever held in Bihar concluded recently in Patna.

Inaugurated by Anil Kumar Singh, IT minister of Bihar, the event was organized by BITA with an objective of spreading IT awareness across the state.

"I whole-heartedly support the cause the IT fair is propagating. This is the first ever IT fair being held in Bihar and I am looking forward to developing the IT sector across the state in the near future," said Kumar."

Bihar so far has been lagging behind other states in IT. The level of awareness is also low in the state. Through this fair we are aiming to bring about consciousness in the state. We are looking at the fair more as a promotional event rather than a selling point," said SN Prasad, President, BITA.

Registering a total participation from 22 enterprises across the state, major players included Microsoft, Dell, HCL, Numeric Power Systems and others.

"The initiative taken by BITA and the IT minister is commendable. Such fairs will help the masses change their perception regarding IT and we would like to participate in such events in the future as well," said Amanullah Khan, senior manager, Numeric Power Systems.

The event witnessed a huge crowd gathering in the later half of the day as nearly 5,000 people visited the fair.

"This has been a huge success on our part. The event has successfully attracted the masses, particularly the youngsters here," said PK Sinha, Spokesperson, BITA.

In the fair, latest gadgets were displayed, including mini-laptops, high-resolution web cameras, high range WAN systems, long-range microphone and chipsets.

"The equipments we have put up for the show are trendy and selected in accordance with the taste of the youth. Here, we are more concentrating on the laptops and multimedia equipment as the youth prefers these more to any other things," said Sinha.

"This is the fruit of the initiative we have taken up after long years of patience and hard work and we are looking forward to cooperating with the IT industry in Jharkhand to expand the boundary of BITA," Prasad added.

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