Hon. Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed inaugurated the website for KITA, a newly formed organization that comprises mainly of IT Professionals from Kerala, with the objective of helping Kerala becomes one of the premier IT hubs in India. Mr. Ahamed lauded the members for their renewed commitment to India and Kerala in particular and encouraged its membership to collaborate with IT initiatives for mutual benefit.

The website launch was held at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Nov 30, 2007 and attended by several IT Professionals and entrepreneurs from USA. Mr. M.A. Gondane, Deputy Consul General of New York congratulated the members of KITA and asked them to explore opportunities at the Micro level in a fast growing economy in India. ‘Individual entrepreneurs in India today can do a lot without any handholding from the state’ he added.

George Abraham, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KITA explained some of the goals and objectives of KITA to the Minister and added ‘ this initiative is all about bringing together IT Professionals of Kerala Origin in the US and to leverage their knowledge and skill set to help Kerala move forward in IT development’.

Members of the Director Board of KITA Chacko Pallathucheril, Daniel Mohan and U.A. Naseer, Millon Jose, Vinod Preethinivas, Sunny John were also present on the occasion.

Meeting expressed their gratitude to Tom Vellaringattu (kerala.com) who has designed the website for KITA.