AIREA Honours EFY's Founder Ramesh Chopra for Significant Contribution in Electronics Industry

AIREA Honours EFY's Founder Ramesh Chopra for Significant Contribution in Electronics Industry

NEW DELHI, February 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



The Association Recognises That EFY Magazine has Played a Key Role in the Indian
Electronics Industry Ever Since its Inception in 1969



Recognising the contribution of Electronics For You (EFY) magazine in the Indian
electronics industry, the All India Radio & Electronics Association (AIREA), Mumbai has
honoured Ramesh Chopra, founder and publisher of EFY. The felicitation ceremony happened
on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of AIREA.



Mitesh Mody, committee member, AIREA and founder of Bhavna Electronics, said, "Ramesh
Ji and his publications have made a commendable contribution in the growth of Indian
electronics industry. His publications have been raising the issues of the industry for
many years now and have become the voice of the industry. The publications act as a
platform where industry can discuss initiatives and issues, apart from knowing the latest
happenings across the globe. We congratulate him for all his efforts and will continue to
look forward to great work coming from him."



Speaking on the occasion, Ramesh Chopra said, "I am thankful to AIREA for the honour.
AIREA is much older than EFY, the group which I represent, and of course even older than I
am. I have been admiring AIREA ever since we started publishing Electronics For You
magazine in 1969. So I can say that the association between EFY and AIREA is now more than
40 years old. Earlier, I was in touch with the northern region of AIREA, but ever since we
opened office in Mumbai about 20 years ago, we have been enjoying regular support of the
western region as well."



"In the last few years, as we are all aware, India has done very well in the field of
IT and in services sectors. But, unfortunately, we have lagged behind in electronics and
IT hardware manufacture. However, time is now ripe to make amends and take up
manufacturing also a bit more seriously. The government of India has, thankfully,
announced some very important policy decisions recently - such as the National Electronics
Policy 2012, the Preferential Market Access Policy, and the Electronics Manufacturing
Cluster Policy. These, if implemented well, will not only create jobs in this sector but
also help in reducing India's imports bill. EFY is keen to see a complete eco system for a
progressive electronics industry in India. We have therefore took another initiative in
the form of Electronics For You Expo in 2011. The exhibition and the conferences
associated with EFY Expo focus on Innovation, Design, Manufacture and Sourcing plus
Distribution. The third edition of this expo is being held once again at Pragati Maidan in
New Delhi, in February, from 21st to 23rd of the month. We shall, of course, require your
active support and cooperation to make it a grand success as before," he further added.



AIREA also felicitated Ravi Pagar, managing director, elements 14, India, on the
occasion. The felicitation ceremony was graced by Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil, Member of
Parliament and Sachin Ahir, Minister of Industry, Maharashtra government and other
prominent members from the Indian electronics industry.



About EFY Group:



Over the last four decades, the EFY Group has become synonymous with information on
cutting-edge technology. Today, this renowned media group is spread across eight cities of
India, and caters to over two million techies spread across the globe. Its print
publications not only reach every nook and corner of India - our mailing list has over
6,000 zip-codes - but are also read by techies in South Asian countries, like Nepal,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Afghanistan. The Group is also amongst the
few Indian publishers to have its publications distributed in Singapore and Malaysia. The
online communities of the Group provide tech content to readers from all across the globe.
The Group's online portfolio includes some global leaders, such as:
www.Electronicsforu.com [http://www.Electronicsforu.com ], www.Linuxforu.com
[http://www.Linuxforu.com ], www.EFYTimes.com [http://www.EFYTimes.com ],
www.Electronicsb2b.com [http://www.Electronicsb2b.com ] and www.Eleb2b.com
[http://www.Eleb2b.com ]. Plus, the Group manages three social media (Facebook)
communities, which are global leaders in their respective domains. These include:
www.facebook.com/designelectronics [http://www.facebook.com/designelectronics ],
www.facebook.com/linuxforyou [http://www.facebook.com/linuxforyou ] and
www.facebook.com/tablets.in [http://www.facebook.com/tablets.in ].



Recently, the Group launched digital editions of its publications to make them easily
accessible to readers all across the globe. The Group's digital publications are now
available in all popular platforms including iOS (Apple), Android, Kindle and e-zine (web
browser). The Group has also tied up with leading online distributors including Amazon,
Scoop, PocketMags, Zinio, Magzter, etc. The events division of the Group was strengthened
with the launch of Electronics For You Expo in 2011. Now, the group boasts of a strong
portfolio of events including EFY Readers' Choice Awards, ELCINA-EFY Awards, Electronics
Rocks, EFY Design Engineers' Conference, and Open Source India. The Group's passion for
technology and its expertise in knowledge-sharing is now being channeled into building a
strong hands-on training programme through the EFY Tech Center. The Tech Center is working
with the industry and academia to create industry-ready engineers. The Group has set
itself the target of empowering and helping 10 million techies, across the globe, by 2015,
and it's investing heavily on growing the online communities and increasing the number of
readers of its digital publications to achieve the goal.



About AIREA:



This association started functioning in the year 1936, at Bombay and was named as "All
India Radio & Merchants Association", in short AIRMA. The primary objective of forming the
association was to bring the fraternity of all 'Radio dealers' together and to safeguard
its members' business interest thorough collective efforts and address their common
problems. In April 1941, the Association was registered as non-profit entity under Indian
Companies act. In 1949, it was felt that the Association needs to expand its services to
the Trade and Industry. Four autonomous zones were constituted at Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi
and Madras, and a sub-office at Delhi, with a combined membership of about 2300 members.



With changes in the trade scenario, newer 'Electronic devices' began to appear and
radios were becoming less popular. The Electronic Industry with large number of
manufacturing units began to appear. To represent the true nature of activities of
Association, it was re-christened as "All India Radio & Electronics Association" in the
year 1970. With all India status, the association was recognized both at the centre and
state levels. With dedicated group of members in all zones, the association represented
the problems of Trade and Industry to the concerned authorities for their redressal. It
has met with great success in suggesting policy decision by the Government for development
of Electronics. The foresight and efforts of all veterans of Association, deserves
tremendous praise. They have been instrumental in growth of Trade and Industry in the
country.



Primary Media Contact: Diksha P. Gupta, diksha.gupta@efyindia.com, 91-97-17854520



Secondary Media Contact: Atul Goel, atul.goel@efyindia.com, 91-88-00094211




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