IAMCP India conducts its All India Conference in Mumbai

The International Association for Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) conducted its first ever All India Conference IAC 2019 in Mumbai at Hotel Sahara Star. The Conference was inaugurated by Rajiv Sodhi, General Manager, Partner Ecosystem, Microsoft India and Suresh Ramani, President, IAMCP India by the lighting of the Ceremonial Lamp. The Daylong Conference was open to all Microsoft partners, associated with Microsoft Technologies as developers, resellers, systems integrators, etc, and was attended by over 150 Microsoft partner Executives from all over India.

Speaking during his Core Note, Rajiv Sodhi, General Manager, Partner Ecosystem, Microsoft India highlighted the Top priorities of Microsoft India for the coming 12 months. He urged the Partners to align closely with the Microsoft priorities as that would ensure that they get maximum resources from Microsoft. He also mentioned that Microsoft India will work closely with IAMCP India to roll out various Partner initiatives.

Suresh Ramani, President, IAMCP India spoke on how partners can leverage IAMCP to grow their business, and the value of IAMCP especially with respect to partnering and learning. He highlighted various Partnering stories of IAMCP Partners. He then launched a new initiative from IAMCP India for the Partners called as ISV – Club. The Partners would be able to showcase their Solutions to the World. These Solutions would be based on Microsoft Platform.

The focus areas of IAMCP include the following –

Partner-to-Partner Networking 

IAMCP is the hub of partner activity with thousands of members in countries all around the world. Nearly 100 chapters strong, IAMCP provides networking activities and events on a regular basis. There are a variety of non-competitive product and service providers among IAMCP members who can collaborate to offer a portfolio of solutions to customers.

Education and Growth

IAMCP offers programs to grow the capability and capacity of partners. Partner readiness in a business context means more than training on the latest Microsoft technologies, IAMCP hence offers programs in business planning, development of product and marketing capabilities, personnel management, financial planning, mentoring and adoption of best practices.

As part of the launch event, there were many other Keynote Speakers. Among them were -

• Anand Jethalia , Director Microsoft 365 Marketing , Microsoft India
• Aditee Rele, Director, Cloud Solutions, Microsoft India
• Suvrata Gayan, Director, Partner recruit Programs, Microsoft India
• Kaushal Mehta, Director, Partner Transformation, Microsoft India
• Sunaina Raina, Lead, Partner Incentives & Investments, Microsoft India
• Prakash Joshi, Partner Technical Advisor, CRM, Microsoft India
• Vidhu Shekhar, Partner Technical Advisor, ERP, Microsoft India
• Rustom Hiramaneck, Country Head, South Asia, Acronis International
• Jyotil Mankad, Director and Business Head, Cloud Solutions, Ingram Micro
• Dixit Roy Mahidhara , Director – Enterprise Sales , Citrix
• Murali Avanamuthu , Founder, Director , CETAS Information Technology Pvt Ltd
• Munesh Jadoun, CEO & Founder, ZNET Technologies