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Dubai Computer Group elects board and committee members for 2017-18
The Dubai Computer Group successfully completed the election of its new board members for the year 2017-18 on 14 December . The election was held by electronic voting at its annual get together , which also coincided with 12 years of its existence .
As a practice recently adopted , Dubai Computer Group retires its board members at the end of two years and re-elects a new board . This is to allow new members to participate and grow the community through voluntary activities and regular networking meetings .
The eleven elected board members at the end of the voting were Ashok Kumar , Bharat Kewlani , Dharmendra Sawlani , Farah Anwar , Hiren Vadodaria , Mohamed Giado , Raees Ahmed Rohile , Rakeesh Bora , Rishi Shah , Sachin Gehani , Sanjay Bansal .
Close to 100 members of the Dubai Computer Group were present to vote for their choice of eleven candidates for the 2017-18 board membership . Only one vote per member company was allowed .
A nominated observer from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Mohammed Khalid Mohammed Bin Suliman , Senior Manager of Member Relations , of which Dubai Computer Group is a member , impartially monitored the proceedings including the electronic voting .
The candidates standing for the 2017- 18 board elections were allowed to make a short introduction of themselves to the members present at the annual get together . After the introduction , the Dubai Computer Group members were invited to register their presence and pick their username and password details at random by draw of lots . After picking their username and password details the members proceeded to vote electronically using various stations . The voting choices once completed were kept anonymous across the entire proceedings .
Eleven elected board members at the end of voting
Dharmendra Sawlani , President of Dubai Computer Group for the term 2017-18
The results of the voting were announced a short while later at the same forum , after the voting had been completed . The elections were announced to have been successfully completed by a vote of thanks .
After the election of the Dubai Computer Group board members , a meeting was convened by Suchit Kumar who briefed first time board members on their regulatory obligations . He also opened the forum by coopting two additional board members and appointment of office bearers .
Rakesh Bora , Senior Member of Dubai Computer Group , proposed the names of expresident Dubai Computer Group Shailendra Rughwani and Suchit Kumar , who were unanimously coopted into the board taking the total number of members to 13 .
The new board members also unanimously accepted the resolution of the previous board and nominated Khalaf Al Otaiba to the board with the post of Chairman . All the proposed office bearer positions got unanimously supported by the board members .
After accepting the post of President of Dubai Computer Group , Dharmendra Sawlani gave his acceptance statement . Suchit Kumar expressed his gratitude to the board for re-imposing the trust on him and assured that as a team , the board will work towards emboldening the sense of confidence to the industry during its most challenging time . He also voiced his appreciation of the young team ’ s zeal to enhance the scope of business for members .
The new board proposed to have six committees and nominated the members to lead the respective committees .
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