The great friend of IT quits...

Dayanidhi Maran has stepped down from the Union Cabinet owing to some political disputes within his party, DMK.

Maran has been instrumental in the growth in mobile communication sector in India. He has been dubbed as a great champion and friend of the Indian IT sector. Maran has also been instrumental in bringing in force the Semiconductor Policy in India. He also made great efforts in convincing some of the telecoms and semiconductor majors to open fabrication units in India.

During his tenure,Maran has considerably strengthened the partnership between government and industry in promoting the IT sector in India. His role in bringing major and positive changes in the telecommunications sector have been of great significance to the IT software and services industry. It has also resulted in India becoming the fastest growing mobile telephony market in the world.