NEWS
A very encouraging booster for aspiring
professionals of audio-visual and systems
integration in India! As a measure of
extension to its increasing support to the
rapidly expanding audio-visual sector in
the country, AVIXA, the global AV
industry's apex body (formerly InfoComm
International) has reduced the charges for
both Individual and Enterprise
Memberships in developing countries,
including India.
AVIXA offers three levels of Membership
for individuals. Individual Basic
Membership as it is, is free, and offers free
tradeshow access and newsletter
subscriptions.
The Premium Membership for Indian
applicants now stands reduced at US$49;
this provides free introductory AV classes,
access to AV standards, discount on
education, access to premium content and
to 'members-only' events.
Further, companies in India can sign up for
Enterprise Membership at a discounted
rate of US$250. This provides access to AV
standards, administrative access to team
professional development, discount on
bulk micro-credentialing and trade show
booth purchases.
In recent years, AVIXA has bolstered its
support for the Indian sub-continent,
where audio-visual market has leaped
from US$2.6 billion in 2012 to US$5.4
billion in 2016, and is expected to reach
US$8.4 billion by 2022. Till date, AVIXA
has trained more than 1,500 professionals
in India in diverse areas of AV applications.
That Indian industry is growing at such
rapid pace, the requirement for certied
Advantage Audio-Visual India
AVIXA Membership, Programmes Made Affordable
talent pool to cater to that demand is
greater than ever. While it's been a
continuous endeavor at AVIXA to provide
resources needed for AV professionals to
acquire higher, acknowledged knowledge,
the current measures are initiated with a
view to further expanding the support
platform so that it encourages larger
aspiring communities from the industry to
stay updated with the industry dynamics.“The new model is a welcome offering to
its partner community,” observes Bharath
Kumar, Managing Director, Kramer
Electronics India. “AVIXA's new
membership model for India ts every
stakeholder of the AV ecosystem to
leverage the vast resources available with
least monetary impact.”Says Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, MD-CEO of
IAV India: “The reduced Membership fee
yet added value of services in the new
AVIXA Membership model is extremely
benecial to Systems Integrators as itbecomes more affordable to train a larger
number of employees.”According to him, the Elite Partnership
model now not only offers all the benets
of the Premium Partnership model such as
discounted products and services on
Education, Certication, etc. but also
offers subscription to unlimited free online
education. With more number of trained
talent, the overall quality of installations in
the industry would improve and
contribute to a higher standard in the eco-
system.“It is a recognition for not only the
certied individual but also to the
company to which they belong,” Kaushik
says “kudos to AVIXA for the new
Membership model.”http://www.avixa.orgS IAAVIXA conducts a host of training programmes both in theory, and hands-on prac cals in diverse aspects of AV applica ons.