Official meeting under Chairmanship of the then Hon Collector Shri Laxmikant Deshmukh and with presence of Shri Ravindra Khebukar, RO, MIDC took place on October 2, 2010 for the discussions on efforts for the development of IT in Kolhapur district in Collector office. For sustainable long term efforts it was decided to from association of all the IT Firms already operating in and around Kolhapur. IT Association of Kolhapur was thus formed informally under Presidentship of Shri Shantaram Surve with other members being Shri Vinay Gupte, Shri Rajan Chougule, Shri Omkar Deshpande, Shri Sanjeev Shivapurkar, Shri Amit Patil, and Shri Kaustubh Nabar.
On various meetings with district administration and clarity on how the efforts shall be carried out with vision it was decided to formally register the association under the name of IT Association of Kolhapur under Societies Registration Act 1860 at office premises of M/s. Surve Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Shivaji Udyamnagar, Kolhapur– 416008 as registered address during September 2011. With consistent efforts from founder members IT Association of Kolhapur duly got registered on September 29, 2011.