The First IT trade union Association of IT Employees is aimed uniting the IT employees and small scale IT entrepreneurs,protecting the labour rights of IT employees, improving e- governance,widening the use of free software and to promote Malayalam computing.
In 1993,ICES(Indian Computer Education Society) was formed to unite the ITES companies.Com. A D Jayan was one of the co-founder and All India General Secretary till 2003.In the 2003 ICES conference Com. A D Jayan stood for the labour union for ITES employees,which was not passed in the conference and quit his position as the General Secretary of ICES.For forming the labour union for employees of IT sector,Com. A D Jayan travelled several districts and was able to form small unions.It was in 2006 Aug 30 at Com. Azheekoden memorial building (CPI(M) Thrissur District Committee Office) State level organisation was formed with Com.A D Jayan as the Convener.
IT Employees of hardware and software,Akshaya,Kerala State IT Mission,C-Dit,Keltron,IT Experts and Data entry operators under local governing bodies,Kudumbasree IT Units,Contract Data Entry operators in various Government offices,Contract IT Tutors of Schools,IT Tutors of various institutions, Medical Transcriptionist, Graphic Desingners,Employees of DTP centers and internet cafe are all members of AITE.
In 2006 Nov 19,first state conference was conducted Thrissur Sahithya Academy hall with s from all districts across all lT sector. The decision was passed to work as an independent trade union.in this meeting,com:C.O.Poulose master(member,CITU Central Committee and member CPI(M) state committee)was selected as president and Com: A D Jayan as Gen: Secretary and Com:V Vijayakumar as treasurer.