Last 
friday (12
th) got a chance to attend the 
inaugration of Bangalore chapter of 
IASA at Hotel 
Lelapalace.
  There was a big crowd ... it was 
soponsored by Microsoft and supported by many  
Arcitects of leading Software companies in Bangalore.
There was couple of sessions on current topics (
SaaS, 
Multidimention of 
SAs, Whats in Store for 
SAs, EA [
Enterprice Archtecture etc... ] )   ... 
generaly many on what is Software Architects, what kind of roles and 
resposiblities do they have in current software industries. The need for a body of knowledge for these group of people, a place to share and learn more about Software 
Archtecture.
There was a 
openhouse pannel discussion with leading Architects ( 
Prinicpal, Chief, Lead ) from companies 
likle Mind-tree consulting, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, 
Infosys.... Many questions were 
throuwn by Aspiring Architects and Practicing architects which were 
satifactorly answered by the 
pannel members.
This association is going to be membership based and shortly will fix the fee....
ref:
http://www.iasahome.org/
Program speakers and topics :- 
http://www.iasahome.org/web/india