I thought there was at least one more group there and I'm surprised that the founders of this new group didn't first make contact with you. Sounds like there's a good reason to work together and I encourage both groups to reach out and find ways to work together. If it's not appropriate to combine them (I know India is a large enough place for more than one group), at least co-marketing each others' events and working closely to ensure that you minimize duplication would be a good start.

Thanks for posting here–hopefully, the other interested groups can find one another and create a stronger, local community for Oracle professionals in India.

Not sure if you are aware, there is already an Oracle users group in India, they have already hosted two user group meetings. I had attended both the meetings and was an excellent start. Their website also looks pretty informative. Not sure if Aman is aware of this group or not, he should check this out. Maybe this is all he is looking for and can join and support this group instead of starting another one.

Aman, the website address for the user group in India is http://www.aioug.org

Regards

Unni