Citizenship India Alma mater IIM Calcutta | Name Ajit Balakrishnan | |
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Occupation Chairman & CEO of Rediff.com Education University of Kerala, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Books Wave Rider: A Chronicle of the Information Age Similar Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Rashmi Bansal, Subroto Bagchi, Anupam Mittal, Rajan Anandan | ||
Organizations founded Rediff.com, Rediffusion | ||
Ajit balakrishnan chairman rediff com on what is needed for digital media in india
Ajit Balakrishnan is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and administrator. He is the founder, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rediff.com, an internet company based in Mumbai. Balakrishnan was Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) for two five-year terms ending in March 2017.
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- Ajit balakrishnan chairman rediff com on what is needed for digital media in india
- Ajit balakrishnan founder ceo rediff com
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Ajit balakrishnan founder ceo rediff com
Education
Balakrishnan holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Kerala and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management with Master in Business studies (MBA) from IIM [Indian Institute of Mangement] Calcutta (1971).
Business
Balakrishnan's first business was Rediffusion, now known as Rediffusion DY&R (Dentsu Young & Rubicam), which he co-founded when he was 22. In 1995, he founded Rediff.com, which became a highly successful internet site, and was listed on NASDAQ in 2001.
Writing
He writes a column in Business Standard and has written a book published by Macmillan Publishers called The Wave Rider. He has co-authored a research paper, Generic Framework for a Recommendation System using Collective Intelligence, with Alkesh Patel which was presented at the International Conference on Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, 2009.
Public service
Balakrishnan served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta for two five-year terms ending in March 2017. .He presently serves on the Governing Council of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC.)..He was named as the Chairman Emeritus of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He has served as the Chairman of the Govt of India, Ministry of Information Technology Working Group on Internet Governance and Proliferation. He chaired a Committee appointed by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development on 'Research and Faculty Enhancement at the 7 IIMs'. He has in the past served as a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education of the Government of India.