Ajit Balakrishnan
Ajit Balakrishna | |
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Citizenship | India |
Alma mater | IIM Calcutta University of Kerala |
Occupation | Chairman & CEO of Rediff.com |
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.[1][2] He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) for two five-year terms ending in March 2017.[3]
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 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (1971).[4]
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.[5]
Writing[]
He writes a column in Business Standard[6] and has written a book published by Macmillan Publishers[7] called The Wave Rider.[8] He has co-authored a research paper, Generic Framework for a Recommendation System using Collective Intelligence,[9] 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.[10] He presently serves on the Governing Council of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC.[11]).[12] He was named Chairman Emeritus of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).[13] 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 served as a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education of the Government of India.[14]
References[]
- ^ Stephen Wilmot (26 May 2011). "How I made it: Ajit Balakrishnan". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Ajit Balakrishnan, Rediff.com". dare.co.in. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Speaker Corner: Ajit Balakrishnan". Forbes. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Ajit Balakrishnan". NDTV. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Rediff listed on NASDAQ in 2001.
- ^ Columnists - Business Standard
- ^ Book Review: The Wave Rider
- ^ Balakrishnan, Ajit (6 December 2012). The Wave Rider: A Chronicle of the Information Age. ISBN 9781447241157.
- ^ [1].
- ^ Board of Governors - IIM Calcutta.
- ^ https://www.cdac.in/.
- ^ http://www.cdac.in/index.aspx?id=pdf_gov_council.
- ^ "Chairman Emeritus at IAMAI". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ [2][permanent dead link].
External links[]
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta alumni
- Businesspeople from Mumbai
- Indian chief executives
- Indian mass media owners
- University of Kerala alumni
- Living people
- Indian Internet celebrities
- Indian advertising people
- Businesspeople in advertising
- Indian television executives