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Ajit Balakrishnan

Ajit Balakrishnan

Ajit Balakrishnan

Ajit Balakrishnan is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He is a successful entrepreneur, business executive, and administrator. He had started his entrepreneurial venture with Rediffusion, an advertising firm now known as Rediffusion DY&R which he co-founded with Arun Nanda and Mohammed Khan, when he was 22. He later co-founded PSI Data Systems in mid 80's with two other partners hailing from Stanford. He led Rediff.com India Limited (Nasdaq: REDF) which won the CIO Choice Award for the best Enterprise Email Solution for three consecutive years. He has served as the Chairman of the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India.

Ajit Balakrishnan is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He is a successful entrepreneur, business executive, and administrator. He had started his entrepreneurial venture with Rediffusion, an advertising firm now known as Rediffusion DY&R which he co-founded with Arun Nanda and Mohammed Khan, when he was 22. He later co-founded PSI Data Systems in mid 80's with two other partners hailing from Stanford. He led Rediff.com India Limited (Nasdaq: REDF) which won the CIO Choice Award for the best Enterprise Email Solution for three consecutive years. He has served as the Chairman of the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India.

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A revolution is underway in several aspects of our life. "When AI Rules the World" details these groundbreaking changes

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Mystery of Indian-born foreign stars

Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented?

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Reimagining venture capital

… keeping an eye on democratising finance in India

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The Indian education scramble

tuition classes: Saviours or demons?

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Hail the rise of digital humanities

…and no, it's not just a geek invasion of humanities

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Whither the middle class?

How to arrest a worldwide decline

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Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears

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High jumps in India's tech revolution

The big picture he paints in this book is that digital technologies are transforming consumer market opportunities in not just India but possibly in all developing countries

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Updated On : 11 May 2022 | 2:48 AM IST

The T-shirt wars

Evolution of a cultural symbol

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'Zzzzz … excuse me'

Why India must create new programming languages …

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Strolling down the street

… and I learn more about economic trends than from books

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Unravelling what awaits us in 2022

As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2022 | 10:32 PM IST

Go intern, Go!

An idea that could change India

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The e-com debate in India

A thinking man's guide to the state of ecom in a nation of shopkeepers

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