Ajit Balakrishnan
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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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Explaining why
The emerging crisis in the tech world
 "Explaining why")
Are we Indians technology-averse?
Some examples that show we may be call for introspection
 "Are we Indians technology-averse?")
Professional manager, businessman…
Mapping the Business Serengeti
 "Professional manager, businessman…")
Designing a flag for the upcoming social revolution
Flags with symbols have long been used to harness the masses to a cause
 "Designing a flag for the upcoming social revolution")
Ajit Balakrishnan: How cash became a bad word
The real reason why Indians don't deposit their money in banks may be because the banking system lives in a make-believe world
 "Ajit Balakrishnan: How cash became a bad word")
Ajit Balakrishnan: The people rise against elites
Lessons for Indian media from the US elections
 "Ajit Balakrishnan: The people rise against elites")
Ajit Balakrishnan:Nobel for Bob Dylan - changing times?
Perhaps it is an acknowledgement that popular music has had greater poetic value than poetry itself
 "Ajit Balakrishnan:Nobel for Bob Dylan - changing times?")
Ajit Balakrishnan: Small networked outfits are the future
There is evidence that the Information Revolution may mean the end of large-scale vertically integrated businesses
Ajit Balakrishnan: Tech's next frontier - Artificial Intelligence
India should shortlist those public services where AI can improve delivery, and aid the development of such products
Ajit Balakrishnan: Layoffs signal changing economy
Can India's education system respond fast enough?
Ajit Balakrishnan: Indian salaryman: Changing times
The middle class has subtly manoeuvred without any strikes or protests for a share of the economic pie. Will this change soon?
Ajit Balakrishnan: The job-creation process mystery
What we know and don't know about it
Ajit Balakrishnan: Is the internet all that it's cracked up to be?
Dissenting voices appear over the perception of the internet as a driver of productivity growth
Ajit Balakrishnan: On the man who knew infinity
Reflections on mathematics, teaching and Ramanujan at a film theatre
Ajit Balakrishnan: The soft skills trap
A more rigorous training in core skills is required to boost the engineering talent in the country, instead of a varnish of 'soft skills'
Ajit Balakrishnan: Creating urban commons
If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces?
Ajit Balakrishnan: The return of the activist state
The middle class' long push to force the state to retreat from the economy may be reversing
Ajit Balakrishnan: Start-up season
It is widely but wrongly believed that the more inactive the Indian state, the better the chances of a start-up culture flowering
Ajit Balakrishnan: The fall and rise of political dynasties
Why, centuries after the French Revolution promised an end to feudalism, do political dynasties persist - even in democracies?
Ajit Balakrishnan: Broken educational systems
Across the world, middle class families are dealing with the consequences of competition to get into high-quality institutions
