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. 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.

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).

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.

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.

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 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 served as a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education of the Government of India.

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    Student of PGPEX-VLM 10th batch was being awarded degree certificate by Ajit Balakrishnan, former chairman,BOG during the Annual Convocation
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    Student of PGPEX-VLM 7th batch was being awarded degree certificate by Ajit Balakrishnan, former chairman,BOG during the Annual Convocation
    
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    A student being awarded his degree certificate by Ajit Balakrishnan during the Annual Convocation 2015 at IIMC.
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    A student being awarded his degree certificate by Ajit Balakrishnan during the Annual Convocation 2016 at IIMC.

• Interview

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    Audio: 1st Interview with Ajit Balakrishnan (September 2011)
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    Audio: 2nd Interview with Ajit Balakrishnan (October 2011)

• Interview Transcription

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    Transcription: 1st Interview with Ajit Balakrishnan (September 2011)
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    Transcription: 2nd Interview with Ajit Balakrishnan (October 2011)

• Found in

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    Video: Events held during Golden Jubilee Celebration (2010-2012) Part 1
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    Video: Events held during Golden Jubilee Celebration (2010-2012) Part 3
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    Saibal Chattopadhyay, Ajit Balakrishnan and Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya entering into the Convocation hall 2014.
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    Saibal Chattopadhyay leading a convocation procession 2014, Ajit Balakrishnan and Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya also with them.
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    Prof. Prashant Mishra and Ajit Balakrishnan with other faculty member during an informal discussion at the anuual convocation 2014.
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    Saibal Chattopadhyay, Ms. Indra Nooyi and Ajit Balakrishnan are stood on the dias during Annual Convocation 2015.
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    Saibal Chattopadhyay leading a convocation procession 2015, Ajit Balakrishnan and Ms. Indra Nooyi also with them.
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    Video of Golden Jubilee celebration 14th & 15th November 2011

• Related to

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    Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, 42nd Convocation (01.04.2007)
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    Ajit Balakrishnan, Alumni, PGP 6th (1969-1971)

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    Ajit Balakrishnan felicitating Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya with a memento.
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    Ajit Balakrishnan felicitating Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram with a memento.
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    First rank holder was taking the certificate from Ajit Balakrishnan in annual convocation 2017

• Convocation address

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    Ajit Balakrishnan giving speech during the Annual Convocation 2015.
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    Prof. Rohit Varman delivering his speech during the Annual Convocation 2015
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    Ajit Balakrishnan giving speech during annual convocation 2017.

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