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{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ajit Balakrishna
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| caption = Ajit Balakrishnan
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| citizenship = India
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta|IIM Calcutta]]<br>[[University of Kerala]]
| occupation = Chairman & CEO of [[Rediff.com]]
| predecessor =
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'''Ajit Balakrishnan''' is an [[India]]n entrepreneur, business executive and administrator. He is the founder, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Rediff.com]], an internet company based in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="FT1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6b2202a2-86e2-11e0-9d41-00144feabdc0.html |title=How I made it: Ajit Balakrishnan |author=Stephen Wilmot |accessdate=8 February 2012 |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=26 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="Dare">{{Cite web|url=http://dare.co.in/people/featured-entrepreneur/ajit-balakrishnan-rediff-com.htm |title=Ajit Balakrishnan, Rediff.com |accessdate=8 February 2012 |work=dare.co.in |date=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217005140/http://dare.co.in/people/featured-entrepreneur/ajit-balakrishnan-rediff-com.htm |archivedate=17 December 2011 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Forbes_Bio">{{Cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/ajit-balakrishnan/67476 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212115330/http://people.forbes.com/profile/ajit-balakrishnan/67476 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2009 |title=Speaker Corner: Ajit Balakrishnan |accessdate=8 February 2012 |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref>

==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).<ref name="NDTV_Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/newmediacongress/sp_Ajitbalakrishnan.aspx |title=Ajit Balakrishnan |accessdate=8 February 2012 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926040508/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/newmediacongress/sp_Ajitbalakrishnan.aspx |archivedate=26 September 2012 }}</ref>

==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.<ref>[http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/redf Rediff listed on NASDAQ in 2001].</ref>

==Writing==
He writes a column in [[Business Standard]]<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/columnists/search/name/ajit-balakrishnan-6 Columnists - Business Standard]</ref> and has written a book published by [[Macmillan Publishers]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/PanMacIndia/status/277813780132556800 Book Review: The Wave Rider]</ref> called The Wave Rider.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICHDc_tInjAC | title=The Wave Rider: A Chronicle of the Information Age| isbn=9781447241157| last1=Balakrishnan| first1=Ajit| date=2012-12-06}}</ref> He has co-authored a research paper, Generic Framework for a Recommendation System using Collective Intelligence,<ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5402612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F5393958%2F5402499%2F05402612.pdf%3Farnumber%3D5402612].</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.iimcal.ac.in/about/list-of-board-members Board of Governors - IIM Calcutta].</ref> He presently serves on the Governing Council of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC.<ref>https://www.cdac.in/.</ref>).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cdac.in/index.aspx?id=pdf_gov_council.|title = Error}}</ref> He was named Chairman Emeritus of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).<ref name="IAMAI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamai.in/PRelease_Detail.aspx?nid=1641&NMonth=5&NYear=2008 |title=Chairman Emeritus at IAMAI |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032357/http://www.iamai.in/PRelease_Detail.aspx?nid=1641&NMonth=5&NYear=2008 |archivedate=24 September 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/ROP_61CABE.pdf]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*''[http://thewaverider.in/ The Wave Rider]''

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