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As Indian democracy deepens, power shifts will continue to happen and the middle class needs to accept that all such power shifts may not be in their favour, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers lessons from another tech revolution not so long ago.
As Indian democracy deepens, power shifts will continue to happen and the middle class needs to accept that all such power shifts may not be in their favour, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman of the board of governors, IIM-Calcutta, and CEO, rediff.com, gave the Convocation Speech at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta on April 1, 2007. The speech is reproduced here.
On the sidelines of 'Samvit 2009 -- The Leaders' Conclave' at IIM-Lucknow recently, Ajit Balakrishan tells Virendra Singh Rawat answered some issues that have dogged IIMs.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan on keeping an eye on democratising finance in India.
According to Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman of the board of governors of IIM-C, "Most students who study in IIM-C come from families whose annual income is Rs 5 lakh. We are a public higher education institute funded by taxpayers' money. Hiking our fees just because IIM-Ahmedabad or IIM-Bangalore has hiked theirs will make IIM-C an opportunist."
IIM Calcutta (IIM-C) will increase the fee for the two-year post-graduate programme (PGP) by Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 13.5 lakh from academic year 2010.
Tuition classes: Saviours or demons, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
It took four hours of thoughtful debate by a distinguished jury to choose the India Abroad Person of the Year 2003 from 186 Indian-Americans nominated by readers of India Abroad and rediff.com.
IAF's four fighter pilots undergoing rigorous training for the landmark Gaganyaan mission, and who earned the 'astronaut wings' on Tuesday, have a stellar resume. They have a flying experience in the range of nearly 2,000-3,000 hours and two of them are recipients of the prestigious 'Sword of Honour'.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) said on Monday that it had raised the highest-ever corpus of annual funds for the institution, garnering Rs 231 crore from alumni, industry and individual donors for 2022-23 (FY23). Its funding increased 76 per cent year-on-year (YoY) compared to Rs 131 crore in FY22, according to data shared by the institute. The number of donors contributing more than Rs 1 crore increased 64 per cent YoY.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Why hasn't India produced a single earth-shaking idea like Python or the World Wide Web, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
... and I learn more about economic trends than from books, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
... As the world swings from 'financialisation' to 'artificial intelligence', asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Blockchain's promise: Dramatically speeding up transactions, explains Ajit Balakrishnan.
...Are algos taking over from 'shoeshine and a smile', asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
... Are far-reaching social changes coming with it, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the state of ecom in a nation of shopkeepers.
Are we running a cricket match using football rules, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Up in the Sky, Helicopter Stories takes us through the exotic and even charming world that Nitin Sathe has lived as an Indian Air Force pilot, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions.
Will it trigger a social and management revolution as well, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Do India's laws governing the Internet need revolutionary change, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
...Is this a virus more dangerous than Covid-19, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Are breakthroughs on this imminent, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
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