Ajit Balakrishnan

1 month ago | business-standard.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

The success of UPI in India is a fascinating case study in the intersection of technology, policy, and socioeconomic factors

2 months ago | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

The tech community, which was getting ready to use the ChatGPT fever and raise unlimited capital for their businesses, is going to face tougher obstacles now, predicts Ajit Balakrishnan. The media frenzy that has been triggered by the announcement by a China-based company that its new artificial intelligence (AI) product, DeepSeek, is outperforming the American invention ChatGPT is deafening. 'China's AI Chatbot Dethrones ChatGPT!' said many headlines.

Jan 16, 2025 | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Flip through any academic journal, wade through an opinion piece on an online news site or its print cousin, or glance at a news headline and you see businesses claiming their innovative new product/service launch or governments proclaiming innovation-related investment or legislation.

Nov 4, 2024 | business-standard.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

Is it likely that startups that listen carefully to what Tim Berners-Lee has to say are the ones that will thrive in tomorrow's world (the so-called Web 3.0)?

Oct 14, 2024 | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to society, perhaps, so does the gene, particularly in debates like 'genes vs merit', explains Ajit Balakrishnan. "Let's go with this candidate," said a person on our three-member committee tasked to select an Indian Institute of Management director from among the five short-listed candidates. "Why, what is it about his resume that made you recommend him," I asked. "I know his father and brother ...