Ajit Balakrishnan

Mumbai

Founder and CEO at Rediff.com

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Vibe Coding's Challenge For India's IT Cos

23 hours ago | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

'Could the impending new crisis, vibe coding, similarly create not a disaster like what befell Indian handlooms during the Industrial Revolution but another opportunity like what the Y2K crisis created?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Lessons For Start Ups From UPI Success Story

1 month ago | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

Isn't there something significant in the UPI example for all of us to learn from and execute to enable world-scale success for our startups?, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. "We have to be careful that we don't blow things up," said my stumbling, white-haired friend, long retired from the civil service but who had served in almost all our government's top industrial-policy entities.
India's tech startup boom: Are policy tweaks needed to drive growth? | Expert Views - Business Standard

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
ChatGPT Vs DeepSeek: The Plot Thickens

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.
Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

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.
Startup fever grips India: What economic challenges, surprises lie ahead? | Expert Views - Business Standard

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)?
Genetic Destiny Or Hard Work?

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 ...
India's New Trilemma

Jul 8, 2024 | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week holiday with us recently. Of course, addressing her and her husband as "kids" was a gesture of affection from me that they enjoyed as well, but they weren't kids, they were both in their mid-30s and both professionally qualified and holding good jobs in New York City.
India's New Trilemma

Jul 8, 2024 | flipboard.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

Asia7 hours agoSmall 'tear' in passport leaves UK yoga teacher in tears & barred from flying home via IndiaTimes of India - TOI World Desk • 7hAt times, even a 'tear' can leave people in tears and agony.
We Missed Industrial Revolution

Jun 12, 2024 | rediff.com | Ajit Balakrishnan

Is India headed there again? asks Ajit BalakrishnanHe was a stout, illiterate man, son of a butcher, struggling to earn enough to feed his 13 children by weaving handloom cotton in his tiny home when he suddenly hit on an idea that could increase his earning and feed his family. The idea was to make a small improvement in his spinning wheel such that it could, for the same effort. So, he put eight different spindles that were powered by a single wheel.