Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan

Chairman, Founder and principal shareholder of Rediff.com, a company listed on the Nasdaq Exchange, New York (REDF). Rediff (www.rediff.com) is a leading Internet company headquartered in Bombay.

Graduated from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Deeply interested in understanding how technology and society intersect to create new businesses.

Serves on several Indian government committees related to information technology, Internet law and management education and is Chairman of the Board, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.