All stories by Ajit Balakrishnan
In praise of the bureaucrat
Rediff.com16 Dec 2020Does IAS officers' work go unappreciated, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures
Rediff.com18 Nov 2020...and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan.
India's electronics manufacturing dream
Rediff.com20 Oct 2020...but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Indians' love for things foreign
Rediff.com22 Sep 2020...Is this a virus more dangerous than Covid-19, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The Work From Home Revolution
Rediff.com25 Aug 2020Will it trigger a social and management revolution as well, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Sudden rise of online higher education
Rediff.com4 Aug 2020Will Covid-19 permanently change higher education, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Death knell for printed books, newspapers?
Rediff.com12 Jun 2020Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
A better world after Covid?
Rediff.com13 May 2020It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Hail the power of networks!
Rediff.com15 Apr 2020Not just in the fight against COVID-19, but also in politics, economics and society, observes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike
Rediff.com12 Mar 2020Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.
E-commerce in India: To be or not to be
Rediff.com14 Feb 2020Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.
Let's stop making cash the villain
Rediff.com14 Jan 2020Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.
Is India's economy crashing?
Rediff.com3 Jan 2020'Defence funding is channelled to State-owned research organisations where scientists are merely bureaucrats holding meetings and sending out minutes of meetings and press releases, but have long ago stopped any innovative work.' 'Unless this tragedy is fixed, India's chances to create world-conquering and job-creating new industries are slim,' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The Exotic Life of an Airforce Pilot
Rediff.com31 Oct 2019Up 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.
University ranking sweepstakes
Rediff.com25 Oct 2019Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Au revoir, brands?
Rediff.com1 Aug 2019The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Talk to Me' explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information
Rediff.com15 Jul 2019And if you have started wondering why such innovations come only from American companies, Ajit Balakrishnan offers the answer.
Elitism, populism, meritocracy...
Rediff.com5 Jul 2019Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.
Giving wings to startups
Rediff.com13 May 2019Ajit Balakrishnan offers a recipe for creating 100,000 plus angel investors in India.
Goa: Beyond the sun, beaches, food and feni
Rediff.com6 Mar 2019'I had no idea that behind the charming, ever smiling Goan faces, there is so much complexity and history!' says Ajit Balakrishnan.