All stories by Ajit Balakrishnan
Selfless, faceless civil servants and their truly heroic acts
Rediff.com20 Feb 2019Enabling the online booking and payment for Indian Railway tickets is one such case. Amitabh Pandey's book is about how he went about enthusing teams inside the Indian Railways and facilitating online reservations, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The vanishing middle manager
Rediff.com23 Jan 2019Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Jobs, cash and other Indian headaches
Rediff.com8 Jan 2019Is it time to take a relook at our economic theories? asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
How to make jobs programmes work
Rediff.com28 Nov 2018A breakthrough will come from what we teach and how, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Are ad agencies being re-invented?
Rediff.com2 Nov 2018Or is all of media being re-invented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Explaining the why of algorithmic conclusions
Rediff.com4 Oct 2018Ajit Balakrishnan on the emerging crisis in the tech world.
Fake news and its dimensions
Rediff.com6 Aug 2018Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Net neutrality and the privacy debate
Rediff.com27 Jun 2018Indian policy-makers must see the choices before them as economic, not moral, ones, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
How the Web lost its innocence
Rediff.com8 Jun 2018Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.
The elusive search for truth in media
Rediff.com3 May 2018Is it likely that one of these days, a demand may rise that only truthful endorsement should be made in media and that if it is discovered that she or he in real life does not use that brand, punishment may follow, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Internet Trouble
Rediff.com23 Mar 2018'Is the tech wonder of our times headed for trouble?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Advertising: Another turn of the wheel due?
Rediff.com24 Feb 2018The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Are we Indians technology-averse?
Rediff.com7 Feb 2018Some examples that show we may be call for introspection, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
What the Internet holds for India in 2018
Rediff.com1 Jan 2018Or, what will the Indian policy process allow it to be, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Rethinking our Westernised biases
Rediff.com30 Dec 2017Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.
India's quest for skills
Rediff.com1 Dec 2017Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.
Professional manager, businessman...
Rediff.com17 Oct 2017Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.
Jumpstarting India's start-up dream
Rediff.com19 Sep 2017A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Jumpstarting India's start-up dream
Rediff.com19 Sep 2017A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Jumpstarting India's start-up dream
Rediff.com19 Sep 2017A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom, says Ajit Balakrishnan.