Ajit Balakrishnan is the Founer Chairman & CEO, Rediff.com, which is listed on Nasdaq (REDF) since 2000. Earlier he co-founded and is a director of Rediffusion-Dentsu, Young & Rubicam, one of India's largest ad agencies. Balakrishnan sits on the government committee reviewing the Indian Information Technology Act. He also co-chairs the Confederation of Indian Industry Task Force on eCommerce and is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management,Calcutta