Sanjeev Bikhchandani is IAMAI Chairman. Ajit Balakrishnan named Chairman Emeritus
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The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named Ajit Balakrishnan chairman emeritus and Sanjeev Bikhchandani the new chairman for 2008-09. Balakrishnan, who is the chairman and managing director of Rediff.com, will serve a lifetime role at the IAMAI and head the council of past chairpersons at the association.
Bikhchandani, the founder and chief executive officer of Info Edge (India) Ltd, takes over from J Murugavel, founder and CEO of the Bharatmatrimony Group. Bikhchandani is a successful online entrepreneur and has founded ventures such as Naukri.com, Jeevansaathi.com, 99acres.com and Quadrangle. The IAMAI has also appointed Sanjay Aggarwal, general manager, operations, IRCTC, as its vice-chairman. Ratish Nair, co-founder, Interactive Avenues, has been appointed treasurer.
They have Outlined 3 Goals:
1) (Immediate Goal) - To build a committee of online publishers and mobile VAS providers.
2) To create a digital foundation, which will provide training and education to industry professionals and entrepreneurs.
3) To work closely with industry bodies such as CII, FICCI and NASSCOM
The foundation aspect is quite interesting since the body is supposed to be an industry representative. So far the IAMAI has (mostly) only hosted summits (some of which have been quite disappointing) coupled with drab cocktail parties. They have also released reports – some of which, do not seem to be too accurate.
Internet penetration and Broadband speeds have also not been tackled head on by the IAMAI.
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