Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has appointed Shailesh Rao, MD, Google India, as its chairperson and Ambareesh Murty, country manager of eBay India, as vice-chairperson for 2009-2010.
Sanjay Aggarwal, GM, operations, IRCTC has been appointed treasurer and head of finance of IAMAI. Subho Ray will continue as president.
Earlier, Aggarwal was the vice-chairperson while Sanjeev Bikhchandani, MD and CEO, Naukri.com was the chairperson. Ratish Nair, co-founder of Interactive Avenues, was the treasurer of the IAMAI in 2008-09.
In an official communiqué, Rao said, “We need to build a more visible identity and collective vision for the Internet industry of India. By organising the relevant stakeholders, evangelising the value of the medium and advocating for more proactive government action on behalf of the Internet, IAMAI will emerge as the most credible and important platform for digital India.”
Murty says “The Internet is now the mainstream medium and the priority in the next few years will be to ensure that the IAMAI represents the entire ecosystem of Internet businesses in India, including start-ups and early stage businesses.”