Ajit Jaokar
Founder and Chief blogger Ajit Jaokar
With a unique perspective spanning multiple aspects of Mobile Applications, Ajit is an innovator and a pioneer in the Mobile Data industry. In 1999, Ajit co-founded futuretext, an innovative publishing / consulting company focused around mobility and digital convergence. Ajit speaks at Mobile related conferences - on both strategy and technology.
His latest book (Aug 2006) is 'Mobile web 2.0'
In Oct 2005, Ajit was appointed to chair Oxford University's next generation mobile applications panel. Ajit is also a member of the web2.0 workgroup. Currently, Ajit plays an advisory role to a number of Mobile start-ups in the UK and Scandinavia. He also works with the government and trade missions of a number of countries including South Korea, Ireland and Faroe islands. Ajit has an Electronics engineering degree from the University of Bombay and in 2006 will be commencing a PhD on the topic of Delay Tolerant Networks.
In 2006, Ajit was invited to join the RSA (The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) (Founded in 1754, the RSA includes leading thinkers from the world of arts, manufacturing and commerce). Ajit is now an RSA member.
Ajit lives in London, UK, but has three nationalities (British, Indian and New Zealander) and is proud of all three.
He can be contacted at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com
Recent speaking/media appearances:
| Stanford University : Oct 2006 CNN Money : July 2006 |
Follow the web 2.0 money, Grace Wong: July 13 |
| New York : June 5/6 2006 | web2.0/mobile web 2.0/Ajax |
| Seoul (Korea) : June 30 | Mobile web 2.0 |
| Santa Clara : Oct 4/5 2006 | web2.0/mobile web 2.0/Ajax |
| Raleigh North Carolina Oct 11 2006 | Raleigh North Carolina Tech 2006 |
| London Oct 17/18 | Symbian smart phone Show |