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Those in the running include Harsh Jain of Dream 11<\/a>, Rajesh Magow of Makemytrip, Sameer Nigam of PhonePe, Harshil Mathur of RazorPay, Satyan Gajwani of Times Internet<\/a> and Anupam Mittal of Shaadi.com.
Other names include Sandeep Aggarwal of Droom, Ashish Kashyap of IndMoney, Ritesh Malik of Innov8, Suchi Mukherjee of LimeRoad, Rohan Verma of MapmyIndia, Upasana Taku of MobiKwik<\/a>, Dinesh Agrawal of IndiaMart, Vishwas Patel of InfiBeam Avenues, Umang Bedi of Verse (DailyHunt), and Alok Bajpai of Ixigo among others.
Executives at BharatPe, BillDesk, Cred, InfoEdge, InMobi and Paytm are also in the running.
People aware of the matter said the idea is to have greater “representation of Indian firms” in the 24-member governing council of the influential lobby group, which is currently “dominated and led by foreign big tech companies”. Members are encouraging each other to vote for representatives of homegrown firms this time and in large numbers.
Currently the chair and co-chair of IAMAI are from Google and Meta.
Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO of BharatMatrimony, who is contesting in the elections, told ET it is imperative for Indian startups to be on the executive council of the IAMAI as it is one of the oldest internet and mobile associations in the country.
“Today it has been hijacked by global big tech companies who form only around 5-10% of the 400 members of the organisation but have been at the helm of decision making since their representatives have been in leadership positions and have been setting the narrative,” he said. “We view these elections as very important and are all contested so that we can be part of the executive council and set the agenda to benefit Indian startups.”
The voting will conclude on May 22.
A total of 83 executives are contesting the elections to the 24-member IAMAI governing council.
Among the MNC, representatives from firms including Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook (Meta), Google, Netflix, and Visa are in the running.
“IAMAI must change its governing council leadership and also change the representations it is submitting to the government, so that it accurately represents Indian interests,” said Rohan Verma, CEO and executive director of MapmyIndia.
Emails sent to the companies remained unanswered till press time Monday.
Outgoing executive council members include Google's country head and vice president Sanjay Gupta as chairman, Meta's director and head of India public policy Shivnath Thukral as vice chairperson, and RazorPay CEO and cofounder Harshil Mathur as treasurer.
News of the elections comes close on the heels of IAMAI’s submissions recently drawing sharp criticism from prominent Indian startup founders who accused the industry grouping of furthering views of big tech companies.
ET had reported on May 2 that India’s top internet entrepreneurs are up in arms against what they term as a lack of “credence” in IAMAI. These founders are demanding a change in the leadership of the apex body, which they contend has become a “mouthpiece of big tech,” while failing to represent the interests of homegrown digital companies.
“It’s distressing to know that IAMAI is parroting and promoting views that are anti-Indian and pro-foreign big tech,” Verma had said at the time. “I hope everyone realises that the chair and vice chair of IAMAI are from the foreign big tech. Sad to see an organisation originally founded by and for Indian companies, taken over and now promoting a false narrative.”
Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal too took to Twitter at the time and said, “Startups are strongly in favour of a strong anti-monopoly Digital Act. In fact, IAMAI is a failing lobby for big tech propaganda and misinformation.”
In a press statement, IAMAI said 83 members of the IAMAI would be contesting the election. The nominees of the top three firms, in terms of votes received in this election, would become the chairperson, vice chairperson and treasurer of the association, and form its executive council. Elections are conducted every two years at IAMAI and the terms of both the governing council and the executive council are two years. The results of the election will be declared at the end of May 2023, and the new governing council will take over after the annual general meeting in June 2023.
“IAMAI has a very transparent and regular process of elections to the extent that we do not allow solicitation and post-election if any member has any concern the results can be duly audited,” Subho Ray, president of IAMAI, said in the press statement.
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在大量印度创业者争夺IAMAI选举
人们意识到说这个想法是为了拥有更大的“印度公司的代表”由24名成员组成的管理委员会的影响力的游说团体,目前“主导,由外交大科技公司”。成员相互鼓励支持本土企业的代表,在大量。
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的运行包括严厉的耆那教的梦想11Makemytrip的Rajesh Magow Sameer尼噶PhonePe, Harshil Mathur RazorPay, Satyan Gajwani次互联网和Shaadi.com Anupam米塔尔。
其他名字包括Sandeep Aggarwal Droom Ashish卡IndMoney,:马利克Innov8, Suchi慕克吉LimeRoad,罗翰Verma MapmyIndia, Upasana佐藤MobiKwik、IndiaMart Dinesh Agrawal Vishwas Patel InfiBeam途径,Bedi Umang (DailyHunt)节,阿洛克亚太区的Ixigo等等。
高管BharatPe BillDesk,信誉、InfoEdge InMobi和Paytm也在运行。
人们意识到说这个想法是为了拥有更大的“印度公司的代表”由24名成员组成的管理委员会的影响力的游说团体,目前“主导,由外交大科技公司”。成员相互鼓励支持本土企业的代表,在大量。
目前的椅子和主席IAMAI来自谷歌和元。
首席执行官Murugavel Janakiraman BharatMatrimony谁在选举中角逐,告诉等印度公司必须在执行委员会的IAMAI是最古老的互联网和移动协会之一。
“今天已经被全球大型科技公司形式只有5 - 10%左右的400个成员组织但一直掌舵的决策,因为他们代表已经在领导职位和设置的叙述,”他说。“我们认为这些选举是非常重要的,都是有争议的,这样我们可以执行委员会和设置议程的一部分印度公司中获益。”
投票将于5月22日结束。
共有83名高管们争夺24个IAMAI管理委员会的选举。
在跨国公司中,公司的代表包括Airbnb,亚马逊,Facebook(元)、谷歌、Netflix和签证都在运行。
“IAMAI必须改变其管理委员会领导,也表示这是提交给政府,所以,它准确地代表印度的利益,“说Rohan Verma MapmyIndia首席执行官兼执行董事。
邮件发送到公司仍然没有回答到截稿时间星期一。
即将离任的执行委员会成员包括谷歌的国家主管和副总统Sanjay Gupta主席元导演和印度公共政策主管Shivnath。祖卡罗尔副主席,和RazorPay首席执行官和共同创始人Harshil Mathur司库。
乐动扑克选举的消息接近的IAMAI提交最近引起一些著名印度创业者的尖锐批评指责该行业分组进一步发展大型科技公司的观点。
等5月2日报道,印度顶级互联网企业家竭力反对他们任期缺乏IAMAI“信任”。这些创始人的领导要求改变顶点的身体,他们认为已经成为一个“大型科技股的喉舌”,而未能代表国产数码公司的利益。
“这是痛苦的知道IAMAI是鹦鹉学舌,促进视图印和pro-foreign大科技,”时曾说。“我希望每个人都意识到的主席和副主席IAMAI来自国外大型科技股。看到一个组织最初由印度公司,接管,现在宣传虚假的故事。”
Shaadi.com创始人Anupam米塔尔也走上Twitter当时说,“创业公司强烈支持一个强大的反垄断的数字。事实上,IAMAI是大型科技宣传和游说失败错误信息。”
IAMAI在新闻声明中表示,83名IAMAI将争夺选举。提名的三大公司,在这次选举中获得的选票,将成为主席,副主席和协会的财务主管,并形成其执行委员会。选举每两年进行一次IAMAI条款和管理委员会和执行委员会是两年。选举的结果将在2023年5月底,和新的理事会将接管后,2023年6月年度股东大会。
“IAMAI非常透明和定期的选举过程在某种程度上,我们不允许征集和选举后如果任何成员有任何问题可以适当的审计结果,“Subho射线,IAMAI总统在媒体的声明中说。
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