Internet and Mobile Association of India

Internet and Mobile Association of India
Founded2004; 21 years ago (2004)
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Key people
Harsh Jain, Chairman[1]
Rajesh Magow, Vice-Chairman
WebsiteOfficial Website

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a not-for-profit industry body representing the interests of online and mobile value added services industry.[2] It is registered under The Societies Registration Act, 1860.

History

The need for an association of Internet companies in India was felt in early 2000. India's early internet pioneers such as Ajit Balakrishnan of and Rajesh Jain established successful companies but did not build an ecosystem.[citation needed] In 2002, baazee.com's Avnish Bajaj and Mouthshut.com's Faisal Farooqui exchanged conversations over email to establish an informal association of CEOs in the Internet space.[citation needed] They suggested a name "Council of High Tech CEOs" as majority of the Internet start-ups, were tech heavy.[citation needed]

Mandate

Its mandate is to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors.[3][4] IAMAI also put forward the problems and requirements of the businesses to the consumers, shareholders, investors and the government of India. The main purpose of the Internet and Mobile Association of India is to improve and expand the value added services pertaining to mobiles and several online services.[5]

Working groups

  • India EdTech Consortium (IEC) On 12 January 2022; IAMAI created a self-regulatory body along with Physics Wallah, Byju's, WebAsha, Simplilearn, Unacademy, upGrad, Vedantu and others to suggest and manage the ethics' codes and guidelines for Indian online education industry.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Harsh Jain named IAMAI Chairman for 2023-2025". The Times of India. 25 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ "India's mobile internet users touch 2 million: Rediff.com Business". Business.rediff.com. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ^ Faiz Askari (3 December 2009). "Customer centricity is the key to Internet growth - IAMAI". Indiaprwire.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  4. ^ "IAMAI :: About Us :: Introduction". Iamai.in. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Internet and Mobile Association of India". Business.mapsofindia.com. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  6. ^ "IAMAI sets up India EdTech Consortium to uphold code of conduct by edtech platforms". The Hindu. PTI. 12 January 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 February 2022.