Aloke Bajpai

Current

• Founder & CEO at iXiGO.com

Past

• Vice President, Distribution Strategy at FinalQuadrant Solutions Ltd.
• Sr. Systems & Network Engineer at Amadeus SAS
• Software Engineer at Amadeus SAS

Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• INSEAD
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

• Methodist High School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Websites

• iXiGO.com - Airline Bookings
• iXiGO.com - Hotel Bookings
• iXiGO.com - Blog

Aloke Bajpai’s Summary

Active in travel technology for nearly 8 years, in managerial, operational, and technical roles. Have worked closely with GDSs, Travel Technology providers, Aggregators, Cruiselines, Consolidators and Travel Agents.

In 2006, I founded iXiGO with ex-colleagues from Amadeus, to provide "travel 2.0" search to the Indian market. www.iXiGO.com was launched in June 2007 and is now India's #1 and Asia's #2 travel search engine, powering nearly 2% of all online travel in India.

Aloke Bajpai’s Specialties:

Strong understanding of travel B2B & B2C. Relationships with GDSs, Airlines, Aggregators and Travel Technology Providers, and a base in the biggest market for IT talent.

Aloke Bajpai’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

  MBA , Exchange Student , 2005 — 2005

  Interests: VC/Private Equity, Marketing, Strategy Consulting

• INSEAD

  MBA , General Management , 2004 — 2005

  Lots of Entrepreneurship courses

  Activities and Societies:

  INDEVOR, Active Member
  Scriptwriter & Actor, Cabaret

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  B.Tech. , Electrical Engineering , 1997 — 2001

  Runner-up - Megabucks bizplan competition for an online event-management startup - clicknparty.com
  Organizer - Events at Inter-collegiate Shows,
  Perpetual Resident - Computer Centre

  Activities and Societies:

  Summer Intern at INRIA Research Labs, Rocquencourt, France
  Participant/Organizer of Dumb Charades, Quizzes, Murder Mystery

• Methodist High School

  Intermediate , Upto 12th standard , 1991 — 1997

Additional Information

Aloke Bajpai’s Websites:

• iXiGO.com - Airline Bookings
• iXiGO.com - Hotel Bookings
• iXiGO.com - Blog

Aloke Bajpai’s Interests:

Online Travel, Travel Search, Travel Technology, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

Aloke Bajpai’s Groups:

VP (North) & Secretary General, INSEAD National Alumni Association - India
Helping Hands Association, France
Child Relief & You, India

•    INSEAD Alumni (5,000+ Alumni connected)
•    IITKanpurAlumni
•    INSEAD Entrepreneurship and Private Equity
•    IIT Alumni
•    YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
•    Digital Tourism Experts
•    Travel & IT Industry
•    Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
•    Hotel Online Distribution & Hotel Revenue Management Professionals Group
•    Travel & Tourism Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    Airlines Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    Aviation Management
•    Online Travel Technology
•    Asia Travel Executives
•    Hotel Revenue Management, General Manager, Professionals, OTA, Online Travel Agents, Travel Portals
•    Amadeus alumni
•    Lead India : Entrepreneurship Unplugged
•    INSEAD Travel Industry network
•    Indian Travel Professionals
•    iXiGO - travel search
•    Band of Entrepreneurs
•    The Indian Startup Fraternity
•    Methodist High School Alumni Community

Aloke Bajpai’s Honors:

iXiGO has been awarded:
- BusinessToday India's 10 Hottest Startups 2008
- Mint - 10 Startups to watch out for in 2008
- Red Herring Global 100 Finalist, 2007
- Red Herring Asia 100 Finalist, 2007
- NASSCOM Top 100 Innovator, 2007-08