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Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations
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Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker and widely regarded as the father of India's telecom revolution. Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, where he will be looking into creating information infrastructure for enhancing delivery of services to the citizens in various areas and will also be working on creating a roadmap for a 'Decade of Innovation' in India.
He is also the founder & Chairman of C-SAM Inc, head of an expert committee on ICT in Indian Railways, the Chairman of the Smart Grid Task Force (Ministry of Power, GoI) & has recently been appointed the founding Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
In the past, he was crucial in the establishment of C-DOT as well as served as the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009 for his contribution to science and engineering.
He holds a Masters in Physics & Electronics from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
