Last Updated: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 16:17
Sam Pitroda headed IT committee -which includes Infosys founder Narayana Murthy - set up to help West Bengal emerge as the top technology investment destination, formed core groups on Saturday to attract talent and build infrastructure in the sector.
Last Updated: Monday, July 18, 2011, 20:47
In order to provide broadband connectivity to over 2,50,000 village, the government will probably have to spend upto Rs 30,000 crore, Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister, said on Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 23:22
West Bengal government on Saturday appointed technocrat Sam Pitroda as advisor to `Resurgent Bengal' initiative created with the view to push the state ahead in health, innovation and education sectors.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 18:43
Mamata Banerjee said Pitroda had been invited by the state government to to catapult Bengal to the highest level of excellence.
Last Updated: Monday, May 23, 2011, 17:50
After the technology guru Sam Pitroda urged the Chief Ministers as well as industrialists to set up innovation councils in the country, a UK-based industrialist Paresh Parekh promised to help set up one such council in Vadodara.
Last Updated: Friday, March 25, 2011, 00:23
India faces the challenges of 21st century but still lives with a mindset of 19th century, technology czar Sam Pitroda said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 7, 2011, 17:12
All 250,000 village panchayats in the country will be connected with broadband by mid-2012 under a $4-billion project to take the benefits of technology to the poor, tech evangelist Sam Pitroda said Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 7, 2011, 16:54
The government spending on education will be increased to USD 100 billion in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) from the estimated USD 70 billion during the current plan period, Sam Pitroda said on Friday.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 17:30
With some five billion mobile phones in use today globally and over 10 billion credit and debit cards issued each year, tech evangelist Sam Pitroda has predicted the virtual death of paper money in 30 years.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 15:12
Telecom technoczar Sam Pitroda, who is also the advisor to Prime Minister on infrastructure and innovation, has been selected for honorary doctorate in Human Letters by the University of Illinois.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 18:39
Building information infrastructure to improve governance and delivery of services poses a big challenge before the government, Prime Minister`s advisor on infrastructure, innovation and information Sam Pitroda said here.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 00:16
Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda on Saturday opposed the political interference in higher education institutions like universities.
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