Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Satyanarayan G Pitroda was born in,, India, to parents from. He had seven siblings and is third oldest among them. The family was deeply influenced by and his philosophy. Consequently, Pitroda and his brother were sent to Gujarat to imbibe Gandhian philosophy. He completed his schooling from in Gujarat and completed his master's degree in Physics and Electronics from in.
After completing his Masters in Physics he went to the and obtained a Masters in from the in. Career [ ] Early career [ ] Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s Pitroda was involved in technology research work in telecommunications and hand-held computing. In 1966 he went to work for in Chicago. He is regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of hand-held computing because of his invention of the Electronic Diary in 1975. Sam Pitroda in 2009 In 1974, Pitroda joined which was one of the first digital switching companies. [ ] He developed the 580 DSS switch, over nearly four years. It was released in 1978.
Wescom was acquired by in 1980, where Pitroda became vice president. During his four decades as an engineer, Pitroda filed scores of patents in telecommunications.
The latest set of patents relate to mobile phone based transaction technology, both financial and non-financial, via mobile phones. Return to India [ ] On a 1981 trip back to India, he was frustrated by how hard it was to call his family back in Chicago, and decided he could help modernize India's telecommunications system. In 1984, Pitroda was invited to return to India by the. On his return, he started the Center for Development of Telematics, an autonomous telecom R&D organization.
He had previously become a naturalized US citizen, but renounced his US citizenship to take Indian citizenship again in order to work in the Indian Government. In 1987, he became advisor to Indira Gandhi's successor, and was responsible for shaping India's foreign and domestic telecommunications policies. In 1987 during his tenure as advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Pitroda headed six technology missions related to telecommunications, water, literacy, immunization, dairy and oil seeds. He founded and was first chairman, of India's Telecom Commission. Pitroda contributed to India’s foreign and domestic telecommunications policies. He is considered [ ] one among many to be responsible for the telecommunication revolution in India and specifically, the ubiquitous, yellow-signed (PCO) that quickly brought cheap and easy domestic and international public telephones all over the country.
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In the 1990s Pitroda returned to Chicago to resume his business interests. In May 1995, he became the first chairman of initiative of the. When the government came to power following the, Prime Minister invited him to head the of India.
In July 2009, the Government of India invited Pitroda to head an expert committee on ICT in Railways. In October 2009, Pitroda was appointed as advisor to PM of India Manmohan Singh on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations with the rank of Cabinet Minister.
In August 2010, Pitroda was appointed Chairman of. In 2013 Pitroda is appointed as the chancellor of the by the President of India. Awards [ ] • Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and Management Services, 2000, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to telecommunication and harnessing it for social and economic transformation of developing countries • gave Pitroda a lifetime achievement award in 2002.
• In 2008, Pitroda was elected as a world prominent leader by the World Network of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs. • (ITU) conferred the World Telecommunication and Information Society Award to Pitroda in Geneva on 17 May 2011. He was awarded in recognition of his dedication to promoting Information, communication and technology as a means of providing a better life for humanity and social and economic empowerment. He was the first Indian to receive this award. [ ] • In May 2010, the college of medicine presented him an honorary degree. • honored Pitroda with D.Sc.
On its 23rd convocation on 14 July 2010. • The Government of India awarded him the in 2009 for his contribution to Science and Engineering. • The Skoch Challenger Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for ushering in the telecom and IT revolution in India. • honored Pitroda with D.Sc in 2008. • Award for Public Service in the Field of Telecommunications, IEEE Communications Society, 2007, for exceptional contributions in developing indigenous systems and telecommunications infrastructure in India • He was felicitated on 31 March 2009 by Akhila Bharatiya Viswakarma Mahasabha (ABVM) for service to the Viswakarma community, in the presence of Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Shiela Dixit. • World Telecommunication and Information Society Award, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 2011, for his outstanding contribution to improving life in rural communities through information and communication technologies.
Sam Pitroda is the first Indian to receive this prestigious award • He addressed the 2nd Indian Student Parliament in 2012. • He addressed the gathering of students and faculties of Seshadripuram First Grade College - Yelahanka, Bangalore and various other students and faculties from other institutions across Bangalore about the topic of 'Innovation and Advancement in Modern Education' on 14 October 2017. Non-profit Organizations (NGOs) [ ] Sam Pitroda currently chairs five major NGOs. Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology [ ] The first is the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions founded in 1990 with Darshan Shankar. It has now turned into near Bangalore in India. The foundation promotes Ayurveda, India's traditional medicinal knowledge. Today, FRLHT has over 200 scientists and professionals on 19-acres campus and has documented over 7,000 herbal medicinal plants.
It also has over 100 herbal medicine gardens, approximately 500 acres each. Sam Pitroda is chairman, board of trustees at the institute. The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) [ ] In 2009, Sam Pitroda founded along with Nina Fedoroff and Sara Farley in Washington, DC as a non-profit organization with a mission to forge, optimize, and sustain knowledge partnerships between the people and institutions of higher education and research around the world. They build and support purpose-driven networks to solve shared challenges in science, technology, and innovation.
They have worked in countries including Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Middle East, North Africa and more. India FoodBanking Network [ ] In 2010, Pitroda established the to create a network of Food Banks in India to systematically capture and distribute food to empower and support the food security mission in India. Today, IFBN has food banks in Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida with plans to expand into Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta, and others. Sam Pitroda is chairman of the advisory board of the India FoodBanking Network.
People for Global Transformation [ ] was launched in 2012 along with Mr. Hubert Vedrine, France’s former Chief of Staff for President Mitterrand. PGT is a global think tank that brings together an interdisciplinary group of 15 leading voices from across the globe to help shape the 21st century’s discourse on development and governance, and provide innovative policy recommendations. The group particularly endeavors to generate greater transversal thinking on the transformational potential of technology and its consequences for all. Action For India [ ] Also in 2012, Pitroda founded to help social innovators in India overcome barriers to scale and achieve greater impact at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid.
AFI connects social innovators with impact investors, mentors, technology resources, government contacts and local partners. AFI is headquartered in New Delhi, India and has a chapter in Silicon Valley, California. Others [ ] In addition to these six NGOs, Sam Pitroda is also: • Founding commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission • Chairman of the m-Powering Development Initiative of the ITU in Geneva • Chairman of the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre • Board Member of the World Wide Web Foundation • Board Member of the Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago • Founding partner of the Young Indian Company, India (now the majority owner of National Herald) Books [ ] All books are available for free on Sam Pitroda’s. Books by Sam [ ] •, Volume COM-24, Number 7, July 1976 () •, Allied Publishers Limited, 1993 •, Commonwealth Secretariat, 1993 •, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, 1997 •, Silicon India, 2001 •, Harper Collins, 2010 • Pitroda also holds a collection of over 40 years of his personal daily diaries and workbooks. Books about Sam [ ] •, by Mayank Chhaya, Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd, 1992 () This biography of Sam Pitroda by Mayank Chhaya was on the best seller list in India. Other contributions [ ] In 1993, Pitroda helped to establish (with Darshan Shankar) the and its Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology near in India.
The foundation promotes, India's traditional medicinal knowledge. The two founders were honored in 2003. Pitroda also serves on the IIT International Board of Overseers. References [ ].
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