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My journey to connect india by sam pitroda with david chanoff at. There, in the land of opportunity, satanarayan gangaram pitroda strikes gold in the burgeoning tech space to become the american millionaire sam pitroda. Sam pitroda became synonymous with the brightyellow pcostd booths that sprang up across the a young man from titilagarh, orissa, buoyed by nothing but dreams, boards a boat to america in 1964. Dreaming big my journey to connect india by sam pitroda with david chanoff from. My journey to connect india hardcover sam pitroda with david chanoff on. It is written with the help of an american author david chanoff. Shop for rs 3000 and above to avail an exclusive discount of rs. Buy dreaming big book online at best prices in india on. Vikram sarabhai library new arrivals books 1622, november, 2015. Browse sam pitrodas bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Sam pitroda s book chronicles his journey to connect india read the story of sam pitroda, narrated by the man himself, in dreaming big, his newly released autobiography. There, in the land of opportunity, satanarayan gangaram pitroda strikes gold in the burgeoning tech space to become the american millionaire. Oct 20, 2015 many readers of pitroda s new book would also be familiar with the presentation he made before late prime minister indira gandhi in early 1984 where son rajiv was also present.
There, in the land of opportunity, satyanarayan gangaram pitroda strikes gold in the burgeoning tech space to become the american millionaire sam pitroda. He holds around 20 honorary phds, close to 100 worldwide patents, and has published five books and numerous papers and lectured widely all. He is listed in the thinkers50 india list of most influential management thinkers from india. My journey to connect india by sam pitroda it is an autobiography of sam pitroda who is considered as the father of indian telecom revolution. Telecom revolution in india is due to the amazing journey of an extra ordinary man satyanarayan sam pitroda. Sam pitroda became synonymous with the brightyellow pcostd booths that sprang up across the country, and was dynamo in the congress machinery in the 1980s.
The book embarks a life long journey of sam pitroda starting from his birth in 1964 in titilagarh in odisha to his revolutionary career in united. Pitroda is the father of telcom revolution in india who developed worldclass infrastructure in telecommunications and introduced make in india concept in early 80s. He spoke on the topic dreaming big wherein he shared his personal and professional life experiences sampitroda2 and interacted with the participants. Sam pitroda is an internationally respected telecom inventor, entrepreneur, development thinker, and policy maker who has spent 50 years in information and communications technology ict and related global and national developments. Oct 29, 2015 culling out extracts from his new book we try to peep into the human side of this technological genius. My journey to connect india hardcover sam pitroda with david chanoff. Photograph of sam pitroda by itu pictures under creative commons. Sam pitroda on how he sold software before digital india.
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