Sam Pitroda is the Father of Digital India. 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 oilseeds. He spent nearly a decade with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the leader of an effort to build an Indian information industry.
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda born 17 November 1942, also known as Sam Pitroda is an Indian telecommunication engineer, and entrepreneur. He is the chairman of Indian Overseas Congress. He was born in Titlagarh.
He was also an advisor to, Prime Minister (then) Dr. Manmohan Singh’s tenure and for United Nations.
In 1964 and obtained a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. In 1966 he went to work for GTE in Chicago. He is regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of hand-held computing because he invented the Electronic Diary in 1975.
In 1984, Pitroda was invited to return to India by the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On his return, he started the Center for Development of Telematics C-DOT, an autonomous telecom R&D organization. – Sam Wiki
