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{{Short description|Indian inventor and businessman (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Pitroda
| image = Sam Pitroda at the India Economic Summit 2009.jpg
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| caption = Pitroda at the India Economic Summit 2009
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sampitroda.com/timeline | title=Timeline }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Titlagarh]], [[Orissa Province|Orissa]], [[British India]]
| citizenship = India {{small|(birth; current)}}<br />United States {{small|(former)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-07-08-0707070041-story.html|title='Telecom czar' focuses on his next big thing|date=8 July 2007|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
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| known_for = Telecom innovation in India {{fact|date=January 2021}}
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]]<br /> [[Illinois Institute of Technology|Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago]]
| employer = Former advisor to the [[prime minister]] on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations (PIII)
| occupation = Telecom engineer, entrepreneur
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| website = {{URL|http://www.sampitroda.com}}
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'''Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda''', also known as '''Sam Pitroda''' ({{IPA-hi|sɔt̪jɔnaːraːjɔɳɔ ɡɔŋgaːraːmɔ piʈroɽaː|lang}}) is an Indian inventor, telecommunication engineer and entrepreneur. He was born in Titlagarh in the eastern Indian state of Odisha<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sampitroda.com/timeline|title=Timeline|website=Sam Pitroda|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> to a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family. He was also an advisor to the [[Prime Minister of India|PM]] during [[Manmohan Singh|Dr. Manmohan Singh]]'s tenure and for [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |url=https://msubaroda.ac.in/index.php/Distinguishedalumnidetail?id=154 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=msubaroda.ac.in}}</ref> He is credited as the father of the India's telecom revolution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-20 |title=Modi didn't start 'Digital India', it was Rajiv Gandhi: Sam Pitroda-India News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/modi-didnt-start-digital-india-it-was-rajiv-gandhi-sam-pitroda-2476320.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Pitroda was born in [[Titlagarh]], [[Odisha]], India to [[Gujarati people|Gujarati parents]].<ref name="lulu">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jpNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31|title=Code Swaraj|last1=Malamud|first1=Carl|last2=Pitroda|first2=Sam|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2018|isbn=9781892628046|page=31}}{{self-published source|date=January 2021}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Padma-Bhushan-for-4-Gujaratis/amp_articleshow/4031580.cms|title=Padma Bhushan for 4 Gujaratis|first=Ankur|last=Jain|date=26 January 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Ahmedabad}}</ref> He had seven siblings and is third oldest among them.<ref>{{YouTube |id=bJXcdwkmeFo |title=IM Indore - lecture by Sam Pitroda part-1}}</ref> The family was deeply influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and his philosophy. Consequently, Pitroda and his brother were sent to Gujarat to imbibe [[Gandhian philosophy]]. He completed his schooling from [[Vallabh Vidyanagar]] in Gujarat and completed his master's degree in physics and electronics from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] in [[Vadodara]]. After completing his master's degree in physics, he went to the [[United States]] 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.<ref name="dq">{{Cite news |date=27 December 2002 |title=Sam Pitroda: Lifetime Achievement Award 2002 |work=[[Dataquest]] |url=http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/102122703.asp |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002055603/http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/102122703.asp |archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>
He is regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of hand-held computing because of his invention of the Electronic Diary in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mobile-computing/18/318/1716|title=Electronic Diary patent - CHM Revolution|website=Computerhistory.org|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
In 1974, Pitroda joined [[Wescom Switching]] which was one of the first digital switching companies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} He developed the 580 DSS switch, over nearly four years. It was released in 1978. [[Wescom Switching Incorporated|Wescom]] was acquired by [[Rockwell International]] 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,<ref name="sampitroda.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sampitroda.com|title=Home|website=Sam Pitroda|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> both financial and non-financial.

== Return to India and Work ==
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.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Emily Stone |date=26 November 2007 |title=Chicago's 'Mr. India' |work=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20071124/ISSUE02/100028913/chicagos-mr-india |access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref>
In 1984, Pitroda was invited to return to India by the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]]. On his return, he started the Center for Development of Telematics [[C-DOT]], 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.<ref name="trib7" />

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 [[Rajiv Gandhi|Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi]] as the leader of an effort to build an Indian information industry. The task was to extend digital telecommunications to every corner of the country, including remote villages, like the one of his birth. Pitroda launched the [[C-DOT|Center for the Development of Telematics]] (C-DOT) and served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related to water, literacy, immunization, oil seeds, telecom, and dairy. He is also the founding chairman of India's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002225338/http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/profile Telecom Commission].

In the 1990s Pitroda returned to Chicago to resume his business interests. In May 1995, he became the first chairman of [[WorldTel]] initiative of the [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 1995 |title=Interim Board of Directors Elects Mr. Sam Pitroda as Chairman |work=Press release |publisher=ITU |url=http://www.itu.int/newsarchive/press_releases/1995/ITU95-6.html |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref>

When the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government came to power following the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 General Elections]], Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] invited him to head the [[National Knowledge Commission]] 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 October 2009 |title=Pitroda appointed adviser to PM |work=Deccan Herald |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29270/pitroda-appointed-adviser-pm.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210230215/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29270/pitroda-appointed-adviser-pm.html |archive-date=10 February 2010}}</ref>

Pitroda returned to India a second time in 2004 to focus on building knowledge institutions and infrastructure. Pitroda served as chairman of the [[National Knowledge Commission]] (2005–2009), a high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, to give policy recommendations for improving knowledge-related institutions and infrastructure in the country. During its term, the [[National Knowledge Commission]] submitted around 300 recommendations on 27 focus areas.

Pitroda also founded the [[National Innovation Council (India)|National Innovation Council]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National Innovaiton Council |url=http://innovationcouncilarchive.nic.in |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=innovationcouncilarchive.nic.in}}</ref> (2010), and served as the Advisor to the Prime Minister with rank of a cabinet minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation,<ref>{{cite web |title=Adviser |url=http://iii.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=96 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531123654/http://iii.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=96 |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=iii.gov.in}}</ref> to help democratize information. In August 2010, Pitroda was appointed Chairman of the [[National Innovation Council (India)|National Innovation Council]].<ref name="nic">{{cite web |title=Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman |url=http://www.innovationcouncil.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=6&Itemid=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020025043/http://www.innovationcouncil.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=6&Itemid=2 |archive-date=20 October 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012 |work=Web site |publisher=National Innovation Council}}</ref>

He was appointed as the chancellor of the [[Central University of Rajasthan]] by the President of India in 2013.

In 2017, he was appointed as Chairman of Alpha-En Corporation, a Lithium Metal Clean Technology company.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

Pitroda founded and served as Chairman of C-SAM.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Dr. Sam Pitroda |work= Corporate bio web page |publisher= C-SAM |url= http://www.c-sam.com/bio/dr-sam-pitroda |access-date= 15 July 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130901063550/http://www.c-sam.com/bio/dr-sam-pitroda |archive-date= 1 September 2013 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The company maintains its headquarters in Chicago with offices in [[Singapore]], [[Tokyo]], [[Pune]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Vadodara]]. Pitroda holds around 100 technology patents, has been involved in several start-ups and lectures extensively.

Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur (Wescom Switching, Ionics, MTI, Market, WorldTel, C-SAM, etc.) in the US and Europe.

He has also served as an advisor to the [[United Nations]] and in 1992, his biography ''Sam Pitroda: A Biography'' was published<ref>{{Cite book |title= Sam Pitroda: A Biography |author= Mayank Chhaya |publisher= Konark Publishers |date= June 1992 |isbn= 8122002757 }}</ref> and became a bestseller on ''The Economic Times'' list for five weeks.{{Citation needed |date= July 2013}}

He is living in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] since 1964 with his wife and two children and also in Delhi.<ref name="trib7">{{Cite news |title= 'Telecom czar' focuses on his next big thing |date= 8 July 2007 |work= Chicago Tribune |author= Mike Hughlett |url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-07-08/business/0707070041_1_india-rajiv-gandhi-sam-pitroda |access-date= 15 July 2013 }}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
Sam Pitroda currently chairs five major NGOs:

=== The University 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 the [[University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology]] near Bangalore in India. The foundation promotes Ayurveda, India's traditional medicinal knowledge. Today, FRLHT has over 200 scientists and professionals on a 19-acre 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, the board of trustees at the institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdu.edu.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188&Itemid=435|title=The University of Trans-disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology|website=tdu.edu.in|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>

=== The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) ===
In 2009, Sam Pitroda founded The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) along with Nina Fedoroff and Sara Farley in Washington, DC as a non-profit organization<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://globalknowledgeinitiative.org/staff-and-advisors/index.html |title=Staff and Advisors - Global Knowledge Inititative |access-date=19 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815210227/http://globalknowledgeinitiative.org/staff-and-advisors/index.html |archive-date=15 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.

=== India Food Banking Network ===
In 2010, Pitroda established the India Food Banking Network (IFBN) 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.<ref>[http://indiafoodbanking.org/about/chairman] {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>

=== People for Global Transformation ===
People for Global Transformation were 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleforglobaltransformation.org/people/sam-pitroda|title=CitX - People for Global Transformation|website=Peopleforglobaltransformation.org|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>

=== Action For India ===
Also in 2012, Pitroda founded Action For India to help social innovators in India overcome barriers to scale and achieve greater impact at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://actionforindia.org/about-us/ |title=About Us | Action for India |access-date=19 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811025048/http://actionforindia.org/about-us/ |archive-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Others ===
In addition to these six NGOs, Sam Pitroda is also:
* Founding commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Pages/default.aspx|title=Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development|website=Broadbandcommission.org|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Chairman of the m-Powering Development Initiative of the ITU in Geneva<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Initiatives/m-Powering/Pages/AdvisoryBoard.aspx|title=m-Powering Advisory Board|website=Itu.int|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Chairman of the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vascsc.org/about.html|title=Vikram Sarabhai|website=Vascsc.org|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Board Member of the World Wide Web Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webfoundation.org/about/boards/global/|title=Global|website=Webfoundation.org|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Board Member of the Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.id.iit.edu/roles/board-of-overseers|title=Board of Overseers - Roles - IIT Institute of Design|website=Id.iit.edu|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>

== Books ==
=== Books by Pitroda ===
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/IEEE-Transactions-on-Communications-Part-1.pdf IEEE Transactions on Communications, Special Publication on Telecommunication in Developing Countries], Volume COM-24, Number 7, July 1976 ([http://www.sampitroda.com/s/IEEE-Transactions-on-Communications-Part-2.pdf Part II here])
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/EXPLODING-FREEDOM-377m.pdf Exploding Freedom: Roots in Technology], Allied Publishers Limited, 1993
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-FUTURE.pdf Foundation for the Future: Human Resource Development], Commonwealth Secretariat, 1993
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/DEVELOPMENT-OF-GUJARAT-FINALlowres.pdf Development of Gujarat: People’s Perceptions], Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, 1997
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/Vision-Values-Velocity-2001-Low.pdf Vision, Values, & Velocity], Silicon India, 2001
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/The-March-of-Mobile-Money1-copy.pdf March of Mobile Money: The Future of Lifestyle Management], Harper Collins, 2010
* [https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Big-Journey-Connect-India-ebook/dp/B01BE15QD4 Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India, Penguin India, 2015]<ref name=SamBook2015>{{cite news|title=Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi Attend Sam Pitroda's Book Launch|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manmohan-singh-rahul-gandhi-attend-sam-pitrodas-book-launch-1234147|access-date=1 November 2015|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=20 October 2015}}</ref>
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732580456 Redesign the World - a Global Call to Action, published by Penguin India, 2021]

Pitroda also holds a collection of over 40 years of his personal daily diaries and workbooks.

=== Books about Pitroda ===
* [http://www.sampitroda.com/s/Biography-SP-BY-MC-Part-1.pdf Sam Pitroda: A Biography], by Mayank Chhaya, Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd, 1992
([http://www.sampitroda.com/s/Biography-SP-BY-MC-Part-2.pdf Part II])
This biography of Sam Pitroda by Mayank Chhaya was on the bestseller list in India.

== Contributions ==
In 1993, Pitroda helped to establish (with Darshan Shankar) the [[Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Tradition]] and The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology near [[Bangalore]] in India. The foundation promotes [[Ayurveda]], India's traditional medicinal knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web |title= About |work= Web site |publisher= The Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology |url= http://ihstuniversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112&Itemid=435 |access-date= 15 July 2013 }}</ref>
The two founders were honored in 2003 by [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= Columbia University honors FRLHT and Dr. Darshan Shankar |work= PharmaBiz |url= http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18996&sectionid=17 |date= 15 November 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034301/http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18996&sectionid=17 |archive-date= 27 September 2007 |access-date= 15 July 2013 }}</ref>

== Awards ==
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award]], 2000 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to telecommunication and harnessing it for the social and economic transformation of developing countries
* ''[[Dataquest]]'' gave Pitroda a lifetime achievement award in 2002.<ref name="dq" />
* In 2008, Pitroda was elected as a world prominent leader by the World Network of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WNYLE Prominent Leader |url=http://www.wnyle.org/lideres.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822141732/http://www.wnyle.org/lideres.php |archive-date=22 August 2008 |access-date=15 July 2013 |work=Organization web site}}</ref>
* [[International Telecommunication Union]] (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.{{Citation needed |date= July 2013}}
* In May 2010, the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] college of medicine presented him an honorary degree.<ref>{{Cite news |title=UIC to award honorary degree to Sam Pitroda |work=India Tribune |url=http://www.indiatribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2225:uic-to-award-honorary-degree-to-sam-pitroda&catid=121:general-news&Itemid=410 |access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Degrees 1966 - 2010 |url=http://www.uic.edu/depts/ovcsa/commencement/honorary_degrees.shtml |access-date=15 July 2013 |publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]]}}</ref>
* [[Sambalpur University]] honored Pitroda with D.Sc. on its 23rd convocation on 14 July 2010.
* The Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2009 for his contribution to Science and Engineering.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Padma Awards |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |access-date=21 July 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>
* The Skoch Challenger Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for ushering in the telecom and IT revolution in India.
* [[Andhra University]] 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. Sheila Dikshit.
* ''' 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.<ref>
{{Cite web |title=Indian Student Parliament: Dignitaries |url=http://indianstudentparliament.com/members-dignitaries.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004023359/http://indianstudentparliament.com/members-dignitaries.html |archive-date=4 October 2011 |access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref>
* He was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of telecom technology & innovation by American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) at its 31st National Convention held on 3 Dec 2016 at Cal State University, Pomona, CA <ref>{{Cite web |title='Technology Driven Future' Theme of ASEI's Annual Convention |url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/business/technology-driven-future-theme-of-asei-s-annual-convention/article_3f38aab6-cdfd-11e6-a90f-63d5559785cd.html}}</ref>
* 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.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.sampitroda.com/}}
* [http://qualitypoint.blogspot.in/2012/09/highlights-of-twitter-conference-of-sam.html online press conference of Sam Pitroda]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121030174926/http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/about/profile.asp?id=sp Profile]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Sam-Pitroda Sam Pitroda] Collected news and commentary at ''[[The Times of India]]''
* [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5356af05e4b095ff0fea9e11/t/538ea459e4b07c74697eecec/1401857113384/Biography+SP+BY+MC+Part+1.pdf Biography of Sam Pitroda] by Mayank Chaya]

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