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Sam pitroda sam pitroda s book chronicles his journey to connect india. The writer is an indian engineer, business executive and policymaker. There, in the land of opportunity, satyanarayan gangaram pitroda strikes gold in the burgeoning tech space to become the american millionaire sam pitroda. This book will inspire millions to achieve the maximum against all odds. Satyanarayan gangaram pitroda, popularly known as sam pitroda, was born in a remote orissa village called titilagarh in may 1942 and is a telecom engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. The new government directed that the chairman of the telecom commission, namely, sam pitroda, would not deal with cdot, at the same time the government launched a cbi inquiry and special audit of cdot, which remained in newspaper and television headlines for some time. But his world came crashing down when he was dealt one blow after the othera heart attack, false corruption charges, and the assassination of his dear friend rajiv gandhi. Click download or read online button to get sam pitroda a biography book now. Sam pitroda on how he sold software before digital india. At the end of december 1984 rajiv gandhi was elected prime minister. If the phone is ubiquitous in india today, it is largely due to the amazing journey of one man satyanarayan abbreviated to sam by an hr clerk who couldnt get her tongue around the name pitroda. A young man from titilagarh, orissa, buoyed by nothing but dreams, boa. Sam pitroda s autobiography traces the countrys telecom revolution with a touch of wry humour.
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Sam pitroda is an internationally recognized telecom inventor, entrepreneur, development thinker, and policy maker who has spent fifty years in information and communications technology ict and related global and national developments. Modi didnt start digital india, it was rajiv gandhi. Sams heartwarming journey reads like the story of india and its people. Sam pitrodas autobiography traces the countrys telecom revolution with a touch of wry humour. Sam pitroda s biography, dreaming big, provides much needed perspective from the inside into how indian telecom came out of the boondocks to be a force to reckon with. The book coauthored by david chanoff is an excellent narration of sams. Manmohan singh, rahul gandhi attend sam pitrodas book launch. Dreaming big audiobook by sam pitroda, david chanoff. Sam pitroda has 11 books on goodreads with 334 ratings. His life is an example of big dreams and even bigger determination.
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