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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.

He 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.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956 was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates.

After graduating from Elphinstone College, University of Bombay, Ambedkar studied economics at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, receiving doctorates in 1927 and 1923, respectively, and was among a handful of Indian students to have done so at either institution in the 1920s.

Jawaharlal Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, science and technology during the 1950s; powerfully influencing India as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War.

Nehru with members of the Interim government faction leaving Viceroy’s House after swearing in on 2 September 1946

India an Ancient Secular Democracy

Books of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Import Substitution and indigenous Manufacturing got the first big boost due to the Economic Reforms of Rajiv Gandhi. Made in India was born.

The Make in India dream of Vivekananda began to materialize; many joint ventures and healthy collaborations created employment and skill development

It was a phase of Phenomenal National development without jeopardizing National Security or exposing our Financial Infrastructure.

Rajiv Gandhi – Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

Books, video, audio, and other resources about Shri Rajiv Gandhi, 6th Prime Minister of India. From the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Indira Gandhi was a firm and compassionate leader. India’s stature rose to an all-time high internationally during her tenure. The best PM in Indian History. She was and is the cause of much of the positive progress we see in India Today.

Letters From A Father To His Daughter – THESE LETTERS were written to my daughter Indira in the summer of 1928 when she was in the Himalayas at Mussoorie and I was in the plains below. They were personal letters addressed to a little girl, ten years of age.

But friends, whose advice I value, have seen some virtue in them, and have suggested that I might place them before a wider audience. I do not know if other boys and girls will appreciate them. But I hope that such of them as read these letters may gradually begin to think of this world of ours as a large family of nations. ….

ALLAHABAD November 1929

Jawaharlal Nehru