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Born on November 17, 1942, Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, sometimes referred to as Sam Pitroda, is an Indian entrepreneur and telecommunications engineer. He oversaw the Indian Overseas Congress as its chairman. He was born into a Gujarati family in Titlagarh, in the state of Odisha, in eastern India. In addition, he advised the UN and the then-prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
Pitroda was born to Gujarati parents in Titlagarh, Odisha, India.
He started working for GTE in Chicago in 1966. His invention of the electronic diary in 1975 is considered to have been a pioneer in the field of hand-held computing.
Sam pitodra be like 🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/MAtCyViXXh
— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) December 9, 2023
Pitroda felt he could help update India's telecommunications system after becoming dissatisfied with how difficult it was to contact his family back in Chicago on a trip back to India in 1981. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called Pitroda back to India in 1984. Following his return, he founded the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), an independent telecom research and development company. He had previously attained US citizenship through naturalization, but in order to work for the Indian government, he renounced his US status and reclaimed Indian citizenship.
Pitroda went back to Chicago in the 1990s to continue his business endeavors. He was elected as the inaugural chairman of the International Telecommunication Union's WorldTel initiative in May 1995.
Pitroda assisted Darshan Shankar in founding the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology in Bangalore, India, as well as the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Tradition in 1993. The Indian traditional medical practice of Ayurveda is promoted by the charity.
Pitroda was appointed as a Cabinet Minister advisor on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in October 2009.
Sudhir chowdhry sir sam pitodra ke upar DNA bnaiya https://t.co/ZjnyWt1Adq
— Akash (@Akash11767744) March 22, 2019
In 2010, Pitroda established the National Innovation Council. Pitroda was named Chairman of the National Innovation Council in August 2010.
Sam Pitroda: A Biography, his biography, was released in 1992.
He and his spouse have resided in Chicago, Illinois, since 1964; however, he takes a bimonthly trip to India.
Pitroda allegedly emphasized the need for a wealth redistribution policy in India during the general election of 2024 and gave an example of inheritance tax in the US, saying that "If one has 100 million USD worth of wealth and when he dies he can probably transfer 45 percent to his children, 55 percent is grabbed by the government." What an intriguing law that is." Jairam Ramesh, a Congress member of parliament, disavowed Pitroda's comments and declared that they did not represent the party's attitude. Pitroda also made headlines in the run-up to the same election when he said, "We could hold together a country as diverse as India, where people on the east look like Chinese, people on the west look like Arabs, people on the north look like maybe white, and people in the south look like Africa. Pitroda made these comments in an interview with The Statesman.
Pitroda had already stirred up controversy with remarks he made during the 2019 Indian general election on the Pulwama attack and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Pitroda's resignation was announced by Jairam Ramesh shortly after he made his remarks about racial analogies.
