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FDI needed to keep pace with globalisation: Sam Pitroda

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Centre's decision to introduce Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector got another shot in the arm on Sunday, as the advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure and Innova

Railways overhaul: Sam Pitroda Committee seeks over Rs5.5 cr in next five years

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The Sam Pitroda Committee, which was tasked to recommend ways and means to modernize the Indian Railways has suggested a total funding of Rs5,60,396 crores in the next five years and has advocated a ‘

Electronics import bill could surpass oil: Sam Pitroda

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From chip plants to research parks, India must invest in an electronics manufacturing base to sate the swelling demand for smartphones, laptops and other gear or risk an import bill larger than for oi

Sam Pitroda to help modernise Railways

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Close on the heels of an expert panel on safety last week, the railways on Wednesday announced another one headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda to modernise the national transporter.

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India's tech-driven citizen engagement impresses Obama

Mumbai: Even the US has not taken technology and connectivity to remote corners in the way India has to deliver social services and empower people, President Barack Obama remarked on Sunday after a sn

PM picks Pitroda to lead council on innovation

New Delhi, Aug. 16: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council (NIC) under the chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, telecom czar and adviser to the

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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