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Role of Innovation and Information Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth
Date: 12:00-13:00, Wednesday 10th July
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington Street
Mr Sam Pitroda is the Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information, Infrastructure & Innovations.
Mr Pitroda has spent over four decades working on Information and Communications Technology national development initiatives, and is credited with initiating India´s technology and telecommunications revolution in the 1980s. As Adviser to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the 1980s, he headed technology missions on critical developmental challenges helping revolutionise India´s policies with a focus on access to technology as the key to social change. He is currently Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations and has undertaken the task of providing a plan for creating digital infrastructure in the country for enhancing governance and improving delivery of public services. He is also the Chairman of the National Innovation Council (NInC) which leads several initiatives to boost innovation performance in the country.
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