Mr. Sam Pitroda and Mr. Gurcharan Das Saturday, 7th November 2009: One evening,One evening, two great personalities and a spell-bound audience - that pretty much explains the atmosphere during the 2 guest talks at IIM Indore on Saturday evening.Mr. Sam Pitroda, CEO, World-Tel Ltd., known by many as the man behind the telecom revolution in India spoke to the gathering about his journey through life...
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traditional Indian healthcare system was a "comprehensive solution" to healthcare problems as it reached out to the masses unlike Western methods that only touched "the top of the pyramid", National Knowledge Commission chairperson Sam Pitroda said here Thursday.In his keynote address at the sixth India Health Summit in the capital, Pitroda said: "For a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings,...
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traditional Indian healthcare system was a "comprehensive solution" to healthcare problems as it reached out to the masses unlike Western methods that only touched "the top of the pyramid", National Knowledge Commission chairperson Sam Pitroda said here Thursday.In his keynote address at the sixth India Health Summit in the capital, Pitroda said: "For a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings,...
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provide better health services to people in rural areas, the health ministry Monday said it was launching a web portal to provide health related information.The National Health Information Network will come into operation within the next 90 days. Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda will head a committee formed to look after the network."The committee comprises of 30 members including health experts,...
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Chairman of the National KnowledgeCommission today asked Uttarakhand to have its own knowledgecommission, which can implement the recommendations of thenational body in the state as per the prevailing conditions.Speaking at a seminar on the eve of the ninth formationday of Uttarakhand, Sam Pitroda said Uttarakhand has thepotential to become the knowledge capital of the country andwas not a difficult...
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Shahid, Katrina bag the Rajiv Gandhi National Award
One of the most coveted National honors, 12th Rajiv Gandhi National Awards took place amidst fanfare on 19th August, 2009 at the National Centre for Performing Arts, in Mumbai. This year’s winners include Shahid Kapoor (Best Actor), Katrina Kaif (Best Actress), Vineet Jain (Indutrialist), Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (Journalism), Sam Pitroda (Global Indian),...
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Railways on Thursday approved a scheme to track trains through satellite with the twin objective of keeping passengers informed about train movement and reaching information technology to villages.The scheme was approved after a meeting between Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and chairman of the Expert Committee on Information and Communications Technology Sam Pitroda.Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur...
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provide better health services to people in rural areas, the health ministry Monday said it was launching a web portal to provide health related information.The National Health Information Network will come into operation within the next 90 days. Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda will head a committee formed to look after the network."The committee comprises of 30 members including health experts,...
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National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda today said that there is a need to adopt the traditional Indian model in the healthcare system for a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings, as it has shown a remarkable improvement in some of the important healthcare indices.Speaking at a health summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here today, Pitroda proposed a ten-point...
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National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda today said that there is a need to adopt the traditional Indian model in the healthcare system for a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings, as it has shown a remarkable improvement in some of the important healthcare indices.Speaking at a health summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here today, Pitroda proposed a ten-point...
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