Sam Pitroda Current Affairs, GK & News
Sam Pitroda appointed as Technical Advisor of Odisha Government
Renowned telecom engineer and inventor Sam Pitroda has been appointed as Technology Advisor to the Odisha Government. He has been appointed as the technology adviser for development of telecom, electronics, Information Technology, IT Enabled Services sectors of the state. With this appointment he will get the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He will play key ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Category: Persons in News
Topics: appointments • Current Affairs 2016 • Odisha • Persons in News • Sam Pitroda
Sam Pitroda's autobiography Dreaming Big- My Journey to Connect India released
Autobiography of Sam Pitroda named Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India has been released. It is written with the help of an American author David Chanoff. The autobiography describes the journey of Satanarayan Gangaram Pitroda (famously known as Sam Pitroda), who is known as father of Indian telecommunication revolution. The book embarks a life ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Autobiography • Current Affairs 2016 • Odisha • Persons in News • Sam Pitroda • Telecommunications
Prasar Bharti Revamp
Today, we have more than 800 channels in our country, out of which around 185 channels are paid channels. Thus, Television in India is a huge industry. Doordarshan with its motto “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” was founded by Government of India in 1959. This was the modest beginning whereby, the terrestrial broadcast started in Delhi in ..
Topics: Prasar Bharti • Sam Pitroda
Current Affairs: January 25, 2012
India and Thailand sign MOU in Defense Cooperation On January 25, 2012, India and Thailand signed an MoU on defence cooperation. MoU on Defence Cooperation signed during the visit would help both sides to further streamline and facilitate this process on matters of mutual concern Both the countries also decided to step up bilateral cooperation ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012
Topics: Bharat Ratna • Countries • Dhyan Chand • Himachal Pradesh • India • International Organizations • Sam Pitroda • Shimla • Summer Olympic Games
Sam Pitroda: Head of Expert Panel on Modernization of Railways
Government has constituted an expert committee headed by Sam Pitroda to recommend ways and means to modernize Indian Railways. The focus of the panel, which is to submit its interim report in December, will be on modernization of tracks, signalling, rolling stock, stations and terminals. The members of this committee are Deepak Parekh, HDFC Bank ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Deepak Parekh • Economy of India • India • Infrastructure Development Finance Company • Parekh • Sam Pitroda • States and union territories of India
Current Affairs Notes: June 1, 2010
India’s First Smoke Free StateOn May 31, 2010, (World No Tobacco Day) Sikkim has become India’s First state to be declared as “Smoke Free State” in India. New DGP of Maharastra?D. Sivanandan takes charge as Maharashtra’s new Director General of Police (DGP), taking over from A.N. Roy, who was retired. New Chairman of Railway Board:Vivek ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2010
Topics: Commonwealth republics • Countries • Current Affairs 2010 • Economic sanctions • Federal republics • International Organizations • Jean Drèze • Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations • Member states of the United Nations • Sam Pitroda • World