A Billion & One Voices: The Story of Sam Pitroda

Sam Pitroda, Chairman of National Innovation Council shares his vision of India and says, "We have 550 million young people below age of 25 years in India and everything that we do at my age has to be about them."

"It is time for the 40 years old people to come in and take charge of the country. They have to build the India that they dream of. Today when I talk to people in my circle, I find that they have 19th century mindset, 20th century processes and 21st century needs and we got to change that and it can only be changed with young minds. That is why I believe in Congress."

We really need more Gandhiian kind of leaders. We are at a tipping point and as well as cross roads. We need Gandhi back, we need Gandhian values, rural development like the way Gandhi thought is the need of the hour. I believe Gandhian dream of Ram Rajya is possible to implement today than ever before because of internet. Internet can bring prosperity to the life of villagers, it offers us unique opportunities to solve different problems.

We have great recognition in the world in telecom and IT. We have 900 million telephones. We also generate $120 Billion woth of software export. Similarly Biotech, Stem Cell Research, Nano tech, alternate energy. Next decade will dictate what kind of the nation we will build. The whole idea of India is at stake. We need a leader who will develop consensus because at the end of the day India is a democracy and we need to take care of multiple voices.

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