Sam Pitroda
Profession: Telecom Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur
Daughter of Sam Pitroda
Rajal
Son of Sam Pitroda
Salil
Wife/Spouse of Sam Pitroda
Anjana (Marriage: 1966)
Favourite Leader of Sam Pitroda
Mahatma Gandhi
Favourite Politician of Sam Pitroda
Rajiv Gandhi
Awards/Honours of Sam Pitroda
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and Management Services (2000)
Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
Doctorate of Science (D.Sc) by Andhra University (2008)
Padma Bhushan by the government of India (2009)
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Illinois at Chicago (2010)
World Telecommunication and Information Society Award to Pitroda in Geneva (2011)
Controversy of Sam Pitroda
In March 2019, he sparked controversy by saying that Pakistan can not be blamed for 26/11 attack and Pulwama attack. He said, "Eight people (26/11 terrorists) come and do something, you don't jump on the entire nation. Naive to assume that just because some people came here and attacked, every citizen of that nation is to be blamed. I don't believe in that way." On Balakot Air Strike, he questioned, "If they (IAF) killed 300, it's ok. All I am saying is - can you give me more facts and prove it?' He further added, "I would like to know a little more because I read reports in the New York Times and other newspapers. Did we really attack? We really killed 300 people? I don't know that. As a citizen, I am entitled to know and if I ask it is my duty to ask, that doesn't mean I'm not a nationalist, That doesn't mean I am on this side or that side. We need to know the facts. If you say 300 people were killed, I need to know that" [1]
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