Sam Pitroda: Top 10 Lesser Known Facts About Him

Polical Position: Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Party

Sam Pitroda Real Name: Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda

Date of Birth: 17 November 1942

Place of Birth: Born in Titlagarh in Odisha to a Gujarati family.

Spouse/Wife Name: Anjana Pitroda

Master's Degree: Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara. Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Padma Bhushan award by the India Govt in year 2009.

Served as a technical advisor to Former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Became the first Chairperson of Worldtel Initiative of the International Telecommunication Union.

Founding chairman of India’s Telecom Commission in 1987.