[icernet] Pitroda urges use of IT to solve problems

[Arul Selvan]

Sam Pitroda, chairman and CEO of the US-based World Tel, and the man 
behind India's telecom revolution said on Tuesday that information 
technology should not be looked at as only an 'instrument for export,' 
and should be used to solve several local problems and all current 
processes. Further he said, "The real challenge lies in using IT in 
areas like e-governance, e-health, e-banking, judicial and also 
political reforms in the coming decade." Pitroda, said Gujarat has lost 
ground in IT and when it comes to the subject, big players only think 
about Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. 


Source:
http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/apr/15pitroda.htm