Destination is not important..the journey is...Sam petroda

Here is a man who has revolutionised the telecom sector in India...
Here is a man who has fought through the bureaucratic hurdles of India...
Here is a man who has mantained his compose through the worst circumstances in life...
Here is a man who interacts with the tpo notch corporates and is still as humble as one can be...

He is Sam Petroda...Original name being Satyan...

As a part of the Alankar series, we had a live video conference of Mr. Petroda...and what a speech was that...

All that he spoke about was the situations in his life...and no GYAN

Being a gandhian he has ensured that most of his life his guided by those principles, the best being "WALK THE TALK"...

As mentioned by him, his endeavors with life has been quite interesting and exciting.

Born for Gujarati parents in a small town in Orissa, he pursued his studies in India and then continued his masters and Phd in USA..

He continued to work until the age of 31 and then he decided to come back to India...In ihs first visit to India after so many years, when he tried to call back US, he had tough time...So, he took up this challenge of doing something for the telecom sector in India...

He has literally elevated India's telecom from a scratch to the behemoth it is now...He have had to face wrath from the opposition parties..
but he always believed in himself and ensured continued in his persistence to fight for the things he believed...

Being a member of the national advisory board, he is directing the knowledge committee of India thereby ensuring that the disparities among the society are removed...

He believes that India has three major challenges up its sleeve...a) Disparity removal among the society, b) Providing opportunities to everyone, c) Building all the resources lot faster...

As a message to the youth he said that the designation comes from within and that the destination is not important, but to enjoy the journey towards it which is vital

Mr, Petroda...ruly is a man with a vision and mission!!

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Sriram with the help of Nachiket padwal