Access to Knowledge in India and America Tickets, Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-06-15
Summary:
"Please join us on June 14 at the Internet Archive for a special event celebrating our collections featuring the great country of India. Our doors open at 6 p.m. with a reception and our program starts promptly at 7 p.m.
Our special guest for this event will be Hon. Dr. Sam Pitroda, a former senior advisor and Cabinet Minister under 3 Prime Ministers and widely acknowledged as the father of the telecommunications revolution in India, the man who brought a telephone to every village in India. Dr. Pitroda will be joined by Hon. Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok, Consul-General of San Francisco. Rounding out our program will be Carl Malamud of Public Resource and the Internet Archive's own Brewster Kahle."