Redesigning The World: A Global Call to

The world was last designed seventy-five years ago about the same time that Sam Pitroda was born. This design has outlived its utility. Hyperconnectivity and the COVID-19 pandemic offer a unique opportunity to redesign the world to take humanity to the next level. Redesigning the world is not about looking at it from the point of view of liberal or conservative; left or right; capitalism or socialism; public or private; democracy dictatorship or monarchy; open or closed systems; rich or poor; urban or rural; east or west; white brown black or yellow. This proposed redesign of the world has the planet and its people at the centre; it is built on the foundations of sustainability inclusion equality equity and justice so that everyone on earth can enjoy peace and prosperity. It is not an idealist or utopian vision but one with humanity at its core.This book is about reshaping the world to meet the future challenges of our planet and our people. About the Author Sam Pitroda is an internationally recognized telecom inventor entrepreneur development thinker and policymaker who has spent fifty years in information and communications technology (ICT) and related global and national developments. Pitroda has served as adviser to the prime minister of India on public information infrastructure and innovation with the rank of a cabinet minister. He has also served as the chairman of the Smart Grid Task Force as well as the committees to reform public broadcasting modernize railways deliver e-governance and other developmental activities.Pitroda is a founding chairman of five non-profit organizations including the India Food Bank the Global Knowledge Initiative and the Institute of Transdisciplinary Health. He is also a founding commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development and chairman of the International Telecommunication Union's m-Powering Development Board that looks to empower developing countries with the use of mobile technology.In addition Pitroda is a serial entrepreneur who has started several companies in the United States. He holds around 20 honorary PhDs close to 100 worldwide patents and has published five books and numerous papers. He lives in Chicago with his wife.