Sam Pitroda to hold first-ever global press conference on Twitter

02 Nov 2012

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Sam PitrodaSam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, would hold the first-ever global press conference today on microblogging site Twitter as part of the global conference on innovation.

Pitrioda today also presented the National Innovation Council's second report that highlights the activities and initiatives the council to President Pranab Mukherjee. The report builds on the previous work of the council and outlines the new initiatives in the past year.

Pitroda, who advises the prime minister on public information infrastructure and innovations and heads the National Innovation Council, will host the first global press conference on Twitter as part of the 'Global Innovation Roundtable.'

The Global Twitter Press Conference would be conducted later during the day, the concluding day of the Global Innovation Roundtable hosted by the National Innovation Council.

"The Twitter press conference will talk about the deliberations and outcomes of the Global Innovation Roundtable and will take up questions from Indian and international media," an official statement said.

The conference which Pitroda would host the conference from his Twitter handle @pitrodasam would start at 1900 hours (IST) and would last 1.5 hours.

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