Sen makes veiled attack on 'those who oppose use of tech'
Indian ambassador to the US Ronen Sen has said that those who oppose use of technology have proved wrong time and again in a veiled attack on people opposing the Indo-US nuclear deal.
By PTI |
NEW YORK: In a veiled attack on people who are against the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has said "those who oppose use of technology have proved wrong time and again."
Sen, who was addressing the golden jubilee celebration here of the IIT-Mumbai, did not directly refer to the nuclear deal apparently because of ongoing trial of strength of Manmohan Singh government in Parliament.
But he did say that all the challenges that India is facing cannot be met without rapid increase in the power generation.
Sen asserted that technology is a tool for empowerment and emancipation which has now been proved.
The progress that the country is witnessing today including in the IT sector, Sen said, has come because of decisions taken long ago by visionary Indian political leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi.
Even at that time there were people opposing increasing use of technology arguing that all the technology is not relevant to India and those advocating it do not know about rural India, he said.
Those who oppose use of technology have proved wrong time and again, he said, adding they miss the point that latest technology is ultimate tool to meet the most basic requirements of the people.
Sen landed in trouble last year for referring the critics of Indo-US deal as "headliess chicken", but later apologised saying his remarks were directed at media-persons not lawmakers.
Sen, who was addressing the golden jubilee celebration here of the IIT-Mumbai, did not directly refer to the nuclear deal apparently because of ongoing trial of strength of Manmohan Singh government in Parliament.
But he did say that all the challenges that India is facing cannot be met without rapid increase in the power generation.
Sen asserted that technology is a tool for empowerment and emancipation which has now been proved.
The progress that the country is witnessing today including in the IT sector, Sen said, has come because of decisions taken long ago by visionary Indian political leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi.
Even at that time there were people opposing increasing use of technology arguing that all the technology is not relevant to India and those advocating it do not know about rural India, he said.
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Those who oppose use of technology have proved wrong time and again, he said, adding they miss the point that latest technology is ultimate tool to meet the most basic requirements of the people.
Sen landed in trouble last year for referring the critics of Indo-US deal as "headliess chicken", but later apologised saying his remarks were directed at media-persons not lawmakers.
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