Telecom industry expert Sam Pitroda met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and discussed a number of issues, including e-governance, education and science and technology.
"It was a general discussion. We talked about various sectors like education, science and technology, benefits and issues involved in e-governance," Pitroda told reporters after a brief meeting with Singh.
Pitroda, who is a member of National Advisory Council, said Singh was very positive about new frontiers in IT related areas and education.
"In the past the focus on information and communication technology in Rajiv Gandhi's era gave us the drive and we see results today with 100 million phones and our success in IT and software. It took us 20 years almost to achieve that. So what can we think through today (could be) for the next 20 years," he said.
"Together we all explored and looked at global situations, prioritisation, market economy... is all here to stay. PM was very positive... was very enthusiastic about exploring new frontiers. He recognises we have to go by bigger vision and dreams", he said.
"There will be some follow-up, the PM has shown interest," Pitroda said, adding more discussions would crystalise some of the ideas discussed on Wednesday.
Pitroda had on Tuesday met Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
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