I see the role of IT as a change agent. It empowers, connects and can bind isolated parts of India and create harmony. IT can join people with governments, bridge the gap between demand and supply, and can bring us closer to knowledge.

International Yoga Day is a reflection of the largest knowledge based peoples' movement the world has ever seen.

I have a humorous side but these days humour can be a risky thing.

It is my conviction that highways and I-ways have similar importance these days. My effort is to connect all 600,000 villages with optical fiber networks in the next five years.

I have come with one medicinal herb that I am offering as a remedy to India's problems. And that medicinal herb is 'development'.

If I talk about coal, people will start equating my statements with a political angle. This is not a platform for politics, I'm not making any allegations on anyone.

My first warning is to my government officers to not presume citizens as thieves.