Director - Academic speech - delivered by Prof M. Anil Ramesh on 3rd September Inauguration of SSIM second shift programmes - Part II

Ask for no quarters and none will be given. You would be treated justly but firmly. Discipline would be sacrosanct and only a disciplined mind can do the job on hand. So please do not expect us to be lenient. You will have to stand on your own and experience this wonderful world of education.

When asked “who is a good student” the answer that is commonly given is “the one who gives the right answers”. I disagree “a good student is the one who asks the right questions” Any one of us would have taken the apple that has fallen on our head and would have eaten it. It took a Newton to ask that question albeit very a basic as it sounds to us today, “why is that the apple has fallen down, why has it not gone up?” Awaken the Newton in you.

Inculcate the habit of positive questioning. Question yourself. Raise questions in the class. Have intellectual arguments with your classmates and with your teachers. Internalize the concepts and make them your own. Once the process of internalization sets in you would find a transformation in yourself, in the way you do things and you would find your bearings. I did the same and still do it. In my heart of hearts I am still a child who is eager to explore and is very greedy to lap up all the new things that management as a discipline has to offer. After all management is the art of doing things – right. Let the process be continuous.

A word of caution for all the parents. Let your child explore the world himself or herself. There is nothing called the right career or a right job. Yes money is very important should be considered in taking up a job.

Job satisfaction and happiness are equally important. Let your child be happy doing whatever he or she likes. It is said “when your hobby becomes your job you are the happiest person this world” Let your wards explore and decide what are going to be their hobbies. You and me especially me and my team of dedicated teachers and staff are always ready to advice and counsel them. We will set them on the right path and see that they discover their yearnings and achieve their goal. Thank you for the opportunity given and let us pray to the almighty that he gives us strength, vigor, force and direction to achieve what we have set out for. Au revior – till me meet again.