August 18, 2013
Institute Foundation Day.
Good morning IIT Kharagpur .
Thank you for
Peace and tranquility muffled in cottons of love , confidence and an imparted charisma that rare people on the good earth get a chance to have .
Its really an element of surprise that you get an year older every time and we fail to notice how it happened so momentarily.
The said to be the foundation stone of IIT Kharagpur has been a symbolic witness of more than almost 60 years of battles and wars .It has witnessed success in the form of redemption : from a detention camp to a torch bearer of technological understandings that gets reflected in its alumni contribution to technical advancement in India and abroad.
It has witnessed marks and scars symbolic of what we have lost [ in reference to its upbringing from the trauma of detention and world war II ] , and then what ever we have conquered of socially as well as politically .The ongoing phase of Indian polity and the year hence phase of electoral expostulation , are further on its way to put another marks on foot print of sand [in reference to Arvind Kejriwal's resistance , revival and renaissance against top to bottom corruption].
I further believe its time to take pledge to contribute towards its global versatility , to contribute towards the core lines of research , administration , art and writings that strengthens the backbone of any society .We are in an edging phase of cultural defence , that puts in a responsibility to our shoulder to adopt , enact and let this light of wisdom and intelligencia glow for ever and ever.
Yes , this society needs industrialists but having said that it further needs philosophers to boost the industrialism .
Yes , we need technocrats , but having said that we need artists and thinkers to outline the vision for technocrats.
Yes , we need research and development , but having said that we further need ethical administrators and educated politics .
This august lets pledge to believe that this country deserves a better class of polity , a better class of civil officers , a better class of white collar skilled people .
This august lets pledge that we are gonna provide this to this country.
#11AG3FP01.
Lets learn to hash tag our roll no. with a better class of vision.
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ps- The name "Indian Institute of Technology" was adopted before the formal inauguration of the institute on 18 August 1951 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.Yet the foundation stone mentions the date of Our first convocation ,when Pt. Nehru visited this place.
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