Mrs Arthy Sampathy, Mr Sailesh, Prof V.G. Chari and
all other Professors, distinguished audience and most importantly, all the
graduates getting coronated today - I am
delighted and privileged to be amidst these blossoming flowers of life whose
petals are in pleasant colours that the most beautiful butterfly would envy. At
the outset, let me congratulate all of you for all that you achieved on this
illustrious Siva Sivani Campus. I also congratulate the faculty and staff who
should be feeling equally proud of seeing you transcending to a different
territory.
When Dr Chari called me on the morning of 16th
of this month to adorn this dais I instantaneously accepted the invitation for,
it is a great honour to be in the hall of fame of Siva Sivani Institute
alongside doyens like Abdul J. Kalam who ignited the minds of youth and
scientists alike. I also realise the responsibility to share with you such
lessons of life that you would love to hear.
If it is my parents who taught me love and
affection, it is my gurus who made me sterner stuff. I shall invoke my parents’
and Gurus’ blessings before I call upon you to do all that you wanted to do
after you leave this campus. “Matru Devo Bhava, Pithru Devo Bhava, Acharya Devo
Bhava.
I was wondering what you would love to hear for the
next few minutes different from what you had been listening during the last two
years on this campus. I thought the choices made in my life at different points
of time could be of interest to you. You are today fortunate to stand in the
midst of an intersection that takes you to the roads leading to join a job or
setting up an enterprise that creates the jobs.
