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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (JD)
Mangaluru, Feb 27: President of Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Basti Vaman Shenoy on Saturday February 27 inaugurated 'Prerna', a series of motivational talks at TV Ramana Pai hall here, a TVM Vision initiative, organized by the alumni assocation of Vishwa Konkani Students Scholarship Funds (VKSSF) instituted by World Konkani Centre.
Chief guest of the programme Sudeep Bambolkar, joint MD of Indoco Remedies, Mumbai, in his motivational address said, "To become entrepreneurs, you must be fired with passion. Failures are bound to happen. In spite of the failures you must continue your walk towards success. Sometimes success does not come even after ten years of hard work. In whatever you do, have sustainability.
"De-growth hampers every entrepreneur. Once your growth slows down, the testing time begins. There's no substitute for integrity. You must have insight of whatever you are doing.
"Opportunities come only once. If you grab the opportunity and work for it, success is yours," he added.
Another speaker to motivate the students was the joint managing director of Jyothy Laboratories Ullas Kamath. "Respect your teachers and your parents. They are your assets. Be humble to them and never question them. Go along with them and you will never go wrong.
"We have to use our common sense in whatever we do. Keep learning from everyone. This is the fundamental thing you need to look upon.
"Today the governments must make it compulsory for the industries to create jobs. They must be given the target to create 25 more jobs every year. India needs jobs. Make in India and Startup India have been existing in this country since several years. It is not something new. Still we need to appreciate the government's approach," he added.
"Life is very simple. Keep it very simple. This will lead you to success," Kamath advised.
The icing of the cake was the speech by Mohandas Pai, former CFO of Infosys and corporate mentor. In his address, he unvieled the historical glory of India and the challenges the youth of the country are certain to face. "In 1750, India had the largest GDP in the world. We were also the largest producers of raw materials. In one of the books, the Romans opined that India was the richest country and they wanted to trade with India. Looking at this, the British came to India. India also inherited a very large knowledge bank and world class universities and libraries. First the invaders from Middle Asia and then the Europian invaders came. The invaders first demolished the libraries and then took away the wealth we had.
"As the years have passed by, due to globalization and automation, jobs have drastically reduced. It is predicted that by 2030 robots will be able to do all the jobs of a human being. We are all heading towards disruptive changes. Information is on the tip of our fingers. Gone are the days of letters. Now its the time of social media and you cannot shut it down. Even when the optical fibres were cut in Syria by the terrorists, information was transmitted via wireless devices," he said.
"Every platform is changing. Anything and everything you search on the internet is absolutely free. You have the scope to do anything. Even in our society many of the things are changing. Even the information in the DNA has been decoded and efforts are on to analyze it, manufacture medicine accordingly and then send nano robots into the body and administer the medicine. There will be days when human minds will be just decoded using computer and know what one is thinking.
"There is also the disruptive capital in this world. Loans are being given at very low interests and in developed countries deposits are welcomed with negative interests. These can be considered as problems and it's the challenge the youth of today are facing. They need to find solutions to these issues and it may not be as easy as now," he said.
"What are the skills we need in order to tackle these problems? Problem solving skills, articulation skills, creativity and technological skills. Life is not about being the fastest, but being better than the person behind you, because the slowest one will be the first victim. So you need to be innovative having a clear picture about your future," he opined.
Later on, he also administered the oath to the new office bearers of VKSSF Alumni Association.
Those who attended the event had a splendid opportunity to listen to seven motivational speakers and achievers. During the course of the day, motivation talks were delivered by eminent speakers like stock market analyst and expert Ambareesh Baliga, director HR of UST Global Software Umesh Kamath, prominent TV anchor at CNBC TV18 Reema Tendulkar and chief creative director of Sony Entertainment Television Ajay Bhalwankar.
Lenita Jenifer Menezes, the president of VAA (VKSSF Alumni Association) delivered the welcome address during the inaugural programme.
Sandeep Shenoy, noted entrepreneur Pradeep Pai and many others were present.