Scientist Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra visits Sahyadri College
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, Distinguished Scientist & Director, (BrahMos), DRDO visits Sahyadri College
Mangaluru: Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, Distinguished Scientist & Director, (BrahMos), DRDO visited Sahyadri., At first, he expressed his curiosity to visit and view the innovative labs, the in-house start-ups and the student-centric initiatives of Sahyadri as he was already given a heads up by one of the esteemed Guests of Sahyadri Conclave held early this year. Post this, he had an intellectual session with the students and staff on his interactions with Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
At the beginning of his talk, he made a remark that he was astonished to visit one of the innovation centres in Mumbai, however Sahyadri has surpassed his idea of an innovation centre. He added that Sahyadri teaches – “What an actual Innovation Centre is”.
While addressing the audience, he said that Innovation is the key to generate revenue & resources for the nation. He then shared anecdotes of his interactions with the great Missile Man – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. He recalled how blessed he was to work in the team of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and mentioned that he would have been an inferior human being if haven’t met him.
He recalled the ideologies of the legend and highlighted that only education does not make you Dr. Kalam. You should be a thinking person and Sahyadri is creating such an ambience for the youngsters to be innovators.
He re-iterated to students that proven path cannot take us anywhere hence we need newer path for excellence. Finally, he concluded stating that today’s generation is inspirational, however should be shaped and fine-tuned to bring out effective contributions from them for the nation.