One day a customer came to
checkout Eshwar’s creation with lot of attention, care and passion. Visitor’s
eyes fell on a piece of a dancer which was looking almost real and he fell in
love with that idol and was keen to buy it. When he approached Eshwar to check
out the price and other finer details. The Sculptor politely told him not to
buy it has some defects. But the visitor was so much pleased with the beauty
that he did not like the explanation and asked him “No one will identify any
fault in this master piece”. Eshwar patiently heard his request and eagerness
to buy his work, but he explained every minute feature and also explained the
minute defect in his creation. Customer
was shocked and could not believe himself that he could not find any fault with
the idol and felt exhilarated to realize the excellence in Eshwar work and
later learnt about his background, education & values which he practices in
his life.
Excellence is not by accident
but it is an outcome of dedicated, continuous good intentions, intensity, Self-discipline,
tenacity of purpose along with good execution. It’s all about how we work &
how well we love our profession. It’s about demonstrating excellence at work
all the time and it should come from within and not outside, excellence is not
a skill but a deep rooted positive attitude.
Education is a process by
which character is formed, strength of mind if increased and intellect is
sharpened, as a result of which one can stand on one’s own feet. Education is
nothing but the manifestation of perfection already exists in human mind. One
of the most important and vital goal of education is to facilitate knowledge
enhancement, employment, self-confidence to impact the socioeconomic growth of
the country.
As you all know India we are
country of abundance, be it all types of resources, human capital and
everything else is in abundance. I feel anything in abundance is a risk &
this brings in a very different kind of challenges which we need to manage to
overcome these risks. World is changing rapidly at the speed of light and
everything is revolving around the IoT of the world. The world today has a very
different expectations and the need of the hour is not commoditization but a
true differentiation. World is full of talent but Talented are very few. As a
country our challenge is not to make talent a commodity, not to make
engineering education a commodity. Engineering cannot become a commodity as
it’s very special and requires a whole new set of skills, abilities &
aptitude. Engineering is all about left brain activity & need a fundamental
shift in thinking, approach to solve challenges & to develop LIFE skills. We
need to reinvent ourselves & rethink differently to differentiate
ourselves.
Watch this space for Part2......
