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I will fly and fly
"I am born with potential.
I am born with goodness and trust.
I am born with ideas and dreams.
I am born with greatness.
I am born with wings.
So, I am not meant for crawling,
I have wings, I will fly
I will fly and fly"
I am delighted to address and interact with the students and faculty members of Solapur University and its constituent Colleges at the Solapur Science Centre. I just now visited the Instrumentation centre of the Solapur University which is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation system which will assist cutting edge research in different fields. My hearty congratulations to the researchers, faculty and students. I am happy that Solapur university established in 2004 has over 21 post graduate departments and over 126 affiliated colleges where over 89000 students are studying. I congratulate the pioneers of who have established this university and nurturing it to grow into one of the educational hubs of Maharastra. Today when I am in the midst of the youth of Maharastra, I would like to share few thoughts on the topic"Transform yourself - Unique You".
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When I see you friends in the first of week of 2012, in thousands of youth representing different parts of the country who aspire to be remembered for a unique achievement, I have a message for you. To be remembered for, you have to be unique, Unique You. Will you, will you decide in the year 2012, you will become a Unique You. Let us study together certain unique events by Unique achievers. Will all of you participate in the exercise what we are going to do together.
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| Unique You - that is You |
When I see you friends in the first of week of 2012, in thousands of youth representing different parts of the country who aspire to be remembered for a unique achievement, I have a message for you. To be remembered for, you have to be unique, Unique You. Will you, will you decide in the year 2012, you will become a Unique You. Let us study together certain unique events by Unique achievers. Will all of you participate in the exercise what we are going to do together.
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Dear friends, Look up, what do you see, the light, the electric bulbs. Immediately, our thoughts go to the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, for his unique contribution towards the invention of electric bulb and his electrical lighting system.
When you hear the sound of aero plane going over your house, whom do you think of? Wright Brothersproved that man could fly of course at heavy risk and cost.
Whom does the telephone remind you of? Of course, Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Eight unique achievers in inventions and discoveries |
Dear friends, Look up, what do you see, the light, the electric bulbs. Immediately, our thoughts go to the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, for his unique contribution towards the invention of electric bulb and his electrical lighting system.
When you hear the sound of aero plane going over your house, whom do you think of? Wright Brothersproved that man could fly of course at heavy risk and cost.
Whom does the telephone remind you of? Of course, Alexander Graham Bell.
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When everybody considered a sea travel as an experience or a voyage, a unique person questioned during his sea travel from United Kingdom to India. He was pondering on why the horizon where the sky and sea meet looks blue? His research resulted in the phenomena of scattering of light. Of course, Sir CV Ramanwas awarded Nobel Prize.
Do you know an Indian Mathematician who did not have formal higher education but had inexhaustible spirit and love for mathematics which took him to contribute to the treasure houses of mathematical research - some of which are still under serious study and engaging all-available world mathematicians' efforts to establish formal proofs. He was a unique Indian genius who could melt the heart of the most hardened and outstanding Cambridge mathematician Prof G H Hardy. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was Prof. Hardy who discovered a great mathematician for the world. This mathematician was of-courseSrinivasa Ramanujan for whom every number was a divine manifestation.
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When everybody considered a sea travel as an experience or a voyage, a unique person questioned during his sea travel from United Kingdom to India. He was pondering on why the horizon where the sky and sea meet looks blue? His research resulted in the phenomena of scattering of light. Of course, Sir CV Ramanwas awarded Nobel Prize.
Do you know an Indian Mathematician who did not have formal higher education but had inexhaustible spirit and love for mathematics which took him to contribute to the treasure houses of mathematical research - some of which are still under serious study and engaging all-available world mathematicians' efforts to establish formal proofs. He was a unique Indian genius who could melt the heart of the most hardened and outstanding Cambridge mathematician Prof G H Hardy. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was Prof. Hardy who discovered a great mathematician for the world. This mathematician was of-courseSrinivasa Ramanujan for whom every number was a divine manifestation.
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Do you know the scientist who is famous for Chandra Limit which describes the maximum mass (~1.44 solar masses) of a white dwarf star, or equivalently, the minimum mass for which a star will ultimately collapse into a neutron star to black hole following a supernova. Two of his students got the Nobel Prize before him. It is of-course the famous Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhar Subrmaniam.
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Do you know the scientist who is famous for Chandra Limit which describes the maximum mass (~1.44 solar masses) of a white dwarf star, or equivalently, the minimum mass for which a star will ultimately collapse into a neutron star to black hole following a supernova. Two of his students got the Nobel Prize before him. It is of-course the famous Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhar Subrmaniam.
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Friends, there was a great scientific lady who is known for discovering Radium. She won not one, but two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and another for chemistry. Who is she? She is Madam Curie. Madam Curie discovered radium and she was doing research on the effect of radiation on human system. The same radiation which she discovered, affected her and she sacrificed her life for removing the pain of human life.
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Friends, there was a great scientific lady who is known for discovering Radium. She won not one, but two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and another for chemistry. Who is she? She is Madam Curie. Madam Curie discovered radium and she was doing research on the effect of radiation on human system. The same radiation which she discovered, affected her and she sacrificed her life for removing the pain of human life.
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Whenever I describe to you young friends, scientific historical events, you all jumped. Name of the scientist - technologist who created the great event, they are the unique personalities. Young friends, can you join such unique performers of scientific history, you can, definitely you can. Let us study together, how it can be made possible?
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Whenever I describe to you young friends, scientific historical events, you all jumped. Name of the scientist - technologist who created the great event, they are the unique personalities. Young friends, can you join such unique performers of scientific history, you can, definitely you can. Let us study together, how it can be made possible?
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Friends, I have, so far, met 12 million youth in a decade?s time. I learnt, "every youth wants to be unique, that is, YOU! But the world all around you, is doing its best, day and night, to make you just "everybody else". In the home, dear young fellows you are asked by your parents to be like neighbours? children for scoring good marks. When you go to school, your teacher says "why not you become like the first five rankers in the class". Wherever you go, they are saying "you have to be somebody else or everybody else". Now, dear young friends, how many of you would like to be unique yourself.
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Friends, I have, so far, met 12 million youth in a decade?s time. I learnt, "every youth wants to be unique, that is, YOU! But the world all around you, is doing its best, day and night, to make you just "everybody else". In the home, dear young fellows you are asked by your parents to be like neighbours? children for scoring good marks. When you go to school, your teacher says "why not you become like the first five rankers in the class". Wherever you go, they are saying "you have to be somebody else or everybody else". Now, dear young friends, how many of you would like to be unique yourself.
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The challenge, my young friends, is that you have to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can ever imagine to fight; and never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place, that is, a UNIQUE YOU! Friends what will be your tools to fight this battle, what are they: have a great aim in life, continuously acquire the knowledge, work hard and persevere to realize the great achievement.
Now dear friends, how many of you feel confidence that you will and will become unique scientist, technologist, designer and great national leader with ethics. Now we are going to study, what science can offer you?
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The challenge, my young friends, is that you have to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can ever imagine to fight; and never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place, that is, a UNIQUE YOU! Friends what will be your tools to fight this battle, what are they: have a great aim in life, continuously acquire the knowledge, work hard and persevere to realize the great achievement.
Now dear friends, how many of you feel confidence that you will and will become unique scientist, technologist, designer and great national leader with ethics. Now we are going to study, what science can offer you?
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Sometime back, I was reading a book called "Everyday Greatness". I would like to share one event which is essential component of our development today. Today, what we need is a leadership with compassion. Let me narrate one experience which happened in Mexico.
A riot was raging in La Mesa Prison in Mexico. Twenty five hundred prisoners were packed into a compound, which had been built for only six hundred. They angrily hurled broken bottles at the police who fired back with machine guns. Then came a startling sight. A tiny five feet two inches, sixty three year old woman, calmly got into the crowd, with outstretched hands, in a simple gesture of peace. Ignoring the shower of bullets, she stood quietly and asked every one to stop. Incredibly every one did. No one else in the world, but Sister Antonia could have done this. Why did the people listen to her? All because of her decades of service to the prisoners, by her choice. She sacrificed all her life for the sake of prisoners, lived in the midst of murderers, thieves and drug lords all of whom she called her sons. She attended their needs round the clock, procured antibiotics, distributed eyeglasses, washed bodies for the burial and counseled the suicidal. This selfless act of love and compassion generated the respect among the prisoners to control themselves and urged them to do what she wanted them to do. What a great message for humanity? We have seen a leader with compassion even for prisoners, but we need leaders with compassion for the voiceless people of millions in the world.
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| Indomitable Spirit |
Sometime back, I was reading a book called "Everyday Greatness". I would like to share one event which is essential component of our development today. Today, what we need is a leadership with compassion. Let me narrate one experience which happened in Mexico.
A riot was raging in La Mesa Prison in Mexico. Twenty five hundred prisoners were packed into a compound, which had been built for only six hundred. They angrily hurled broken bottles at the police who fired back with machine guns. Then came a startling sight. A tiny five feet two inches, sixty three year old woman, calmly got into the crowd, with outstretched hands, in a simple gesture of peace. Ignoring the shower of bullets, she stood quietly and asked every one to stop. Incredibly every one did. No one else in the world, but Sister Antonia could have done this. Why did the people listen to her? All because of her decades of service to the prisoners, by her choice. She sacrificed all her life for the sake of prisoners, lived in the midst of murderers, thieves and drug lords all of whom she called her sons. She attended their needs round the clock, procured antibiotics, distributed eyeglasses, washed bodies for the burial and counseled the suicidal. This selfless act of love and compassion generated the respect among the prisoners to control themselves and urged them to do what she wanted them to do. What a great message for humanity? We have seen a leader with compassion even for prisoners, but we need leaders with compassion for the voiceless people of millions in the world.
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Dear friends since I am with this students who are shortly going to decide on what stream they should carve out for their career, I would like to share with you one question, what is the uniqueness of being a scientist?
Friends, science gives you better eyes because science can remove the mental blindfolds and it gives your brain a challenge to solve many scientific problems that are yet to be solved. When people in general talk in dimensions, just less than one millimeter or few hundred thousand kilometers requirement in flight, the scientists will easily move from the behaviour of proton (10-15M ) to the size of visible universe approximately 1028M 43 orders of magnitude. Most of our friends, who are not in the field of science, will slice the time perhaps maximum upto one hundredth of a second. You scientists will slice the time into femtoseconds (10-15 Sec) which may decide a fast photo chemical reaction. When you think way back in time, it will be big bang, some 15,000 million years ago and the beginning of the life on earth about 3800 million years ago. Again you will be ahead of 17 to 18 orders of magnitude. Science indeed will connect you into the brains of many smart people who were there before you. Hence, science makes you feel good to stand on the shoulders of the giants like Issac Newton, the discoverer of the Laws of Gravitational force, Albert Einstein the discoverer of general relativity theory, Stephen Hawking explained the string theory with an attempt to integrate multiple loss of nature, Sir CV Raman the discoverer of Raman effect, Chandrasekhar Subramanyam, discoverer of Chandra limit and blackhole, and Srinivasa Ramanujam the number theory originator.
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| What Science can give you |
Dear friends since I am with this students who are shortly going to decide on what stream they should carve out for their career, I would like to share with you one question, what is the uniqueness of being a scientist?
Friends, science gives you better eyes because science can remove the mental blindfolds and it gives your brain a challenge to solve many scientific problems that are yet to be solved. When people in general talk in dimensions, just less than one millimeter or few hundred thousand kilometers requirement in flight, the scientists will easily move from the behaviour of proton (10-15M ) to the size of visible universe approximately 1028M 43 orders of magnitude. Most of our friends, who are not in the field of science, will slice the time perhaps maximum upto one hundredth of a second. You scientists will slice the time into femtoseconds (10-15 Sec) which may decide a fast photo chemical reaction. When you think way back in time, it will be big bang, some 15,000 million years ago and the beginning of the life on earth about 3800 million years ago. Again you will be ahead of 17 to 18 orders of magnitude. Science indeed will connect you into the brains of many smart people who were there before you. Hence, science makes you feel good to stand on the shoulders of the giants like Issac Newton, the discoverer of the Laws of Gravitational force, Albert Einstein the discoverer of general relativity theory, Stephen Hawking explained the string theory with an attempt to integrate multiple loss of nature, Sir CV Raman the discoverer of Raman effect, Chandrasekhar Subramanyam, discoverer of Chandra limit and blackhole, and Srinivasa Ramanujam the number theory originator.
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Science always provides challenging problems. Look at the southern sky, bright clouds lit by light. That is our galaxy, we belong to the milky way. Millions and millions of stars are there. We belong to a small star, what is that star - Sun. The Solar system has eight planets. Our planet earth has seven billion people, and millions and millions of species. Can you imagine what science has revealed to all of us? Our galaxy and our sun and its characteristics have been identified. Exact location with respect of sun and galaxy has been discovered. Again you ask yourself what science has done. What scientific discoveries have led to? We know that earth rotates in its own axis in 24 hours. We get day and night. How do you get the full moon night. Earth has its own satellite, Moon, which orbits around the planet earth in 29 days. And how the moon shines? Anytime have you thought, the beautiful light how do we get? How do we get the new moon ? You all know it has been discovered. It is the dynamic movement of earth, sun and the moon in the space, which decides, the moon and the dark night.
Friends the earth system takes 365 days for orbiting around the sun once. The sun itself orbits around our galaxy- the Milky Way. It is estimated that the sun takes 250 million years to orbit around the galaxy. All the astronomical discoveries have come out of science.
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| Cosmos |
Science always provides challenging problems. Look at the southern sky, bright clouds lit by light. That is our galaxy, we belong to the milky way. Millions and millions of stars are there. We belong to a small star, what is that star - Sun. The Solar system has eight planets. Our planet earth has seven billion people, and millions and millions of species. Can you imagine what science has revealed to all of us? Our galaxy and our sun and its characteristics have been identified. Exact location with respect of sun and galaxy has been discovered. Again you ask yourself what science has done. What scientific discoveries have led to? We know that earth rotates in its own axis in 24 hours. We get day and night. How do you get the full moon night. Earth has its own satellite, Moon, which orbits around the planet earth in 29 days. And how the moon shines? Anytime have you thought, the beautiful light how do we get? How do we get the new moon ? You all know it has been discovered. It is the dynamic movement of earth, sun and the moon in the space, which decides, the moon and the dark night.
Friends the earth system takes 365 days for orbiting around the sun once. The sun itself orbits around our galaxy- the Milky Way. It is estimated that the sun takes 250 million years to orbit around the galaxy. All the astronomical discoveries have come out of science.
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Also, I would like to give, how you young friends can become a great inventors or discoverers. What is the unique nature of thinking minds of discoverers and inventors of the world. "Inventions and discoveries have emanated from creative minds that have been constantly working and imaging the outcome in the mind. With imaging and constant effort, all the forces of the universe work for that inspired mind, thereby leading to inventions or discoveries". Now there are three unique friends to make you great; they are great books, great human beings and great teachers. Teachers should have the capacities to nurture the "creative minds" and "imagining minds".
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Also, I would like to give, how you young friends can become a great inventors or discoverers. What is the unique nature of thinking minds of discoverers and inventors of the world. "Inventions and discoveries have emanated from creative minds that have been constantly working and imaging the outcome in the mind. With imaging and constant effort, all the forces of the universe work for that inspired mind, thereby leading to inventions or discoveries". Now there are three unique friends to make you great; they are great books, great human beings and great teachers. Teachers should have the capacities to nurture the "creative minds" and "imagining minds".
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Dear young friends, there may be many students here specializing a particularly area, but greatest research results coming are the results of multiple disciplines coming together. My student Fr George is a computer scientist. To work on the brain, he has used multiple sciences and technologies like bioscience, mathematics, network theory, physics and chemistry. I am sure, there may be many researchers faculty members and students who are interested in multi-disciplinary research. Let me share another experience I saw during my recent visit to Labs of Harvard University.
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| Science is reciprocating |
Dear young friends, there may be many students here specializing a particularly area, but greatest research results coming are the results of multiple disciplines coming together. My student Fr George is a computer scientist. To work on the brain, he has used multiple sciences and technologies like bioscience, mathematics, network theory, physics and chemistry. I am sure, there may be many researchers faculty members and students who are interested in multi-disciplinary research. Let me share another experience I saw during my recent visit to Labs of Harvard University.
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My experience in Harvard University: Convergence of science is reciprocating. Let me give an example. Recently, I was in the Harvard University where I visited laboratories of many eminent professors from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. I recall, how Professor Hongkun Park, showed me his invention of nano needles, which can pierce and deliver content into individual targeted cells. That?s how nano particle sciences is shaping the bio sciences. Then I met Professor Vinod Manoharan, who showed on the other hand bio sciences is in turn shaping nano material science as well. He is using DNA material to design self assembling particles. When particular type of DNA is applied on a particle at the atomic level, he is able to generate a prefixed behavior and automatic assembly from them. This could be our answer to self assembly of devices and colonies in deep space without human intervention as envisioned by Dr K Erik Drexler. Thus, within a single research building, I saw how two different sciences are shaping each other without any iron curtain between the technologists. This reciprocating contribution of sciences to one another is going to shape our future and industry needs to be ready for it. Friends are you ready to bring down the iron curtain existing between science and technology.
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My experience in Harvard University: Convergence of science is reciprocating. Let me give an example. Recently, I was in the Harvard University where I visited laboratories of many eminent professors from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. I recall, how Professor Hongkun Park, showed me his invention of nano needles, which can pierce and deliver content into individual targeted cells. That?s how nano particle sciences is shaping the bio sciences. Then I met Professor Vinod Manoharan, who showed on the other hand bio sciences is in turn shaping nano material science as well. He is using DNA material to design self assembling particles. When particular type of DNA is applied on a particle at the atomic level, he is able to generate a prefixed behavior and automatic assembly from them. This could be our answer to self assembly of devices and colonies in deep space without human intervention as envisioned by Dr K Erik Drexler. Thus, within a single research building, I saw how two different sciences are shaping each other without any iron curtain between the technologists. This reciprocating contribution of sciences to one another is going to shape our future and industry needs to be ready for it. Friends are you ready to bring down the iron curtain existing between science and technology.
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Another great teacher, who is a living legend now is Prof. Chinnadurai. He taught me nuclear physics. The way the Professor taught, many students started loving nuclear physics. Rev Father Chinnadurai, when he was taking lessons used to give reference articles and good reference books, which the students can refer and read. And the physics teacher ensured that we all refer physics textbooks during the lecture instead of only reading the notes. This widened the horizon of the learning of the students on a particular topic. In his 90?s Fr Chinnadurai is staying in Dindugal and I meet him and pay my respects, whenever I am in that area. The method of teaching of Fr Chinnadurai is important for making the student a lifelong autonomous learner, which is essential for continuous contribution for the growth of individual, and thereby the nation.
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| Teacher who makes the student an autonomous learner |
Another great teacher, who is a living legend now is Prof. Chinnadurai. He taught me nuclear physics. The way the Professor taught, many students started loving nuclear physics. Rev Father Chinnadurai, when he was taking lessons used to give reference articles and good reference books, which the students can refer and read. And the physics teacher ensured that we all refer physics textbooks during the lecture instead of only reading the notes. This widened the horizon of the learning of the students on a particular topic. In his 90?s Fr Chinnadurai is staying in Dindugal and I meet him and pay my respects, whenever I am in that area. The method of teaching of Fr Chinnadurai is important for making the student a lifelong autonomous learner, which is essential for continuous contribution for the growth of individual, and thereby the nation.
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Friends, You all belong to a student community which should stand for a culture of excellence. And excellence is not by accident. It is a process, where an individual, (or organization or nation,) continuously strives to better oneself. The performance standards are set by themselves, they work on their dreams with focus and are prepared to take calculated risks and do not get deterred by failures as they move towards their dreams. Then they step up their dreams as they tend to reach the original targets. They strive to work to their potential, in the process, they increase their performance thereby multiplying further their potential and this is an unending life cycle phenomenon. They are not in competition with anyone else, but themselves. That is the culture of excellence.
With these words, I inaugurate the multipurpose hall of Solapur Science Centre. My best wishes to all the members of Solapur University success in their educational mission.
May God bless you.
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| Conclusion: Culture of excellence |
Friends, You all belong to a student community which should stand for a culture of excellence. And excellence is not by accident. It is a process, where an individual, (or organization or nation,) continuously strives to better oneself. The performance standards are set by themselves, they work on their dreams with focus and are prepared to take calculated risks and do not get deterred by failures as they move towards their dreams. Then they step up their dreams as they tend to reach the original targets. They strive to work to their potential, in the process, they increase their performance thereby multiplying further their potential and this is an unending life cycle phenomenon. They are not in competition with anyone else, but themselves. That is the culture of excellence.
With these words, I inaugurate the multipurpose hall of Solapur Science Centre. My best wishes to all the members of Solapur University success in their educational mission.
May God bless you.
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