PM’s address at 66th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal

• Today is important not for only those students of IIT Kharagpur who are getting degrees. Today is equally important for the building of a new India.
• The expectations from you are not just from your parents and professors, but you represent the aspirations of 130 crore Indians.
• Therefore, the 21st Century self-reliant India expects new leadership for the new ecosystem from this institute.
• The new ecosystem in the world of our start-ups, the new ecosystem in the world of our innovation research.
• The new ecosystem in our corporate world, and the new ecosystem in the administrative system of the country.
• Not only do you have to start a new life for yourself after graduating from this campus, you also have to become a start-up in yourself that will change the lives of millions of people in the country.
• Therefore, this degree, the medal that is in your hands, is a kind of a letter of aspiration for millions of hopes that you have to fulfill. You should also anticipate the future while keeping an eye on the present.
• If we start working today for our present requirements and the requirements needed 10 years later, then India will develop tomorrow’s innovations today.
• Friends, As an engineer, there is an inherent ability within you and that is the ability to develop things from pattern to patent. In a way, you have the ability to look at subjects in a specific way and with a new vision.
• Therefore, you are able to see the problems and their patterns very closely from the repository of information around us.
• Patterns are associated with each problem. The understanding of problems’ patterns leads us to their long term solutions.
• This understanding becomes a cornerstone of new discoveries and breakthroughs in the future.
• Imagine how many lives you can change, how many lives you can save, you can save the resources of the country, if you understand the patterns and find solutions.
• And there is also a possibility that the same solution will give you commercial success in the future.
• Friends, No doubt, you will face many questions when you embark on the journey of your life.
• Whether it is right or wrong, whether it will lead to losses or will the time not be wasted. Many such queries will trap your mind.
• The answer to all these questions is Self Three. I am not talking about Selfie, but Self Three.
• Self-awareness, Self-confidence and the most potent Selflessness. You need to recognize your strength and move forward confidently and selflessly.

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