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" I believe good corporate governance is critical in enhancing competitiveness and creating industry - leading profitable growth and superior returns for every stakeholder of the institution. "

Shiv Nadar

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I Believe

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" Research is creation of knowledge which leads to new and efficient solutions for the society. Shiv Nadar University, therefore, believes in being at the forefront of research. To create new knowledge, one needs to solve open-ended problems, which basically make one think on one's own. "

" When you live away from your family, your friends and faculty become your family. "

" In the future, there are going to be various components of doing business that have to be looked at. "

" I was a very good student. But I didn't have the latitude to study more. I was never allowed to do anything cross-disciplinary. Why can't an engineering student learn physics? "

" Government, in its ultimate form, is the biggest philanthropher based in the world. And Bill Gates also said that he could do a small part of what the government can do, which is business philanthropy, equalling people and making sure there is inclusiveness. "

" My colleagues and I were engineers who worked for DCM's calculator division. These electronic calculators used digital integrated circuits, and then they started using chips. The advanced versions of those chips were used for programmable calculators, which were the forerunners of PCs. "

" Like education, healthcare also needs to be given importance. "

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" My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism. "

" Most people make poor partners because their mental script has a defect. They believe focus means looking after their own interests. It's a script error. "

" When you take the best of universities in the world, all of them have research and education contiguous; the person who teaches you could be a Nobel laureate. Some subjects are at the tri-junction of many subjects put together. "

" The IP is a completely different side of the IT, and that is what we want Vijayawada for. "

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" Education is a very large area, and we have our hands full. For example, SSN has to become a university; we have to keep adding departments like it is with universities in the U.S. "

" The younger you are, the more courage and audacity you will have to set long-term goals and be there to personally work towards your vision. You will have the confidence to take risks because you have time by your side. You can bring innovation into everything you do and constantly reinvent yourself. "

" Any school which wants to create an impact on the society should work on creating leaders. "

" I am good at conceptualizing and building institutions. "

" The Bharat Ram family was into philanthropy a way earlier. They build institutes such as Shri Ram College of Commerce, Lady Shri Ram College, and Shri Ram Schools. They are very inspiring. "

" All businessmen - how do they communicate? God knows. Sign language, probably. "

" A press statement may be given with a very good intention, but it says nothing beyond it. If it comes from corporations they run, then it is corporate social responsibility (CSR). That's different from philanthropy. CSR is a lot of shareholders, including me. "

" HCL is a corporation. It is for profits. A corporation stands for its shareholders, its profits, its employees, its discoveries, and its customers. "

" One time, the teacher was the storehouse of knowledge. That will no longer be so. So what would a teacher do? A very good teacher will play the role of augmenter. Also, the teacher will be located anywhere and helping students. "

" I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly brought us up. "

Shiv Nadar

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" Adaptability and constant innovation is key to the survival of any company operating in a competitive market. "

" The 1980s were fantastic. This was a time when we were at the peak of our creative work. The question of whether we would exist or not - something which everybody used to ask, including ourselves - stopped. Profits kept pace with growth requirements. HCL had credibility - that was the biggest barrier we had to break. "

" At what age did Warren Buffett come into philanthropy? At 76. He gave a very good reason. He said his wife was considerably younger than him. And all Americans believe they would live till 80, and they do live till 80. He told his wife that when he is gone, she should take care of whatever they need to do. "

" When I got started in my own engineering course, my interest in physics and maths was very high. After all, engineering is all about applied maths and physics. If I were to learn anything further in physics or mathematics, it simply was not there. "

" A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That's how an institution becomes one. "

" We didn't create an institution to increase land value or asset value. "

" Re-skilling has to be much wider with a strong foundation. "

" Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get. "