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" Shiv Nadar University was established in 2011, and our first batch graduated in 2015. The first batch mostly had engineering courses and a B.Sc. programme in Mathematics. "
Shiv Nadar
Engineering
University
Mathematics
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" The SSN Institute will be expanded in areas such as liberal arts, social sciences, natural sciences, communications. "
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" The government of India is consistently very advanced. When the world was hesitant on UNIX, we were the first to move in; the RBI said that all banks will implement on UNIX. It worked! "
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World
Will
" After Independence, there were periods of very high taxation. So you didn't create wealth, how will you distribute it? When was the first time capital gains tax was introduced? It was 1992 March. Till then, everything was taxed one way. "
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You
Wealth
" I have talked about the 'fractal organization'. Those smaller pieces should innovate and lead the rest of the organization. There will be parts that will be thinking about technologies of the future, and you need to nourish them. "
Shiv Nadar
Future
Thinking
Rest
" The need is schools dedicated exclusively to the rural segment. If we have a child from a village and a city studying in the same class room, the former is bound to lag behind because children from the urban areas have a better start. "
Shiv Nadar
City
Better
Start
" Major forces that have contributed to the evolution of philanthropy in India in the pre-modern era have mainly been driven by religion, family, and society. The Hindu teaching of 'daan' or 'giving' is present in different ways in almost every celebration or ritual. "
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Religion
Family
Giving
" 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. "
Shiv Nadar
Growth
Time
Work
" 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. "
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Alone
Confidence
Brother
" A residential school also takes cares of the problem of malnourishment and interaction with their peers, and their teachers help build the qualities of a leader. "
Shiv Nadar
Leader
Help
Teachers
" Since its inception, HCL's core focus area has been technology and product development, and hence, we continued to remain in the high end of technology throughout the '90s. "
Shiv Nadar
Development
End
Focus
" In South, getting admission in SSN is not possible just because someone is my relative. One of the ministers said SSN is the only institution where I can't get a seat for anyone. That's true of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments, too. "
Shiv Nadar
Someone
Just Because
Only
" Buffett gave significant portions of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett made money for 50 years before he donated. "
Shiv Nadar
Years
Money
Foundation
" Our belief is that aspirations, meritocracy, and a world class institution are the three ingredients our country needs. "
Shiv Nadar
World
Class
Country
" Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it. "
Shiv Nadar
Powerful
Change
Education
" To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this. "
Shiv Nadar
Foundation
Balance
Philanthropy
" 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. "
Shiv Nadar
Learn
Physics
Mathematics
" HCL is a corporation. It is for profits. A corporation stands for its shareholders, its profits, its employees, its discoveries, and its customers. "
Shiv Nadar
Employees
Shareholders
Customers
" Globally, as work is re-distributed to various countries, infrastructure will have to be managed remotely. "
Shiv Nadar
Countries
Infrastructure
Will
" My daughter is very happy doing philanthropy, especially in the schools. "
Shiv Nadar
Daughter
Happy
Doing
" My daughter has no interest in succeeding me in the business. She is going towards social entrepreneurship, an area she is interested in. "
Shiv Nadar
Daughter
She
Business
" Adaptability and constant innovation is key to the survival of any company operating in a competitive market. "
Shiv Nadar
Company
Survival
Key
" Any organisation has to go through at least one depression to see how it survives, and a normal economic cycle takes seven years. "
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Normal
How
Go
" When you live away from your family, your friends and faculty become your family. "
Shiv Nadar
Family
Become
Away
" If you go to Wall Street, there is someone from Harvard, Stanford, etc, who relate to each other by the batch they studied in, the dorm they lived in, and so on. "
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Someone
You
Street
" At the undergraduate level, SNU has a unique 'Opportunities for Undergraduate Research' programme. Students are encouraged to undertake research programmes at the undergraduate level and get trained in the interdisciplinary research. "
Shiv Nadar
Research
Level
Unique
" Any institutions' alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to our students. "
Shiv Nadar
Experience
Alumni
Growth
" Any school which wants to create an impact on the society should work on creating leaders. "
Shiv Nadar
Create
Work
School
" 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. "
Shiv Nadar
Run
Responsibility
Nothing
" We got our land at the right time, but when we go for additional land for our schools or the museum, there will be extra cost. "
Shiv Nadar
Right
Land
Time
" What happens to a private company that comes out with a quarterly report and an annual report? It gives transparency. It talks of basic issues of governance and transactions with related parties. "
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Out
Company
Governance