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" 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. "

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" You have to be very skilled in this industry. I grew in this industry; we created the very beginnings of this industry. We made the first PCs (personal computers) in the world. "

" A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs. 50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone. "

" Education is taken for granted. Teaching shops are different from building character. "

" 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. "

" There is a disconnect in education and work. And corporates don't do a great job of skilling. In future, corporates and educational institutions will work closely. "

" Though easy to define, it is important to understand the significance of philanthropy. I believe it is really a state of mind: where one feels empowered and equipped to fill the huge gaps in the existing system. "

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

" Union Budget 2012 has supported industry's long time demand to improve the provision and standards of education in the country. "

" I never second-judged my mother. "

" 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. "

" If you are calm about your ambitions, you become confident of achieving what you set out to do. "

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

" Each quarter, Indian IT firms publish their results, and these are broadcast on CNBC. From the comfort of their boardrooms, executives say how many new employees have been added, how many more Fortune 500 companies have been signed up as clients, how many million-dollar companies were added, and so on. "

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

" I was with top CEOs in 2009, and they were clearly shaken. Top leaders of Wall Street and elsewhere, shaken. The ones at the top did get by because if they are seeing a decline somewhere, there is also growth elsewhere, like in emerging economies. "

" I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent. "

" 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. "

" My daughter is very happy doing philanthropy, especially in the schools. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you are running a business, there is a constant need to reinvent oneself. One should have the foresight to stay ahead in times of rapid change and rid ourselves of stickiness in any form in the business. "

" An 18-year-old is good enough for our business, and we can teach them engineering in two years. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Any institutions' alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to our students. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Supposing I write out a cheque for a billion dollars to the foundation, does it mean anything? There must be evidence of philanthropy. Otherwise, I'm sitting with that money, earning interest exactly the way in my holding company. "