Engineering colleges in Goa laud Pichai feat

Goa College of Engineering

Principal of Goa College of Engineering, Dr Vinayak N Shet said that “it is great achievement and we, who include our faculty and students, are very excited and inspired by this feat. In fact, one our college alumni Mr Ashank Desai is now a CEO of Mastek Limited, one of the oldest software company in India which was formed in May 1982. The place origin does not matter if ones fundamentals are clear and have taken up the education with a systematic approach.”

Don Bosco College of Engineering

Dr Jay Bhatnagar the Principal of Don Bosco College of Engineering, who spoke to Herald, was of the opinion that “it augurs a major change in the paradigm of hiring wherein top positions have increasingly been offered to young, empowered thinkers and achievers making thus, academic innovation as buzz-word for every Institute that wants to scale upwards. Arguably, certain institutions and individuals seem to just have in them; an incisive acumen of creating active intellectual roles during hard times and gaining from mature decisions - insignia of a regenerative mechanism and human creativity at premier Institutions.” 

BE, Mechanical student, Shoukan Teli said, “Starting from humble innings and breaking barriers of economic constraints and engineering streams such as Metallurgical, Sundar Pichai is a great role-model for me and my friends at Don Bosco College of Engineering.” 

Divya Borkar a student of B.E Computer Engineering from Don Bosco mentioned that “This really makes me feel proud as an Indian and as computer engineer who wants to dream big, particularly on product design and the facets from internet and multimedia technologies that we studied with faculty and real hands-on projects in computer engineering”.

BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

Dr Amalin Prince A, Faculty in-charge Placement Unit of BITS Pilani, Goa Campus said, “Another Indian at the helm of one of the biggest companies in the world, is a testimony to the credibility of the Indian system of education. It has thus succeeded in producing world leaders and not just students with a mere degree. It is, without doubt, an inspiration to the students of our country to dream for unprecedented marvels and establish India as a technological superpower. Yes, the appointment of Sundar Pichai is inspiring to the students as it further strengthens their belief that they can aim for the highest positions in the top companies in the world.” He added that in BITS Pilani many of our students qualify for the Google Summer of Code by competing with the best coding experts of the world. 

Ms Sonali Durga, an engineering student from BITS Pilani, Goa Campus said, “Being from the tech age and highly globalised world of today, it does not come to me as a surprise. What is inspiring and motivating us that he has climbed the ladder in mere ten years of association with the company and not just any company, but the biggest tech and corporate giant in the world. As an Indian, I am priding on it. It will kindle a possibility of leading the tech world despite being non American.”

Mr Pranjal Singhal, another engineering student from BITS Pilani Goa said, “I want to say this as a human not an Indian that the positive changes he can make in Google will create a difference in lives of billions and I think it will benefit all on the planet, not just Indians.  I will prefer taking inspiration rather than taking pride from his achievement.”

Padre Conceicao College of Engineering

Students from Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna Goa also had their comments to share with Herald. Mr Valindo Godinho, a third year student of BE computer engineering from PCCE was candid enough to say that, “it is a great individual achievement by an Indian born. But why this hype? Yes, he has done a great job with Google Chrome and apps.”

Mr Khalil Abreu, a final year student of BE computer science at PCCE said, “I think this appointment is great news because this adds to the list of PIOs already occupying top positions in Fortune 500 companies all around the globe. Some credit can be taken by our Indian education system because he graduated from IIT, Kharagpur in India and then became successful in US.”