TEAM HERALD
DABOLIM: Narrating his life and journey to success, former Indian Cricket team Captain, Padma Bhushan Rahul Dravid, on Sunday stated that there are million ways to be successful, but each one has to find their own path.
He was speaking at the Convocation 2013 at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus Auditorium of graduates and post-graduate students of the year 2013. Dravid graced the occasion as the chief guest and was joined by Chancellor BITS Pilani Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Vice Chancellor B N Jain, members of the Board of Governors of BITS, Director of all four campuses, faculty staff and students of the Goa campus.
“There are millions ways to be successful, but each one has to find their own path,” stated Dravid while narrating his life and journey to success to the students and the way he was inspired by his uncle, C K Naidu, and his father, who were cricketers to take up cricket as a career.
“Support comes from all unexpected places and makes a lot difference,” he said recollecting his past how his school principal Fr Coelho supported him to represent the Karnataka U-15 Team when his parents were worried about his academics. “You don’t have to be No 1 in the world, but No 1 to yourself,” he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Birla said: “One must strive for the best in the ferocious world and we need to keep in constant update of our knowledge. Learning is a life-long process and one should learn from the mentors at work place,” he said stressing the need of education in day-to-day life.
In all, 738 graduating students of first degree, 93 higher degree and five PhD programs were awarded degrees on the occasion. Three students, Tushar Mandar, Joshi Mohan and Chitra, were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for securing first, second and third positions respectively.
Over the last decades, BITS Pilani has been expanded to campuses in Hyderabad, Goa and Dubai, becoming the first Indian institute to have a campus outside India. Prof Raman read the annual report of the year 2012-13.
