At IIT Roorkee’s two-day convocation on Saturday, Chief of Defence Staff General NS Raja Subramani delivered a speech to the graduating class. A total of 2,701 students received their degrees during the ceremony, marking a significant milestone in their academic journeys.
Subramani’s message to students
“I will speak about Bharat a little later, but before that I want to speak about the changing world and I will give you an acronym for that. He also pointed to the vulnerabilities created by increasing interdependence between different systems, saying graduates would have an important role in building resilient technologies. Generations before you were struggling under slavery. And not only that, things have changed here, but globally too.
“You may not be conscious of the fact that, in the last 1,000 years, you are the luckiest generation, which is going to have so many opportunities.
Addressing the graduating students, General Subramani described the changing global environment through the acronym ‘DHARA’ and said that it stands for ‘Disruptive, Hyperconnectedness, Asymmetry, Realignment and Autonomy’. That is ‘DHARA,’ denoting Disruptive, Hyperconnectedness, Asymmetry, Realignment and Autonomy,” he said. Elaborating on the first two elements, General Subramani said the pace of technological change was making it essential for young engineers and technologists to continually update their skills. Things have changed for the better for you,” Doval said.
