Hyderabad, Sept.1 (Maxim News): Roots Collegium, a 10years old group of educational institutions celebrated its 8th Convocation day today.
Navin Mittal, Commissioner of Collegiate Education was the Chief Guest at the function while E. Suresh Kumar, Vice Chancellor of English and Foreign Languages University—EFLU and former Registrar of Osmania University was the Guest of Honour
IIITian from Kharagpur, Suresh Reddy, Chairman & CEO of Lycos Internet Ltd was the Key Note Speaker. Under his leadership the Lycos group has raised $100 million in equity and debt over a period of 7 years.
Giving his address, Navin Mittal said, Graduation is an important milestone in life. You are at cross roads now. You need to know where you want to go. You should have a roadmap. You should have a vision to achieve success in life and to set goals.
Further he told them not to be afraid of failing, doing mistakes. Those who try only make mistakes, he explained. Enjoy whatever you do. Or do whatever you enjoy doing. Don’t take things so seriously in life. There is always a second chance. Let things go he told them amidst cheers from the graduating students.
E. Suresh Kumar highlighted the importance of communication. He asked the grads to differentiate between Formal, Informal and Casual Communication. He compared the same with Special, Normal and Working lunch.
Graduation is not an end of learning, but, it is beginning of the learning said Suresh Reddy, Internet Entrepreneur, delivering his key note address.
Chairman of Roots Collegium Prof Padala declared Graduation Day open and welcomed the gathering. Addressing 500 plus gathering, he gave them Pacha Manthra/Five Manthras.
First Manthra was to Pursue Excellence. Now that you are out into the society looking for engagement, he told them not to go after money. Pursue future with passion. If you pursue excellence, money will chase you like a dog he told the young grads of BA, B.Com and Hotel Management. Second Manthra he gave was to Make Mistakes. Mistakes denote that you have attempted something. Merrier the better. Take experience from Mistakes, he explained.
Enjoy the Work. Turn your passion into profession, Padala informed and said Go to the extra mile. Put always a bit of extra effort. Don’t get nervous with failures. Failures are stepping stones for success. Be answerable to your conscience, family and nation at large, he summed up College Principal Swathi gave academic report for the year. (Maxim News)
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