Infosys founder bats for discipline

Pune: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said this was the best time to work towards making India prosperous and adherence to discipline was the route to success.
In the convocation address before the graduates of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, The chief guest held the present economic environment in contrast with that of the last 300 years to call it the finest period for the youth to work towards the country's development.
Taking a cue from the movie Chak De, Murthy said, "The movie, with Kabir Khan and the hockey players, provides the recipe for success. We need to identify ourselves as Indians. We need to rise above the differences of state, religion and caste. We need to embrace discipline. Only adherence to discipline will lead to success. We need to put the interest of the country above ours."
Murthy stressed that the present condition of the country supports development prospects. "This country may not get such a chance in the coming years," he stated. He also pointed out that on one hand the number of billionaires in the country is increasing rapidly, while in contradiction even basic necessities, such as sanitation, clean drinking water and education, are unavailable to a vast population.
Raghunath Mashelkar, president of Global Research Alliance and former director general of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), who was also present at the function, said, "If any university aims to be known as a top class institution, it needs three things: education, research and innovation."
Mashelkar also spoke of Murthy's controversial statement made during last year's convocation ceremony at Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore. Murthy had then questioned the contribution of institutes such as IITs and IISc in the last 60 years. "What he meant was that there is a need to innovate in India. It is time that we become the first in the country rather than the first in Pune or Maharashtra," added Mashelkar.