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Since Graham Bell came up with telephony, it took 100 years for the way the technology has impacted our lives, the way we perceive the world. - Shiv Nadar
#100 Years
#Bell
#Technology
#Way
#World
The younger you are, the more courage and audacity you will have to set long-term goals and be there to personally work towards your vision. You will have the confidence to take risks because you have time by your side. You can bring innovation into everything you do and constantly reinvent yourself. - Shiv Nadar
#Courage
#Goals
#Time
#Vision
#Work
We didn't create an institution to increase land value or asset value. - Shiv Nadar
#Asset
#Create
#Institution
#Land
#Value
You have to be very skilled in this industry. I grew in this industry; we created the very beginnings of this industry. We made the first PCs (personal computers) in the world. - Shiv Nadar
#Computers
#First
#Made
#Personal
#World
Re-skilling has to be much wider with a strong foundation. - Shiv Nadar
#Foundation
#Much
#Strong
#Wider
On Sundays, we would travel to the town and watch English movies. This way, we must have ended up watching some 1,000 movies during college. - Shiv Nadar
#College
#Movies
#Travel
#Watching
#Way
After Independence, there were periods of very high taxation. So you didn't create wealth, how will you distribute it? When was the first time capital gains tax was introduced? It was 1992 March. Till then, everything was taxed one way. - Shiv Nadar
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#Independence
#Time
#Way
#Wealth
I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact on the environment, people, communities, their health and overall well-being. But this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition. - Shiv Nadar
#Back
#Health
#Impact
#People
#Well-Being
Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it. - Shiv Nadar
#Change
#Education
#Must
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There is a disconnect in education and work. And corporates don't do a great job of skilling. In future, corporates and educational institutions will work closely. - Shiv Nadar
#Education
#Future
#Great
#Job
#Work
Globally, as work is re-distributed to various countries, infrastructure will have to be managed remotely. - Shiv Nadar
#Globally
#Infrastructure
#Will
#Work
I was born in Tamil Nadu. I built HCL in UP. The first computers of the world were built in UP, and the UP government has supported us all through. - Shiv Nadar
#Born
#Computers
#Government
#Us
#World
Shiv Nadar University has five schools with 16 departments offering 14 undergraduate, 10 master's and 13 doctoral programmes. The demand for engineering courses - computer science, engineering, electronics, communication engineering, mechanical engineering - is slightly on the higher side compared to other engineering courses. - Shiv Nadar
#Communication
#Engineering
#Science
The SSN Institute will be expanded in areas such as liberal arts, social sciences, natural sciences, communications. - Shiv Nadar
#Liberal
#Social Sciences
#Social
#Will
The need is schools dedicated exclusively to the rural segment. If we have a child from a village and a city studying in the same class room, the former is bound to lag behind because children from the urban areas have a better start. - Shiv Nadar
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#Children
#City
#Start
#Village
I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly brought us up. - Shiv Nadar
#Family
#Father
#Lost
#Mother
#Young
In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother... You have to be patient, and we have been very patient for a long time. - Shiv Nadar
#Attitude
#Long Time
#Long
#Mother
#Time
The moment I write out a cheque, it's an asset I have written off. - Shiv Nadar
#Asset
#Cheque
#Moment
#Off
#Out
A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs. 50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone. - Shiv Nadar
#Alone
#Build
#Land
#Property
#School
The anti-Hindi agitation changed the entire face of Tamil Nadu with a local party emerging on the top, relegating the Congress. - Shiv Nadar
#Changed
#Congress
#Face
#Local
#Top
Adaptability and constant innovation is key to the survival of any company operating in a competitive market. - Shiv Nadar
#Any
#Company
#Innovation
#Key
#Survival
Like education, healthcare also needs to be given importance. - Shiv Nadar
#Education
#Healthcare
#Importance
#Needs
If you are calm about your ambitions, you become confident of achieving what you set out to do. - Shiv Nadar
#About
#Become
#Calm
#Set
#Your
A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That's how an institution becomes one. - Shiv Nadar
#Alumni
#Far
#Founder
#Others
#Step
An 18-year-old is good enough for our business, and we can teach them engineering in two years. - Shiv Nadar
#Business
#Engineering
#Enough
#Good
#Two
At what age did Warren Buffett come into philanthropy? At 76. He gave a very good reason. He said his wife was considerably younger than him. And all Americans believe they would live till 80, and they do live till 80. He told his wife that when he is gone, she should take care of whatever they need to do. - Shiv Nadar
#Age
#Believe
#Good
#Live
#Wife
One time, the teacher was the storehouse of knowledge. That will no longer be so. So what would a teacher do? A very good teacher will play the role of augmenter. Also, the teacher will be located anywhere and helping students. - Shiv Nadar
#Good
#Knowledge
#Teacher
#Time
#Will
Any institutions' alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to our students. - Shiv Nadar
#Alumni
#Experience
#Giving
#Global
#Growth
#Key
Education is taken for granted. Teaching shops are different from building character. - Shiv Nadar
#Building
#Character
#Education
#Teaching
When you are running a business, there is a constant need to reinvent oneself. One should have the foresight to stay ahead in times of rapid change and rid ourselves of stickiness in any form in the business. - Shiv Nadar
#Ahead
#Business
#Change
#Need
#Stay
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