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CHARACTER IS THE MOST IMPROTANT TO ACHIEVE GREATER POSITIONS: M S ANAND.

Posted on: 09/Jun/2010 1:47:33 AM

M.S.Ananth, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai was delivering convocation address at  Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kilakarai, on Tuesday. He was also , presenting a degree certificate to meritorious  students of the college. In his speech  M.S. Ananth  stressed the need to build character so as to achieve greater positions in their career and lead a peaceful life. He said that he  firmly believed that character would lead to success not only for earning but also shaping the life in a peaceful manner.

Building character was an important component of education and learning process. It was good that religions of different faiths invariably advocated the followers to build good character.Hence, the people should pay greater importance to build character, he said.

The purpose of education he said has undergone a sea change after the industrial revolution and subsequent information revolution. The present competitive nature of world and ever changing technological advancements has warranted the need for serious learning and  with creativity. The students, teachers and people concerned should strive hard to focus on finding new solutions with innovative ideas and thinking.

Mr.Ananth said many of the people had been giving importance to left brain, which was mainly discharging the functions of collecting and storing data. It was important to activate the functions of right brain, which would make the human to design strategy, innovative thinking and ideas and others. It would ultimately make the people gain self-confidence to achieve success.