Former chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K. Radhakrishnan has exhorted science graduates to play a key role in addressing modern day scientific, technical, social and environmental issues.
He was delivering the convocation address at the 11th convocation of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, that was held on its campus in Vithura on Sunday.
Dr. Radhakrishnan, who is also the chairperson of the Standing Committee of IIT Council, stressed on the idea of IISER as a game-changer for Indian science and urged graduates to become the ambassadors for their alma mater. Highlighting the importance of exercising one’s choices, he said it acts “as the most powerful tool that enables one to go from where one is today to where one wants to be tomorrow,” while advising the graduates to strive to make a difference in the society.
