Science and technology are driving the world: Uday Kotak
The Hindu
He was speaking at the IISc. convocation
Science and technology are driving the world. And business and commerce are an outcome of technology and science changes, said Uday Kotak, MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, who was the chief guest at the Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc.) convocation hosted virtually on Wednesday to confer degrees upon students who graduated in 2020 and 2021.
As many as 110 students were awarded medals during the ceremony, while 1,832 PhD and Master’s students, and 204 UG students received their degrees.
Terming it a regret for not having studied science, which reflected the mood of the time, he said: “There was a disproportionate emphasis on commerce, finance, and economics. That has completely changed. The pace of change of science is mindblowing. The base principles of science and maths are at the heart of who we are, adaptation to the reality of the external world and making it of use to human consumption is the way we need to think about this,” he said.
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