Keep learning & adapt to technology, HCL co-founder tells graduates | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Graduates should not allow their existing resources to limit their ambitions, Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) co-founder Ajai Chowdhry said, urging students to think beyond conventional career paths and prepare to adapt to a world being reshaped by technology.Addressing the 16th convocation of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education here in the city, Chowdhry said the traditional advice to work with available resources and align goals accordingly was “exactly backwards”. Drawing on HCL’s journey, which began in 1975 with six engineers and limited resources, he said ambition should drive people to find ways to achieve what may initially appear impossible.“The real engine of breakthrough success is a simple formula: aspiration must always be greater than resources,” he said, referring to a principle articulated by business thinker CK Prahalad. He urged graduates not to let their degrees or existing skill sets become limitations, but to keep learning and use emerging technologies as tools to realise their ambitions.Speaking to TOI, Chowdhry also called for greater flexibility in higher education, saying universities were already moving away from rigid academic programmes. Students should be allowed to change their areas of study as their interests evolve, he said, citing the example of an engineering student who begins with mechanical engineering but later wishes to switch to electronics.Chairman of AIG Hospitals and Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr D Nageshwar Reddy said artificial intelligence would augment doctors’ capabilities rather than replace them. Doctors who learn to use AI, he said, would have an advantage over those who do not. “AI can help doctors improve their skills, make complex procedures easier to learn and support clinical decisions,” he told TOI.Reddy said AI-assisted simulations could significantly reduce the time required to master complex medical procedures. “Cardiac catheterisation, for instance, which could take about 10 years to master, could be learnt in a year with AI,” he said. However, he cautioned against doctors becoming de-skilled if they relied on AI-based training but later had to perform procedures without the technology.Chancellor C Rangarajan said the university would focus on integrating AI, deep-tech and analytics across disciplines, while strengthening research collaborations and entrepreneurial learning. “Our overarching aspiration is to build an institution where knowledge leads to innovation, innovation creates opportunities, and education contributes to human progress,” he said.A total of 4,402 students graduated at the convocation, including 3,847 from the Hyderabad campus and 555 from Bengaluru. The graduating class included 22 PhD scholars. The university also reported 992 MBA placement offers from 222 recruiters, with the highest package at Rs 33 lakh, vice-chancellor A Vinay Kumar said while presenting the annual report.Yagnamurthy Kalyan Kumar won the MBA gold medal for academic excellence, while Shrishti secured the silver medal. Kalyan Kumar also topped the finance stream, while Utsav Kumar Roy topped marketing, Datla Venkata Gayatri topped human resource management and Sandesh Bhatele topped economics. Tandra Sai Akesh received the all-round excellence award.
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