Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: On the occasion of the 41st Foundation Day of the Pondicherry University, the Attorney General for India, Shri. R. Venkataramani delivered the 2nd PUDLS lecture on the topic of "Science, Technology, and future of many things". Quoting extensively from the ancient Tamil literature of the Sangam era to the modern thoughts on the past and future of mankind, he said "Ultimately who will remain the master of one's mind as nature has given unto us will be the most challenged question" Cautioning about the possibility of surrendering our fundamental ability to think and contemplate freely to the technology, he emphasised that "A free mind which is not exclusively influenced by dictations of what we should think, how should we think, and without conditioned by arranged or contrived narratives, data, or information, is the supreme value and treasure each one of us possess"
Recognising that religion, philosophy, culture, art and music have been the common pursuits for all civilisations, he said that "When we refer to culture, we do not swallow all obnoxious or unrighteous practices of the past"
Urging Universities to engage with the new questions for the new era of science and technology, he said that "The future of many things cannot be prisons unknown in design and difficult to disown".
Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice Chancellor of NASAR Law University at Hyderabad, delivering his special lecture on the occasion stressed on multidisciplinary teaching and research to foster fundamental quality of critical thinking in students.
Vice Chancellor Prof. P. Prakash Babu presided over the function and delivered the Presidential Address. Highlighting the remarkable journey of 41 years of Pondicherry University, |
