CHENNAI: Stating that disruptive technologies are going to transform every business in the coming days, Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys and chairman of Axilor Ventures, stressed on the need to create new solutions and new business models.
Kris Gopalakrishnan was the chief guest for the 34th convocation ceremony of Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur, on Saturday.
Gopalakrishnan addressed the graduates virtually. He advised them to ride the appropriate digital wave, work as a team player, engage in lifelong learning, set aspirational standards, follow one’s heart and be courageous.
He added that the fourth industrial revolution is a game-changing opportunity powered by multiple technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/ML), cloud computing, smart phones, 3D printing, genomics, biotechnology, nanotechnology and others.
He said the world would be different in the next 30 years and youngsters have the opportunity of creating this new world.
The best outgoing B Tech student award was presented to Shrute Kannappan who is currently pursuing her PhD in biomedical sciences at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea.
Shrute accepted the award and delivered her acceptance speech virtually from South Korea. The founder chancellor’s best PhD thesis award for engineering was presented to Kishan Kumar and for sciences to M Veena.
As many as 81 PhD graduands and over 12 special award winners were presented their degrees and awards in physical mode while over 4,800 graduands were presented and conferred their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees virtually.
Chancellor R Sethuraman, presided over the convocation. The convocation procession was led by a nadhaswaram team.
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