Founder CEO and Managing Director of the BrahMos Aerospace Private limited, A. Sivathanu Pillai, delivered a talk on ‘India’s Global leadership’ at IIM Indore on Wednesday.
The programme began with Pillai’s felicitation by Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Indore. During his lecture, Pillai shared the experience of his association with eminent scientists like Vikram Sarabhai and APJ Abdul Kalam, and narrated his various encounters with them. Pillai connected the working style of the great scientists to management and explained to the students that humility is an unmistakable quality of a great leader.
Pillai’s presentation covered India’s prosperity dynamics, wherein he explained India’s prosperity curve and emphasised on the fact that with the country’s rich natural and human resources, it has great future prospects in terms of scientific and overall development. Quoting the examples of revolutionary leaders like Jamsetji N. Tata and Homi J Bhabha, Pillai underlined the importance of good leadership, vision, the courage to accept the challenges and optimum utilisation of the available resources.
Pillai pinpointed the underused resources of the country like Thorium, which India has one of the largest supplies in the world. He also noted that technology face shifters are the prime need of the hour.
During his interaction with the media persons, Pillai explained how Madhya Pradesh can contribute fruitfully in defence production and Jabalpur is an ideal place for production of different types of sensors and electronic chips. He also noted that the ‘Make in India’ mission must be structured and executed properly to produce the desired results.
The students, faculty and staff of IIM Indore was present during the lecture.