- राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान सिक्किम
- National Institute of Technology Sikkim
- An Institute of National Importance
Inspire Camp
Director's Message
Dear Students,
I take this opportunity to welcome you all to the National Institute
of Technology Sikkim (NIT Sikkim) to participate in the INSPIRE
Summer Internship Camp. As the name suggests, it is an initiative
or effort taken by us to inculcate in you the excitements of creative
pursuits in science and help you understand the subject of your
interest, and thus to build the required critical human resource pool
to strengthen and expand the Science and Technology programme
and research base. By interning here, in coming six days, you will
have the privilege of listening to and interacting with several
distinguished scientists from IITs, NITs, IIITs, IISc and so on.
As the Director of NIT Sikkim particularly, I have been experiencing
the disappointments of my young faculty members that in Sikkim
schools there is lack of awareness about the NIT although we have
been going out for several community development programmes. I
hope, this programme will reach us out little bit more.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. So get up
and get going. Acting consistently and towards your ambition is
important. It is your clear vision towards your goal and aspiration
that assures you of reaching your goal. There is no shortcut to
success. Always welcome the opportunities, because there is an
island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Keep up the
spirits and study with great determination. Learning is no longer
about simply accruing knowledge. You must think critically, be able
to analyze evidences and devise new pathways and solutions.
Regarding you goal, the joy today is perceived mostly in material
gain and physical pleasure. But there is an infinite world of pleasure
in scientific realisation of things and the phenomenon which are
perhaps the same in Quantum. This also brings you closer to self-
realisation. As told by Albert Einstein I strongly believe that "One
should guard against preaching to young people success in the
customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive
for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its
result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the
community."
It is also important to be clear on what your fears are. They are by
far the biggest obstacle that you have to deal with in order to move
ahead. Your desire and ambition should be greater than your fear of
failing. According to Swami Vivekananda, all the strength lies in the
heart and in the mind, don't look for strength anywhere else but
within. It is right that you can't choose your circumstances, but you
can choose to overcome them. So gear up for the challenges of life
and show to the world what you are. At the end I will again quote
from Einstein, "A hundred times every day I remind myself that my
inner and outer life are based on the labors of others." Do not
forget your fellow family members and fellow human beings. One
more important thought is that you have to have control on your
emotion. 'A human with emotion and a matter with motion destroy,
but they and only they can create when controlled'. Let's work
being an integral part of the Supreme System of the Universe
(Some call It God).
