Today we went to an industrial visit at Nirlife with students of B.Pharm. The idea was to introduce students to the industry and make them aware about the industrial processes that goes into the pharma industry. My expectation from the visit was quite moderate and it ranged about getting to know about the pharma manufacturing and most important, it should get over without much mischief and unwanted incidents from students.
But as the day progressed and we went through the visit, I was amazed by the entrepreneurial spirits of two entrepreneurs. Karsanbhai patel and Sushil Handa. This plant that we were visiting was huge and big. It was initially constructed by Core pharma under Sushil Handa. After he went bankrupt this was taken over by Karsanbhai Patel of Nirma. Today, Sushil Handa has grown another company bigger than Core, it is known as Claris. Karsanbhai still manages Nirma pretty well and it is one of the top businessmen.
These two persons are the star entrepreneurs. Both had the vision and more important, the guts to dream this big when none did so. Karsanbhai’s life is no secret for gujarati. He has been a low profile but big businessmen of Gujarat. Sushil Handa on other hand has risen like a phoenix after going bust once. I was wondering, what do you call this spirit of creation which allows man to grow to such heights?. I have been fortunate to meet Sushil Handa and people like him, and on meeting them, you might not be able to see what they have created unless you are not informed.
Everybody is gifted with an independent thinking mind. Everybody starts on the same line with almost similar intellectual abilities. But as we go ahead we find some people going ahead, much ahead and while some just barely able to maintain pace so as to reach finish line. Some attribute this to education, but we all know and have experienced, that it is not the only prerequisite. Example of Dhirubhai Ambani stands testimony to it. Then what is the matter which differentiates successful and inspiring personalities and the not so ones. I think, everybody wants to be successful and more important an inspiring figure for others, but we simply don’t know what is required to be so.
Does our education help in becoming a larger than life personality? I think current education allows us (or rather molds us) to be an educated and intelligent average persons who are able to survive their life within comforts of modern life but they don’t know how to live a fulfilling and inspiring life. Education is necessary and there is no denial from it. But there is something else, which creates a worthy and noticeable life. We can compare it to cooking. To cook a delicious dish, one needs all the ingredients, you can compare it to education. But to make it delicious you need right heat and right combination of ingredients. It is the heat and combination of experiences in life which makes a delicious life.
I think, it’s the exposure that one gets during his life and based on it, his desire of creation, one can become a real person who can contribute in society. Our education system probably caters only to put the raw ingredients in the vessel but we need a mechanism of providing right exposure and inspirations for the youth to ignite their passion and make them desire for extraordinary. How to do this in academic institute is a challenge that we all have to address. Are our teachers so capable of inspiration and excellence? Are our universities so desirous and committed of bringing out such talents? Is our Government ready to nurture and handhold budding entrepreneurs and researchers who can take our country to next orbit ?
We all need to take a lesson from life of this great people. Our youth should be given exposure to the problems and opportunities that exists in this country. They should be oriented to solve the real problems that society faces today, because they are the store house of the ideas and energy which can lead us to the better future. They should be told and made to believe that they are the infinite source of creation & manifestation of divinity. But before that, we, should believe, live and act in that spirit.
Today's’ visit made me realize that how little I am living and how little we think of ourselves. More importantly how big we can make if we commit ourselves. A big canvas in terms of life and world has been given to me and how little have I done to make it colorful. I am still figuring out what I need to draw and how colorful it can be. Such visits makes you realize how small you are in this world, but it also makes you realize what can a human being of blood and flesh do, if he decides to do it. The choice is yours ; which realization you take.
But as the day progressed and we went through the visit, I was amazed by the entrepreneurial spirits of two entrepreneurs. Karsanbhai patel and Sushil Handa. This plant that we were visiting was huge and big. It was initially constructed by Core pharma under Sushil Handa. After he went bankrupt this was taken over by Karsanbhai Patel of Nirma. Today, Sushil Handa has grown another company bigger than Core, it is known as Claris. Karsanbhai still manages Nirma pretty well and it is one of the top businessmen.
These two persons are the star entrepreneurs. Both had the vision and more important, the guts to dream this big when none did so. Karsanbhai’s life is no secret for gujarati. He has been a low profile but big businessmen of Gujarat. Sushil Handa on other hand has risen like a phoenix after going bust once. I was wondering, what do you call this spirit of creation which allows man to grow to such heights?. I have been fortunate to meet Sushil Handa and people like him, and on meeting them, you might not be able to see what they have created unless you are not informed.
Everybody is gifted with an independent thinking mind. Everybody starts on the same line with almost similar intellectual abilities. But as we go ahead we find some people going ahead, much ahead and while some just barely able to maintain pace so as to reach finish line. Some attribute this to education, but we all know and have experienced, that it is not the only prerequisite. Example of Dhirubhai Ambani stands testimony to it. Then what is the matter which differentiates successful and inspiring personalities and the not so ones. I think, everybody wants to be successful and more important an inspiring figure for others, but we simply don’t know what is required to be so.
Does our education help in becoming a larger than life personality? I think current education allows us (or rather molds us) to be an educated and intelligent average persons who are able to survive their life within comforts of modern life but they don’t know how to live a fulfilling and inspiring life. Education is necessary and there is no denial from it. But there is something else, which creates a worthy and noticeable life. We can compare it to cooking. To cook a delicious dish, one needs all the ingredients, you can compare it to education. But to make it delicious you need right heat and right combination of ingredients. It is the heat and combination of experiences in life which makes a delicious life.
I think, it’s the exposure that one gets during his life and based on it, his desire of creation, one can become a real person who can contribute in society. Our education system probably caters only to put the raw ingredients in the vessel but we need a mechanism of providing right exposure and inspirations for the youth to ignite their passion and make them desire for extraordinary. How to do this in academic institute is a challenge that we all have to address. Are our teachers so capable of inspiration and excellence? Are our universities so desirous and committed of bringing out such talents? Is our Government ready to nurture and handhold budding entrepreneurs and researchers who can take our country to next orbit ?
We all need to take a lesson from life of this great people. Our youth should be given exposure to the problems and opportunities that exists in this country. They should be oriented to solve the real problems that society faces today, because they are the store house of the ideas and energy which can lead us to the better future. They should be told and made to believe that they are the infinite source of creation & manifestation of divinity. But before that, we, should believe, live and act in that spirit.
Today's’ visit made me realize that how little I am living and how little we think of ourselves. More importantly how big we can make if we commit ourselves. A big canvas in terms of life and world has been given to me and how little have I done to make it colorful. I am still figuring out what I need to draw and how colorful it can be. Such visits makes you realize how small you are in this world, but it also makes you realize what can a human being of blood and flesh do, if he decides to do it. The choice is yours ; which realization you take.