Speeches

Featured Speeches

Economics of Knowledge

Education, Industry and Jobs in our Future

LJ University, Ahmedabad

Convocation Address at IISER Tirupati

Keynote Addresses

Economics of Knowledge

Science, Technology, Innovation: Their Impact on Economic and Political Power

Indian Decade of Innovation (2010-2020): Agenda and the Action

IChemE Presidential Address

On Building Innovative India of the Twenty First Century

New Panchsheel of the New Millennium: Presidential Address

Innovation Economy: The Indian Challenge and Opportunity

India’s Emergence as a Global R&D Platform: The New Challenges and Opportunities

Leading Institutions and Thought Leadership

Mind vs. Mind Set: The Grand Indian Challenge

Indian Decade of Innovation:Eighteenth Naval Tata Memorial Lecture

Resurgence of Innovative India:The Challenge and the Strategy

JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award Lecture – On Launching the Indian Innovation Movement

Building Borderless Minds and Borderless Thinking

Danckwerts Lecture – Seamless Chemical Engineering Science – The Emerging Paradigm

WOMEN, EDUCATION & EMPOWERMENT

Indian Science in the Global Context

Tribute to C.K. Prahalad

MLM: Man, Message and the Movement

Tata Centre for Technology Design Symposium

2018 K.R. Narayanan Oration: Dismantling Inequality through ASSURED Innovation

Nation Building through Science and Technology – A Developing World Perspective

Trapeze Artistry of Biomimetic Hydrogels

Leveraging Agritech Startups in Indian Agriculture Innovation Ecosystem

Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards Address

Keynote Address at the 6th CII Industrial IPR Awards Function – On Building IPR Competitive India: A Five Point Agenda

J R D Tata Corporate Leadership Lecture: Leading Institutions and Thought Leadership

43rd Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Ceremony Address

From India@75 to Bharat@100 – Chief Guest’s Speech, Jamnalal Bajaj Annual Awards 2022

Lecture Series in Science, Technology & Innovation at Monash University, Australia

Convocation Addresses

Education = Future

On Embracing a Religion called ‘Positivism’

Nurturing and Retaining Indian Talent for Making India a Knowledge Super Power

Towards a World Class University

A Message to the Young Graduands

Affordable Excellence: A Global Game Changer

Gandhian Engineering: More from Less for More

Paradigm Shifts In Indian Higher Education

On Designing an Indian Agriculture Inclusive Innovation System

Talent, Technology & Trust: Cornerstones of Start-up India

Reimaging & Reinventing India of our Dreams

On Building Nirma Spirit: Value for Money & Many

Education is the Key to the Door of Opportunity

Courage & Heart

Indian Science and IISER: Raising Aspirations, Climbing New heights

Science 2.0, Education 3.0 and Industry 4.0

Building a Great Indian Agriculture Innovation System

Building India as a Leader Amongst Innovation Nations – NIIT University

Education, Industry and Jobs in our Future

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain : Beginning of a New Indian Journey

Building the Kalam Spirit

‘100th Convocation Address of Banaras Hindu University delivered on 22 November’

Creating Borderless University

On Building a World Class Future Ready University

‘Social Transformation through Disruptive Inclusive Innovation

Integration, Innovation & Inclusion: Pathways to Progress

‘World Elders Day’ Address

20th Convocation Address of VNIT, Nagpur – India’s Emergence from a ‘Starting up’ to a Leading ‘Startup’ Nation

LJ University, Ahmedabad

Convocation Address at IISER Tirupati

Tributes

Tribute to Lila Poonawalla

Tribute to Hon’ Suresh Prabhu

Tribute to Dr Sancheti on his 75th birthday