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design of the project. The other five of my team completion, when I felt someone’s presence in
took up the design of propulsion, control, my laboratory. It was Prof. Srinivasan studying
guidance, avionics and instrumentation of the my progress. After looking at my work, he
aircraft. My design teacher Prof. Srinivasan, patted and hugged me affectionately. He had
the then Director of MIT, was our guide. He words of appreciation: “I knew I was putting
reviewed the project and declared my work to you under stress and asking you to meet a
be gloomy and disappointing. He didn't lend difficult deadline. You have done great job in
an ear to my difficulties in bringing together system design”.
data base from multiple designers. I asked for
a months time to complete the task, since I Through this review mechanism, Prof. Srinivasan
had to get the inputs from five of my colleagues injected the necessity of understanding the
without which I cannot complete the system value of time by each team member and brought
design. Prof. Srinivasan told me “Look, young out that engineering education has to lead
man, today is Friday afternoon. I give you three system design, system integration and system
days time. By Monday morning, if I don’t get the management. I realized that if something is
configuration design, your scholarship will be at stake, the human minds get ignited and
stopped.” I had a jolt in my life, as scholarship the working capacity gets enhanced manifold.
was my lifeline, without which I cannot continue That’s what exactly happened. This is one of the
with my studies. There was no other way out techniques of building talent. The message is
but to finish the task. My team felt the need that young in the organization, whatever is their
for working together round the clock. We didn’t specialization, be trained to systems approach
sleep that night, working on the drawing board and projects, which will prepare them for new
skipping our dinner. On Saturday, I took just an products, innovation and undertaking higher
hour’s break. On Sunday morning, I was near organizational responsibilities.
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