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Subodhanand Foundation, in memory of his spiri- “First P stands for Poverty. What is the level
tual Guru, to spread the knowledge of Vedas. of poverty of the bottom 5% or 10% of the coun-
Ravi is leading IIT Alumni Council as its Pres- try? Second P is for Pollution. What is the state of
ident, with a network of over 50,000 IITians across pollution in your air, water and soil? And, the last
globe and is Chairman of Telecom Equipment P is for Personal Social Responsibility. What is the
Manufacturing Association (TEMA); Chairper- sensitivity, we have towards fellow Indians, fellow
son - Board of Governors for Indian Institute of human beings and the nature? That is what de-
Information of Technology Una (HP) and Nagpur fines a country as a developed nation. Work with
(Maharashtra). people and make these PPP better.” Ravi advised
A published poet of Hindi poems - Bheegi Ret to realize the dream of “Viksit Bharat.”
(Wet Sand) -- he modeled for Raymond and Mit- “The end result is, shrinking goodness in the
subishi and also wrote lyrics of “Moonlight Whis- world on want of appreciation.” quipped Ravi. In
pers” album by Times Music. last 40 years, general sense of safety outside our
In his speech, Sharma outlined his Mantra for homes has diminished, as goodness is not assured
Success, “Any person may know about, may under- in Indian society.
stand or can learn in life. Knowing is how many Therefore, “I decided to dedicate my life for
types of Yoga exist, Understanding is how Yoga spreading goodness. Just the way, we protect the
benefits but actually doing Yoga is true learning. environment, I decided to safeguard the smaller
Whose life changes, who learns and gets to the es- plants of goodness. We looked for and supported
sence of it and adopts in life.” people who are working selflessly for society and
To accomplish greatness, “First, learn fast. grow them into NGOs. So, that the goodness sur-
Second, learn to learn fast. Thirdly, learn to learn vives.”
to learn fast. Look for excellence and learn to han- Sharma’s message of goodness resonated very
dle failures and success, both. The secret lies in the veloped nation. Gross Domestic Product, a global well with the gathering at TISS as he received mul-
human qualities of caring and sharing.” standard is not the real lens for knowing the con- tiple rounds of applause. Now the speech is cir-
“There are two indexes namely GDP and dition and status of a society. I always advocate culating on social media, taking his message to a
PPP which can measure India’s success as a de- PPP,” said Ravi. much wider audience.

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