Faculty words of wisdom!

IIITH’s Silver Jubilee edition!

Discover favourite quotes that
have inspired IIITH faculty.
Whether it be on research or in other matters of
life - I have relied upon the below quote for
inspiration and direction.

I will compare truth to a corrosive substance of

infinite power. It burns its way wherever it falls
— in soft substance at once, hard granite slowly,
but it must. Youth and beauty vanish, life and
wealth vanish, name and fame vanish, even the
mountains crumble into dust. Friendship and
love vanish. Truth alone abides.
- Swami Vivekananda.

Prof. Prasad Krishnan

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell
where his influence stops. - Henry Adams

Engineering is about building useful, simple

and cheap systems, it's not about mathematical
analysis only, it's about intuition.
- Prof. Anant Agarwal

Prof. Abhishek Srivastava

It's a little edgy but I always quote this:

If you're good at something, never do it

for free. - Joker, The Dark Knight (movie)

Prof. Aftab Hussain

The few quotes are below that helped in my journey.

Keep yourself silent and humble.

- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

The taste of discovery at every step is critical to a

research journey. - Prof. Raja Reddy

Learn from the mistakes of others, you can’t live long

enough to make them all yourselves.
- Chanakya

Hard work can't be substituted.

- From my advisor Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ghosh, IISc

Prof. Chiranjeevi Yarra

Here are some quotes I like from a very long time in my life
whenever I used to feel low:
Many times in our lives we are dropped, crumpled and
ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the
circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are
worthless, but no matter what has happened or what will
happen, we should never lose our value.

Fail fast to succeed even faster.

The strongest steel is forged in the hottest of fires.

The one I recently liked from Aspirants 2 series:

Don't get comfortable with your failures.

Prof. Charu Sharma

Here are some of the quotes which always motivated me and stay
focussed in life to achieve my dreams:
Always make your dream alive, otherwise, it's difficult to achieve it.
While working on your dreams, even though you face disappointments,
you have to know within yourself that you can do this, even if no one
sees it for me, I must see it for myself.
You need to believe that no matter how bad it is or how bad it gets, I am
going to make it.
You have to have enough faith to believe that what is in front of you is
greater than what was behind!
Remember, no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick
to acknowledge those who helped and loved you.

Prof. Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao

A few of my favourite quotes:

In the middle of difficulties lies

opportunity.- Albert Einstein
I have got a dream that is worth more
than my sleep.
Think different. - Apple
The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Prof. Marimuthu Krishnan

From the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by
Harper Lee
Courage: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting
the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you
know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it
through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do”.

Religion and Misguided Response: ‘Sometimes the Bible in the hand of

one man is worse than whisky bottle in the hand of (another) ... There
are some just some kind of people - who’re so busy worrying about the
next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look
down the street and see the results.’

Prof. Priyanka Srivastava