Rank holders recognized.
B.Parthasarathy, first rank holder in Mechanical Engineering (Design
and Drafting) was presented with certificate at the ‘Award of Diploma` ceremony
of PSG Polytechnic College in Coimbatore on Friday by S. Raghavan (middle),
Senior Vice-President and Head - Industrial Products and Machinery Operating
Company, Larsen and Toubro Limited. In his speech to the students
He said in his speech that the aforementioned qualities had been
expounded in Bruhadaranyaka Upanishad. When ‘devas`, ‘asuras` and ‘manushyas`
went to the creator, ‘Prajapathi`, for knowledge, he gave each of them the
syllable ‘da` and asked what they understood. The ‘devas` interpreted ‘da` as
‘damyatha`, meaning control over self. ‘Manushyas` inferred ‘da` as ‘danam` or
charity and the ‘asuras` understood ‘da` as ‘dayadhwam`, meaning mercy. These
were the important qualities required to succeed in life, he said.
Many other religions also taught the same, he said and added that
students should be allowed to study the lives of great persons.
Highlighting the contribution of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu, founder of PSG
group of institutions, he said people like him, who migrated to
