Value Orientation for UG First Year Students

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• Value Orientation for UG First Year Students
• Orientation Module-4OM-4 SOCIAL
  RESPONSIBILITY AS
  SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS
• Session conducted by
• Prof. R.R. Gaur
• along with
• Prof. Santosh, Prof. A.K. Gupta Prof. Saroj
  Kaushik

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• Social responsibility
• (a) as an enlightened citizen
• (b) as a competent ST professional
• - Appreciating the all-prevailing
  interconnectedness and mutual complementarity
• - Individual good being inseparably
• connected with common good

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS ENGINES OF MODERN
DEVELOPMENT

• As you are well aware, Science Technology are
  playing very significant role in modern
  development -for widespread prosperity and
  welfare of people.
• Proliferation of technology and industries have
  also made strong impact on environment and
  life-styles of people which is not conducive to
  sustainable welfare

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GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CHALLENGE FOR ST
PROFESSIONALS

• By taking admission in IIT, you have decided to
  follow a career path which may be related to
  development/ promotion/ management and intensive
  utilization of ST.
• This stream of profession has acquired
  significant value and it also places great
  responsibility and challenge for ST
  professionals.

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Leadership Role as Scientists, Technologists
Technocrats

• As intellectuals of high calibre and as
  well-trained technical personnel, you will be
  expected to play a leadership role in various
  capacities throughout your professional life.
• Accordingly, your worldview will appreciably
  affect not only your own life but also that of
  many, many others!

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• As leaders in the profession, you will be
  expected to contribute towards the development of
  eco-friendly and people-friendly technologies and
  models for alleviation of poverty of masses
  without depletion of resources.
• Ethical utilization of your skills will only
  prove your professional excellence and will be
  instrumental in the welfare of the society.

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NEED FOR HOLISTIC PERCEPTION TO PROMOTE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• It is very important for you to develop a
  holistic vision and an understanding to work in
  harmony with Nature in a renewable, sustainable
  manner.
• Also, the fruits of development should be
  sustainable and should benefit the poor masses as
  well.

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UNDERSTANDING PROSPERITY AND WELFARE IN A
HOLISTIC WAY

• SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY can be actualized only by
  appropriate identification of our physical needs
  and developing technologies to fulfill these
  needs in harmony with Nature and Society at
  large.
• Developing ability to discriminate clearly
  between NEED and GREED.
• Welfare is not confined to providing some
  physical comforts only.

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RESPONISBILTY FOR INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT

• Strong need to indigenously develop appropriate
  technology and model to suit the need of our
  country.
• Developing effective channel for carrying new
  technologies to the field.
• Contributing to and promoting
• Innovations and creative solutions.

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..OATH..Taken by all graduating students from
IIT Delhi at the time of Convocation!

• I hereby pledge that it shall be my constant
  endeavour to be scrupulously honest in the
  discharge of my duties as Engineer and Scientist
• To uphold the dignity of the individual and the
  integrity of the profession
• To utilize my knowledge of Technology and Science
  for the glory of the Institute in the service of
  the country and mankind at large.
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• The present value orientation is only to
  initiate the process of becoming adequately
  competent during your stay in IIT,