Live Life Full Of Self-Reliance And Self-Dependence: Dr Kiran Bedi
Pune, December 12, 2020: You are a product of your own, you are no different. What you think you become. It totally depends on where you spend your time and energy, if you spend it on positive things you will get the benefits out of it and if you spend it on negative things you will suffer said Dr Kiran Bedi Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry during an online lecture on Thursday. The topic of her lecture was “Perseverance- Instances from My Life”. The lecture was conducted as a part of the Symbiosis Golden Jubilee Lecture Series.
Speaking at the lecture Dr Bedi gave valuable advice to the students on how to attain success with your own actions. During her speech she said, we all get 24 hours in a day and it’s in our hand where to spend those in heaven or hell. Make your choices every day take an example of Sun who never fails to lighten our day.
Pick up a profession which makes you happy. Your profession should be an extension of your own. Live life on your own terms, always be sure of yourself and build that confidence within you. Ask yourself what kind of life you want to live? It should be of self-reliance, self-dependence in the abundance of hard work, self-core, Dr Bedi added further in her speech.
Dr Bedi gave emphasis on health she said; never forget to keep you healthy. If you are healthy then only you will be able to perform and do things in life. Health should be your first priority.
Always have a positive perspective on everything in life. Don’t look at anything as a hurdle, look at it as an opportunity. If everything is going good all the time then something is wrong. Always search for areas of improvement.
Talking about her current role as a Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Dr Bedi said, in immediate future, Puducherry will become a favourite tourist destination of India, as the central government has invested a lot of money for improving the infrastructure and the other resources in Puducherry. Goa and Puducherry both are spiritually gifted.
Dr SB Mujumdar, Founder and President of Symbiosis in his welcome speech said, Dr Bedi is a fountain of energy and enthusiasm. Students are always eager to listen to her. Speaking about the current Covid situation, Dr Mujumdar said, the corona is our good teacher; it taught us what life is all about. It taught us the value of simplicity, spirituality and uncertainty.
Dr Vidya Yeravdekar, Pro-Chancellor, Symbiosis International University gave opening remarks. Dr Rajani Gupte, Vice-Chancellor, SIU gave Vote of Thanks and Dr Anita Patankar, Director Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts was the anchor of the program.
