Shiv Nadar Quotes

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics.

One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film school in the world is right here in Chicago: Columbia College.

The SSN Institute will be expanded in areas such as liberal arts, social sciences, natural sciences, communications.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

Robotics is very interdisciplinary, and so, except at a very few colleges, there is not a major that is exactly fitted to robotics.

I've gotten e-mails asking, 'Are you taking students?' Well, come visit and I'll be happy to talk to you. But I'm not a degree-granting institution.

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

Education is a very large area, and we have our hands full. For example, SSN has to become a university; we have to keep adding departments like it is with universities in the U.S.

I would encourage anybody who's interested in any kind of science, engineering, math field, to go after that.

I tried a few grad school programs because I didn't know how to make it... Eventually, I was desperate for a job, and there was a new newspaper opening up in Washington, D.C., called 'The Hill.' Even though my interest in politics wasn't huge, they gave me a job as a copy editor.

I did some good stuff over in the U.K., but I wasn't consistently working. For a while there, I was going, 'Do I really want to do this - should I go back to university?'

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

No university is the best place to execute every mission and no one company the best place to execute every mission.

We get first-rate faculty members from the leading engineering and science institutes to train our people.

My parents always wanted me to go to college.

I didn't want to go to school for more than four years, and I didn't know what you did with a bachelor's in biology. So I switched over and got my degree in communications. I regret it now. It was one of the most idiotic things I ever did.

There's probably people that go to Harvard and say, 'Listen, I went to Harvard. I got a great education, and I can't find a job, or I didn't become the success that I could have been.' Sure, I mean, you probably have that at every major university.

Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.

One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.

A lot of people who were studying with me turned out to be journalists or worked in big institutions.

As our economy advances, educational attainment is going to keep Arizona competitive.

I could be earning a lot of money as a consultant, or gone higher in education.

I would love to go to college because you never know what is going to happen with your career, and you always want something to fall back on.

I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.

I am a student of a business school in Delhi and went back for my final semester exams.