social responsibility...

dont get scared with the topic,it was just one of the topics our trw instructor gave us for gd. i wont go into the details of the gd(ob!!!), but one really interesting point came forward- corporate social responsibility and somehow the conversation steered towards BITS. oh boy!! tough topic i would say,debating the very objective behind establishing the very college u r studying in can be a tricky situation, believe me... it showed all too clearly in the embarrasing silence of the participants. but that apart one point i was unable to digest; one guy started it saying bits was founded as a college by birlas is a social responsibility they have fulfilled.n imagine people actually opposed it- their argument being 'well we r not educated for free' and someone actually said 'they dont have to pay taxes!!!!'. i mean now that was really amusing,i agree we do have a tendency of swearing at like every 2nd person but doubting the very fundamental principle behind the creation of a university like BITS- Pilani!!!! thats really outrageous!!! well atleast that is what i think.
Ok with all due respect to 'individual view point' and 'freedom of speech' and all those 'rights' laws that are stated in the constitution of india one question i want to put forward one question- the Birla's established bits with watever reason, why the h*** should i care?
isnt it more important for me to realise my own social responsibility now???
I mean ok maybe bits was started as an indirect profit earning venture( which m sure it was not,was first started in 1929 by Ghanshyamdas Birla in 1929 as an intermediate college,then during WW2 governmet of india converted it to a college to provide technicians that it needed during the war,and finally 1964 BITS-Pilani was born as a deemed college providing full fledged courses in engineering,basic sciences,pharmacetaucials and management. hardly seems like a profit venture!!)
but the point is we are blaming the other person because of whom we r here studying in a educational institution providing world class facilities in education.(now dont get started on internet facilities n stuff like that,i get bored... m saying u have to agree we have a unique education system in india and some gr8 labs, n u cant deny tht.)So, instead of wondering why BITS was started y not get down to wondering wat is our social responsibility as a bitsian? or maybe as a 19 yr old indian?
I would say why not do wat we r here to do? why not make the full use of opportunities that we come across here and the kind of information that we have access to? i mean after being here for like 3 sems i have realsied one thing- in BITS u progress only as much as u want to,its ur initiative what u want to do and wat not. we have addicted gamers here and we have some godlike technical guys, all on the same campus. thats one gr8 thing here actually u have all kinds of things for all kinds of people,its a free domain.
well coming back to wat i was saying,with the facilities and the kind of freedom we have here,i think that our responsibility would be to make the best use of what we r being provided and pass out of this place being mature,educated and empowered individuals with a sense of responsiblity and the initiative and ability to bring about the changes we want to see in the world. Its not impossible to do so, we do have a setup that can mould us that way and yes it has happeend before.U just have to visit the bitsaa website n u will know wat i m talking about.
ok i guess i have written enough for today, feeling damn tired,cya all.............