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REFLECTIONS: FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR’S DESK

Christened ‘1729', after Ramanujan - Hardy number, the Plaksha newsletter is a window into our

thriving, interconnected, and learner centered environment where Plakshans look beyond the

obvious, just like Srinivas Ramanujan did with the seemingly dull number ‘1729'.

Through this newsletter we share the contribution of each member of our vibrant community of

learners, researchers, leaders, innovators and problem solvers to reimagine technology education.

Prof. Rudra Pratap

Society. Right from the inception of the univer-

sity, we have created a sharp focus on engaging

with society, both locally and globally, as a

deliberate design principle of all our academic

endeavors at the university.

Global problems, by their very definition,

impact everyone including our campus, our

immediate neighborhood – Mohali and the Tri-

City area, the state of Punjab, India, and the

world. While many problems scale linearly with

that may not be global but vexes the local

community. We strongly believe in what one of

the most celebrated poets of India, Kabir Das,

encapsulated in the following couplet:

We are committed

to our promise of

engaging with

society

(There is no point growing tall like a date tree

that doesn’t provide shadow or fruit to a trav-