SRM Special Convocation -
2019
Focus on quality medical
care: AIIMS (Mangalagiri) president
Kattankulathur, 28 December 2019: A total of 5884 students
collected their medals, ranks, and degrees amid proud parents in a packed hall
at the Special Convocation held at SRM Institute of Science & Technology,
Kattankulathur on 28 December 2019.
Chief Guest of the event Dr. T. S. Ravikumar, President of
AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh congratulated students for having crossed
this milestone. “As we are stepping into 2020, a year of vision. SRMIST
has given you a chance to create a new vision, so seized the day and enjoy it.”
Urging students to make good use of the time this Member-WHO
Global Patient Safety Curriculum Committee and Founding "Chittur
Viswanathan Parvathy Endowed Chair" - quality/Patient safety, SVIMS,
Tirupati said you are all a privileged lot as many do not get such
opportunities. Make use of the chance this institution has to offer you.
“SRMIST is one place where students can equip themselves in several
disciplines under one roof. You are the future of knowledge. You can create
special things if you can think in multifaceted forms. You need to have courage
and design something that no one can replicate.”
He gave a presentation on ‘Quality & Patient Safety -
The Universal Language for Universal Healthcare’
“Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning,
and big data are the future. Although India is gifted with many first, we will
have to adapt to the transformations in these fields. This is an opportunity
for students at SRMIST to make a change in technology, health care and so
on. Although we have the best doctor-patient ration, our infant mortality and
mortality rates are still high. Our health care quincunx is something that needs
urgent attention. Quality and patient safety is the universal language that is
echoing attention. Many of the students should carry this torch as the absence
of patient safety means the absence of preventable harm happening in
health care. Our aim should be to bring down the mortality rate to an
acceptable minimum. Apart from prevention, you should also learn from errors
and teamwork.”
“Man-to-man, machine-to-man and machine-to-machine
interfaces must work for patient safety. Unsafe care can be labeled as a disease.
This is one of the top 10 causes of death. More than half of these causes are
preventable. Of this, one third leads to disability and even death. Diagnostic
errors also add to this. So whatever profession you are taking, your aim should
be to minimize errors,” said senior healthcare professional.
Echoing on the same line, Dr. Damodar Acharya, Former-Chairman,
AICTE, New Delhi, and Former Director IIT Kharagpur, who was the guest of
honour said, “Technology is fast changing. There is a sea of change in it every
day and it is important to be able to cope up with it. Organ replacing and drug
developing are some of the most growing sectors. It is important for students
to grow in these areas to be competent.
“Be open to new businesses and solving problems. The need of
the customers are changing and this is paving the way to new problems. We are
now in an era of personalised manufacturing which is overtaking mass
production. Soon the stores of today may become a thing of the past. Smart
mobility, smart city, smart health care, and smart mobility will soon be a
reality. Physical work will reduce and this will lead to a major challenge.”
He concluded by saying, “You have to do everything yourself
each time you face problems. You need to be your own guiding light and most
importantly, never forget your Alma mater, because it is the reason for your
growth.”
Vice-Chancellor of SRMIST, Dr. Sandeep Sancheti presented
the Annual Report. The Convocation was held in the presence of Founder-Chancellor
of SRM Institute of Science & Technology and Member of Parliament Lok Sabha,
Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar, President of SRMIST Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, Vice
President Dr. R Shivakumar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. TP Ganesan,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. R Balasubramanian, Registrar Dr. N Sethuraman, Members
of the Board of Management, Members of the Academic Council among others.
Photo caption: Dr. T. S. Ravikumar,
President of AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh presented the medals and degree
certificates to outstanding students at the Special Convocation held at SRM
Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur. Also seen are Dr.
Damodar Acharya, Former-Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi; Founder-Chancellor of SRMIST
Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar, Vice-Chancellor of SRMIST Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, President
of SRMIST Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, Vice President Dr. R Shivakumar,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. TP Ganesan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. R Balasubramanian
and Registrar Dr. N Sethuraman.
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