Convocation address by the Chief Guest
Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan (Krish), is Chairman of Axilor Ventures,
a company supporting and funding startups.
It is an honour and privilege for me to be with
you on this important and happy occasion.
Congratulations to all the graduates, your
teachers and parents.
My congratulations to Manipal Academy
of Higher Education for being conferred
the prestigious status as an “Institution of
Eminence”.
Convocation is an important milestone. It is
a day we formally step forward into the next
chapter in our lives. I have titled my talk as
“Navigating Disruptions”. We are living in
interesting times with emerging technologies,
creating multiple disruptions in industry,
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economy and our lives.
This is the era of the fourth industrial
revolution, which is powered by several
technological advances. It is characterized
by a fusion of technologies that is blurring
the lines between the physical, digital and
biological domains. There is tremendous
disruption at the edge and at the intersection
of the emerging technology domains and
economic activity. Some of the technologies
defining this era are:
• Digital computing, which is increasing
in power and decreasing in cost.