Kolkata: Pepsico boss Indra Nooyi on Saturday urged the outgoing batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) to use their skills and insights to tackle India’s “inter-connected” and “global” challenges.
Nooyi, herself an IIM-C alumnus, gave a few pointers to graduating students at the 50th annual convocation at the institute’s campus in Joka, on the outskirts of Kolkata.
Nooyi stressed the “complex challenges” that India faces were inter-connected and global, and require solutions, leadership and expansive thinking.
“We still face complex challenges like inequality, climate change, and resource scarcity that demand solutions and leadership. Making these challenges even more complex is the fact that they are all interconnected. You cannot dive into one issue without touching another,” she said in her address.
“At the same time, no issue can be contained within a particular country. Most issues you will deal with are global. You will have to learn how to take off your blinders, think expansively, and realise that you are part of a global ecosystem,” she said.
She highlighted the “critical” role of students as “problem-solvers”. (IANS)
