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On Tuesday, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar had a discussion with coaching students and said that they should not be afraid of failure as no great work in the world has been done in a single attempt.
He also advised the students not to allow anyone to dictate their course of action and to behave like a river that serves society at large.
He also discussed the failure of Chandrayaan-2 and the success of Chandrayaan-3, the vice president called upon the students to choose careers in life as per their interests and caliber.
"Don't be driven by family, friends, or neighbors," he told the students.
Mr. Dhankhar said that (an academic) degree is good but their talent and passion do not lie in a degree, citing examples of business tycoons like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Paul Allen who were college dropouts.
"Behave not like a canal but like a river that serves the society at large and civilizations grow around it," the vice president said.
"Dear students, havens have never fallen on Earth's planet historically... I was a topper in class, what could have happened if I were in second position, nothing," he said during the interaction with the students.
It is a lifetime occasion for him that he was face to face with those who will change the face of India, Mr. Dhankhar told the students.
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