Top 10 motivational & inspirational quotes by Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar is an Indian billionaire and the founder of HCL Technologies. Born in a small village in Tamil Nadu, Nadar had lost his father & had seven siblings, his mother was the sole bread earner. He completed his education from a moderate school & then joined an IT firm. In 1976, Shiv Nadar gave up his job and founded HCL Technologies to pursue his dreams. With this, he started manufacturing IT hardware.

Today, HCL Technologies is one of the leading software providers in the world. In 2008, he was honoured with Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the Indian IT industry. Let’s check some of the motivational and inspirational quotes by Shiv Nadar.

Top 10 quotes by Shiv Nadar:

1. “Adaptability and constant innovation is key to the survival of any company operating in a competitive market.”

2. “If you are calm about your ambitions, you become confident of achieving what you set out to do.”

3. “A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That’s how an institution becomes one.”

4. “Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it.”

5. “When you are running a business, there is a constant need to reinvent oneself. One should have the foresight to stay ahead in times of rapid change and rid ourselves of stickiness in any form in the business.”

6. “It is good to start as young as you can. What is more important is to carve out your vision and assess your readiness to start giving. Commitment and purpose are core to giving.”

7. “We need schools like Doon and Mayo for the poor.”

8. “I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly brought us up.”

9. “Any institutions’ alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to our students.”

10. “In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother… You have to be patient, and we have been very patient for a long time.”

These were the top 10 motivational and inspirational quotes by Shiv Nadar.