06/10/2026
Concentrate on skills: VC Sambasiva Rao and
Prof. Kavikishore at PB Siddhartha
Vijayawada, October 6: Science students should develop technical knowledge by working in the relevant industry, said Prof. K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao, Vice Chancellor of RVR and NRI Institute of Technology Deemed University. Speaking at the Biological Sciences Induction Program organized at the Webinar Hall of the Departments of Biological Sciences of PB Siddhartha College of Arts and Science on Tuesday, he said that knowledge should be converted into skills. Prof. Dr. PB Kavikishore, Department of Genetics, Osmania University said that skills of machine learning, data science and AI should be applied in biology. He said that Yellapragada Subbarao of Andhra Pradesh who did hiscresearch on antibiotics as a student of Dr. Fiske at Harvard University, could not receive the Nobel Prize just because he was both an Indian and Telugu man. Thomas Alva Edison After many failures, he successfully demonstrated the electric bulb at Pearl Harbor, and despite being offered a large sum of money by the Philips company, he continued his research in his small shed. After three years of medical education, Darwin changed his direction towards the research on the evolution of human life. Chinnayasuri, who did not go to any school, achieved concentration and showed his erudition to the world through his works on Panchatantra Translation and Balavyakaranam. Sanjeev Dev, who did not go to school, grew up to be a rare talent as a writer and painter who learned 29 languages. He said that students should take great people as inspiration, and concentrate on skills and change the face of the country. In the end, Professors Dr. Sambasiva Rao and Dr. Kavi Kishore were felicitated by the Principal Dr. Meka Ramesh, Director Vemuri Baburao and Dean Prof. Rajesh C. Jampala.
