Amity Global Business School dean Vivekanand Pandey addresses the students and faculty members at the orientation programme on Wednesday. Picture by Ashok Sinha

Achieving success or living an ethical life are desires only to be achieved with hard work, advised the chief guest of an orientation programme at a business school in Patna.

Amity Global Business School welcomed the new batch of bachelor of business administration (BBA) and master of business administration (MBA) students on Wednesday.

Satya Sheel Vats, assistant general manager (human resources), Idea Cellular, Patna, addressed the newbies. His one advice to the students was to believe in hard work.

Addressing the students on the campus, Vats said: “A person’s urge to become successful or an ethical human being or earn money is just desires. Labour or hard work has to be put in to achieve the desires — a person’s goal.”

While advising the BBA and MBA students, Vats wanted to know from the newbies their goals.

The students told Vats of their different goals. For instance, Anupam of BBA first-year said he wanted to become a successful entrepreneur.

Vats said: “We are our biggest competitor. One has to understand this and start working for his/her betterment. This will ensure the growth of one’s personality.”

Offering an example, he said: “For a manager, A equals R but for a leader, A is greater than R. ‘A’ is ambition and ‘R’ is resource. Ambition should always be greater than resource. If this happens, one will always move ahead to fulfil his/her ambition.”

Amity Global Business School’s dean Vivekanand Pandey, asked the students to keep the spark of knowledge and ambition alive in themselves.

He said: “Always keep the spark for knowledge in you. This is the only way to success. Don’t get disheartened or frustrated. Keep going.”

Recently, students of the Nalanda University’s first batch were also apprised of the institution’s mission and vision.

Nalanda University vice-chancellor Gopa Sabharwal and dean, academic planning, Anjana Sharma spoke to the 15 students of the first batch. Five faculty members and other varsity officials were also present in the one-hour-45-minute event that was followed by high tea.

Students of the two schools — School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences and School of Historical Studies — were oriented towards the educational journey ahead.

The university embarked on a new journey last week over 800 years after the ancient global university was attacked by Ikhtiyar-uddin Mohammed Bin Bakhtyar Khilji, a general of Qutbuddun Aibak, in 1193 and set it on fire. Legend has it, he mistook the university for a fort.

Co-ordinator of Amity’s orientation programme Shubhodeep Chakraborty stressed on the students the need to be punctual and practise self-discipline.

He also spoke on anti-ragging measures on the campus. He said: “Amity is a campus free of ragging. A healthy introduction to seniors is the norm but they won’t ask the newbies to do anything outrageous. You will find the seniors to be friendly and cooperative.”