Ph.D. is not to get the Dr. before the name. And Ph.D. is something which you do for the promotion and salary hike. It's for the pride of the country and the institute to find and invent something which will be useful.
The service is matters. Service is the same, service to the country. There are two ends in the service, that is the front end and the back end. Front-end deal by armed forces back-end deal by the engineers and scientists.
This is the era of electronic warfare, it's very rare and occasional (except the border forces) to engage with the enemy.
The enemy now will fear of the new aircraft, fear of the new missile system, a new radar built in the aircraft built by the engineers. Every engineer who made this is not less than the army. It's not as simple as sitting in ac labs and working, we will be getting the situation of sweating in the room of 16°c temp. If the results not coming.
All I wanted to say is engineers who work for the country are the backbone of the country and the backbone or shield to the armed forces. Our every achievement saves at least one army man's life.
I pledge to serve...are you?
If I can't serve on the field I will serve off the field.
This is the inspiration I got from Great Sri Abdhul Kalam. He was rejected for the airforce pilot because he is short. But his thoughts are so big and he achieved it off the field by serving DRDO as a scientist. It is the same case with me as well. You're rejected for something but you're built to achieve something bigger. Finally, he boarded the fighter plane with honor and my day will come soon or later.
