Clean lines of engineering drawing appealed me: Lt.Gen Naravane

Lieutenant General and Army chief-designate Maj Naravane on Sunday offered a glimpse of his thinking process to students by recalling how "clean and straight lines of engineering drawing" once appealed his "military mind". Lt. General Naravane was speaking at golden jubilee function of his alma mater Jnana Prabhodhini School in Pune, where he was felicitated.

"My best and favourite subject was engineering drawing. I like entire concept of being able to visualise things in a free dimension, being able to see things in different perspectives, find out what are angles involved, get a holistic view of problem and to be able to translate into a drawing...actually a plan on paper," senior commander said.

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Lt. General said this ability to visualise problems and resolve m operationally helped him immensely in his career, which he said was "greatest teaching I got in school". "Somehow I like clean lines of engineering drawing. Everything is in a straight line, which Army is famous for. Everything is in right angles with each or line after line, which somehow appealed military mind me," vice chief of army staff said.

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He vised students to pursue things with passion, sincerity and purpose. "Wherever you are, whatever you do, please do it with complete sincerity, passion and purpose," Lt. General ded.

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