Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
B. P. Agrawal, winner of this year’s $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, has worked in both worlds and sees, or at least feels, marked contrasts. An Indian immigrant trained as an electrical engineer, he worked for many years for major U.S. R&D corporations, enjoying a long and more-than-satisfying career. But he occasionally felt stymied by bureaucratic red tape and a “can’t do” mentality.
Recounting his experiences in his acceptance speech for the Lemelson-MIT award, Agrawal’s mantra was “nothing is impossible,” something he proved again and again to initially skeptical managers. His saving quality was that he never took rejection personally, and remained optimistic about innovation as a path to the future.
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