India, Sept. 19 -- Chief of Defence Staff General NS Raja Subramani addressed graduating students at IIT Roorkee's two-day convocation on Saturday, where 2,701 students were awarded degrees.

Subramani, the guest of honour at the ceremony, spoke about the rapidly changing global landscape and the challenges and opportunities it presents for young engineers and technologists.

Addressing the graduating students, General Subramani described the changing global environment through the acronym 'DHARA' and said that it stands for 'Disruptive, Hyperconnectedness, Asymmetry, Realignment and Autonomy'.

"I will speak about Bharat a little later, but before that I want to speak about the changing world and I will give you an acronym for that. That...