DHANBAD, March 21 -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday urged students and academicians to embrace 'action-driven compassion' and integrate human values into technology and governance while delivering the first centenary lecture at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

Addressing a packed Penman Auditorium, Satyarthi stressed that compassion must go beyond passive empathy. "Compassion is not just feeling someone's pain; it is taking responsibility to end that pain as if it were your own," he said, calling for a shift from awareness to meaningful action. He introduced the idea of a "Compassion Quotient (CQ)," urging young minds to cultivate awareness, emotional connection and accountability.

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