The Indian mind needs to be familarised with the principles of modern progress, a universal impulse for enquiry and enterprise awakened, and earnest thinking and effort promoted. A new type of Indian citizenship purposeful, progressive and self-respecting should be created, and self-reliant nationhood developed.
In his preface to the book "Reconstructing India" (1920). The Most Celebrated Indian Engineer:Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.