a series of other unique concepts have made bose a leader in home entertainment boses contribution to both audio technology as well as his dedication to the field of education will be remembered forever said ajit g nambiar cmd bpl a brand which was once very popular among consumers for its audio systems with over 24 patents to his credit what drove bose to great heights in his mission on acoustics was clearly his passion to create something new an inventor of global standing whose name is synonymous with acoustics and will be remembered for transforming the way we listen to sound said kiran mazumdarshaw cmd biocon the fact that he valued science more than money is clear from what he once told a science magazine in an interview i would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by mbas but i never went into business to make money i went into business so that i could do interesting things that hadnt been done before unconventional in the manner he went about managing the business bose refused to offer stock to the public this enabled him to pump in large sums in research bose is a role model for all indians he was a pioneer in creating a success story that gave credibility to india he combined research with practice he was an innovator par excellence his impact would be felt for many generations said vijay govindarajan professor at tuck at dartmouth with inputs from anshul dhamija and shilpa phadnis in bangalore and piyush pandey in mumbai