PRESIDENT
MEETS GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM TIRUPATTUR IN TAMIL NADU
The President of India, Dr. A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam met a group of students from Tirupattur here today.
The students studying various courses in the science and information
technology branches were very enthusiastic about their meeting
with the President.
In their interaction with Dr.
Kalam, a number of issues relating to national development were
discussed. The President told the students that the nation needed
to concentrate on five most fundamental needs if it is to attain
the status of developed nation. These are: education and health
care, agriculture and food processing, communications and Information
Technology, infrastructure like roads, power and drinking water
and finally critical technologies.
Dr. Kalam asked the students
to work hard as that was the foundation for any progress. Speaking
about faster economic progress, the President said there is a
need for a national vision, which should take the form of a movement.
Discussing the Information Technology courses which the students
are currently enrolled in, Dr. Kalm said IT needs to be applied
to various fields to make it effective and useful to the people.
He gave the examples of tele-medicine, tele-education, e-commerce.
Finally speaking to the teachers
accompanying the students, the President said that the nation
needed teachers as true Gurus. They along with proper upbringing
from the mother and father would create enlightened citizens.
