Doon University celebrated the 86th birth anniversary of former President APJ Abdul Kalam by organising ‘World Students’ Day’ on Sunday. The programme was organised by the science club of the university.
On the occasion, senior scientist and a friend of former President, Dhirendra Sharma talked about Kalam’s simplicity and high thinking that defined India’s ‘President’ in new terms. He stressed on one of the significant thoughts he gathered from Kalam that youth must not search for jobs but always look for some work that can contribute in the growth of the nation. He added that Kalam had a special bonding with Dehradun and visited his house two months before he died in April 2017.
The Dean academics of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Sarnam focused mainly on Kalam’s contribution as a scientist and as a President who worked selflessly for the growth of the nation.
The former Director of Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE) DRDO, AK Gupta said that India touched zenith during the time of Kalam as the President.
The vice-chancellor (V-C) of the university Kusum Arunachalam presented memento to all the guests. She highlighted contribution of Kalam in the field of science and technology.
Charu Negi, a student of Physical Sciences gave a brief note on Kalam’s life journey whereas two other students Kriti Bijalwan and Aditi Kainthola pursuing MSc Chemistry gave a presentation on Nobel Award 2017 in Chemistry.
later a debate was also held on ‘Nuclear energy’. A short movie on Kalam was also shown to the students.