01-Dr.KALAAM IN PEKING..., Dr.TESSY THOMAS

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India and China should jointly work for harmony of civilization and bring peace and prosperity for world

Dr Kalam reached Beijing on 1 Nov 2012 to attend and deliver the special address to the Beijing Forum 2012 on 2 Nov 2012. He was received by the Indian Ambassador Dr S. Jaishankar and the representatives of Beijing Forum 2012 and Chinese People Institute of Foreign Affairs at the airport.

During the reception hosted by Beijing Forum 2012 today at Beijing, Prof. Zhu Shanlu, Chairman of Peiking University Council, met Dr Kalam and his team comprising Mr. Arun Kumar Sahu, Counsellor (Political & Culture) from Embassy of India, Mr. V Ponraj, Scientist; Mr, Sheridon, Executive Secretary of Dr Kalam along with Prof LI Yansong, Vice President, Peiking University with his team.

Prof. Zhu Shanlu, welcomed Dr Kalam and briefed about the Peiking University and its linkages with Delhi University and JNU. Prof. Zhu stressed the need of Institutional and Lab to Lab collaboration, Education and research programmes between India and china. Dr Kalam shared his happiness in meeting with Prof. Zhu Shanlu, Chairman of Peiking University council, Prof. LI Yansong, Vice President, Peiking University with his team along with his team. Dr Kalam had detailed discussions on the title of “Harmony of Civilization and Prosperity for All”.

During the discussions, Dr Kalam shared how two nations core competence has resulted into a Joint Venture programme called Brahmos with the investment of $150 million each that has today generated the business worth of $10 billion. Similary Dr Kalam, has conveyed to Prof. Zhu, India and China has to launch a mission which should be the role model to the entire world on cooperation and collaboration.

After detailed discussions on the core competencies of China and India, Dr Kalam and Prof. Zhu had agreed on one mission, a greatest mission for Beijing Forum 2012 is that to proclaim to the world that, we the two old and great civilization - China and India are nearly account for 1/3rd of world population, we should set an example by collaboration and cooperation by evolving joint venture programmes, properly funded by both the nation’s that will lead both the nations together to work together on the missions to find solutions to the Global challenges and to achieve harmony of civilizations and bring prosperity for all between the two nations as well as with all the other nations in the region and the world. Dr Kalam said, this one unique action will become a harbinger for evolving a great model of cooperation in an integrated and unique way for the world of nations to assimilate to arrive at world peace and prosperity for all.

"It is an honour to be called Missile Woman and Agni Putri,'' she says, beaming. She loves the moniker, more so because her role model, APJ Abdul Kalam, is called the Missile Man. She could have been an IAS officer; she even wrote the exam. But the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) interview happened the same day, and she got through. Kalam placed her in the Agni missile programme once she finished her MTech from the Defence Institute of Armament Technology, Pune, and that is where she has been ever since. "He created a great forum for the exchange of ideas and all of us have benefited from that,'' she says.