Rourkela (Orissa): Former President APJ
Abdul Kalam on Saturday advised young engineers to set a goal,
acquire knowledge to achieve the mission of life with hard
work and perseverance.
Addressing the seventh convocation of the National
Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, as chief guest, Kalam
asked the engineering graduates to evaluate their action plan
time and again with sincerity and said 'nothing is impossible
in life'.
"Even a street boy and a visibly challenged person can
have the ambition to become the President of our great
nation," the eminent scientist said.
Sincerity and devotion can take one to any place,
Kalam said, while asking the students to say with him: "I can
do it, we can do it and India can do it."
He emphasised the need to speed up the development of
the nation stating, “We want a developed country by 2020, which
is a challenge for everybody."
In a developed country, people will have sufficient
energy, quality water to all, improvement in agriculture,
quality education, a corruption free government, a crime free
society with no terrorism, Kalam said.
In all, 326 BTech, 135 MTech, 20 MTech (Research),
30 MCA, 27 MSc students and 13 PHD students were conferred
degrees in the convocation.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 17:20