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President tells scientists to fight poverty through labs
Bangalore, June 07: Describing poverty as the country`s chief `enemy`, President A P J Abdul Kalam today urged scientists and young researchers to fight it through breakthrough research in the country`s laboratories.
He also noted that the science and technology policy
announced by the union government early this year gave more
freedom to science and technology.
Feeling at home among the scientists at the institute, he
recalled the time he spent as part of the community and also
had a word of advice for the scientists-- "not to be
disheartened by failures which were sometimes part of
research".
Kalam praised the work being done at the institute, which
he called, a creation of eminent scientist C N R Rao and said
its laboratories were remarkable.
Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi and Chief Minister S M
Krishna were among those present on the occassion.
Bureau Report