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Friday, March 27, 2009

Re: [India_Vision_2020] Abdul Kalam to be awarded Hoover medal

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Good to know that Dr Abdul Kalam is adding one more feather to his cap by this award. No amount of awards or titles is going to add much to his stature. He has already proved his greatness to the world. Still, we all feel very happy. As a society and group with close interactions we feel personal pride.

After the honour, say some time in May, let the associations and societies in Chennai (like Indivision groups, prpoint groups, Cyber Society, Computer Society and other like minded societies and groups join together and call him for a meeting in Chennai and honour him with a special address from him.

V Rajendran

Secretary Cyber Society of India

--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com>
Subject: [India_Vision_2020] Abdul Kalam to be awarded Hoover medal
To: "India Vision group" <India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com>, action2020@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 10:13 PM

Dear friends

Dr Abdul Kalam will be receiving an International Award for his outstanding service to humanity. Please read the story released by ANI.

Srinivasan
Moderator

http://www.littleab out.com/2009/ 03/27/abdul- kalam-to- be-awarded- hoover-medal/

New Delhi, Mar 27 (ANI): Former Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2008 Hoover Medal for his outstanding service to humanity.

The announcement to this effect was made in New York on Friday.The citation said that the award would be presented to Dr. Kalam at a special ceremony on April 28.

It applauded the former president was his achievements such as bringing quality medical care to rural areas by establishing a link between doctors and technocrats, using spin-offs of defense technology to create state-of-the- art medical equipment, and launching telemedicine projects connecting remote rural-based hospitals to the super-specialty hospitals.

The awardees of the Hoover medal are chosen by representatives from the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. During his presidentship, he was popularly known as 'People's President'.

Before his term as India's president, Dr. Kalam worked as an engineer with Defence Recearch and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was awarded India's highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work in the two organisations and his role as a scientific advisor to the Indian government.

Dr. Kalam is also highly respected as a scientist. He played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998. (ANI)