Use technology to develop, overcome divisions: Kalam
Monday, 12 May 2003, 19:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: The people should use science and technology to lay the foundation for national development that will help overcome "petty squabbles" and "sectarian considerations", President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said Sunday. Breakthroughs in diverse fields, including information and communications technology, space, nuclear energy and automobiles, pointed to a bright future for the entire economy, Kalam said in a message on the occasion of National Technology Day, which marks India's nuclear tests five years ago. "That is the key to self-reliance in science and technology, which in turn is crucial for overall national development. Only then will the vision 2020 of a developed India be possible," said Kalam, one of the driving forces behind the five nuclear tests conducted at Pokhran in May 1998. The vision of a developed India should fire the imagination of the people "to enable them to acquire a forward looking and dynamic urge to bring about a future that promises a still better future - vibrant, ever growing and one that is productively more efficient". "When that happens all petty squabbles, be they in the name of religion or any other, and all sectarian considerations will be forgotten and the country will move forward on its relentless onward path to become a developed nation by 2020," Kalam noted. Kalam has relentlessly pushed the use of cutting edge technology and e-governance for improving the lives of India's rural population since he became president last year. "Technology is linked to economy and environment through manufacture. Economy and environment bring technology to society," he said. "Technology will become an important tool for providing urban facilities in rural areas by giving physical, electronic, knowledge and economic connectivities."
Source: IANS
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