Create job creators rather than job seekers: Kalam
December 17, 2010             Category : Jobs walk-in

Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has called for new ways to harness rural entrepreneurship and for reorienting the education system to address the twin issues of skills gap and employment.

 

“Create job creators rather than job seekers,” he said presenting cases of innovative applications originating in rural areas of Assam and Kerala. “Grassroots innovators come up with creative solutions out of experience or necessity. These need to be integrated with appropriate technology to make them marketable and competitive,” he said.

 

Kalam was speaking at the inaugural of an international conference on skill development in the context of a technology-driven society. The two-day conference is organised jointly by the Rural Educational and Economic Development Society (Reeds) and the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

 

 

About APJ Abdul Kalam

 

APJ Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 into a middle-class family in Rameshwaram, a town well-known for its Hindu shrines. His father owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen, but he himself began his career as a newspaper vendor.

 

He then earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from a technology institute in Madras.Professor Kalam joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in the neighbouring state of Kerala in the 1960s as one of its first three engineers.

 

He played a major role in the centre's evolution to a key hub of space research in India, helping to develop the country's first indigenous satellite-launch vehicle.The Indian media have attributed the development of India's advanced technology guided missiles to Professor Kalam's leadership.

 

Indian scientists have hailed him as the father of the Indian nuclear bomb and its missile delivery systems.

 

Nationalist visionary

 

Professor Kalam played an important role in India's nuclear tests  and was awarded the "Bharat Ratna", or the Jewel of India, the country's highest civilian award.

 

A vegetarian bachelor, Professor Kalam was quoted as saying that like most of the technology he spearheaded, he himself was "Made in India", having never been trained abroad.

 

In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been translated in many Indian languages.

 

Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma Bhushan (1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions.

 

Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

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