Remembering the Mighty Souls and Thereon Indian Institute of Science ADDRESS by Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM Interaction with Faculty and Students Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 14 October 2004 www.presidentofindia.nic.in

With Dr. Vikram Sarabhai My Experience “Mr. President, can you remember some of the personalities other than your parents and teachers about whom we read a lot, who influenced you in shaping your career”. -“Boston Tie” Entrepreneurs from USA “Mighty souls” who influenced my life. With Dr. Vikram Sarabhai www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Vision statement of Prof Vikram Sarabhai made in the year 1970 “India with her mighty scientific knowledge and power house of young, should build her own huge rocket systems (satellite launch vehicles) and also build her own communication, remote sensing and meteorological spacecraft and launch from her own soil to enrich the Indian life in satellite communication, remote sensing and meteorology.” VISION To Reality India can build any type of satellite launch vehicle, any type of spacecraft and launch from Indian soil and also it has all the capability, with its mighty facilities and powerful human resource www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Leadership quality from Prof. Satish Dhawan When a mission is progressed, there will always be some problems or failures, but the failures should not become the master of the programme. The leader has to subjugate the problem, defeat the problem and has to lead the team to success. This knowledge is embedded in me right from those days and standing by me through out my life. www.presidentofindia.nic.in