1. What I can give to my Nation? Interaction with the IIT Alumniby
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam At
Interaction with the IIT Alumni
At PAN IIT 2004
New Delhi
24 December 2004

2. Our National Mission – Challenges
We are one billion+ people
600,000 villages with
700 millions people
260 million are below poverty line ( 36 million are unemployed)
How to uplift?
Integrated,
Simultaneous,
Connected
Actions
Habitat
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Education
Employment
Market connectivity
Quality of Life
PURA – Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
Target : 7000 PURAs

3. INTEGRATED ACTIONS FOR DEVELOPED INDIA
Social
Security
Employment & Value addition
Population control
Nutritional Security
Export Earnings
Massive Employment
Reaching the whole nation
Education & Health Care
Information and Communication Technology
Happy
& Healthy Society, Economic Strength and National
Security
Crucial for all sectors
River Networking
PURA
Agriculture & Agro-Food Processing
Infrastructure including Electric Power
Food Security
Key to Employability
Critical Technologies & Strategic Industries
I M P A C T
~ 0%
26%
People below Poverty line
>10%
>6%
GDP
Growth rate
Towards 2020
Present
Indicators
Economic Security
Technology Strengths
Self Reliance
Science & Technology
is the KEY

4. INTEGRATED ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT
“Education
for
All”
Agricultural & Agro food Processing industries
MISSION OBJECTIVES
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
&
RURAL PROSPERITY
Infrastructural facilities (Water &Energy)
Health Care – Nutritional Security
Potential for Industrial Growth – Geo Strategic Initiatives
Mission objectives:
Employment Generation,
National Wealth creation leading to Poverty Removal
CONNECTIVITY IS THE KEY
Population Management (1.1)