Students remember Dr Abdul Kalam on 85th birth anniversary

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, October 15

The Faculty of Education, ICFAI University, Dehradun, today celebrated the 85th birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, which is declared as World Students’ Day by the United Nations in 2010, to honour the great scientist. All BEd students visited ‘New Life Academy’ Middle School in Selaqui, Dehradun.

A motivational video on the life of Dr Kalam were shown to students. The video was based on his childhood struggle days and his contribution to the scientific research and modernisation of defence technology in India.

An interactive session on Kalam’s life was organised between teachers and students. The aim of the interactive session was to celebrate the life of great scientist, tutor, philosopher, visionary and a dynamic personality.

Meanwhile, a lecture series was organised by the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, SBSPGI, Balawala, to commemorate the 85th birth anniversary of Dr Kalam. Eminent personalities like Dr MK Nautiyal, Director, Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology, Haldi, Dr LP Singh, Principal Scientist, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee and Dr Piyush Joshi, Senior Scientific Officer, UCOST, Dehradun, delivered motivational talk to students and encouraged them to take up research as their career.

Institute director Dr FC Garg and Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology head Dr Sanjay Gupta felicitated distinguished experts.