Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Address During XIV Convocation of NITIE, Mumbai

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Address During XIV Convocation of NITIE, Mumbai
Theme: "National Challenges for Industrial Engineering"
On 16 August 2008

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Rail Vision 2030: I have suggested increasing the railway route length from the existing 63,000 kilometer to 90,000 kilometer, increasing average speed of trains to 200 kilometer per hour, establishment of number of metros, integrating Indian Railways with

inland smart water-ways with 15,000 kilometers waterways, construction of multi-level railway platforms to reduce platform crowding and overall increase in the passenger and freight throughput.

PURA Mission: As I said earlier, the entire country will have 7000 PURAs (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) encompassing over 600,000 villages. The theme of PURA, apart from concentrating on reinforcing agriculture, will emphasize on agro processing, development of rural craftsmanship, dairy, fishing, silk production, so that the non-farm revenue for the rural sector is enhanced, based on the core competence of the region. Also the PURA complexes will be driven by renewable energy such as solar, wind, bio-fuel and conversion of municipal waste into power. In this approach, the aim is to make sustainable development using the core competence of the rural sector. In addition, Periya PURA and Vallam (TN) has developed a scheme called "one village one product" where 40 products from 40 villages have been selected after two levels of exhibitions in India and Tokyo in partnership with JETRO. Such programmes have to be spread in all parts of the country based on the core-competence of individual region.

All these programmes, which I have mentioned above, have social, research and technological content with substantial amount of opportunities for techno-managerial experts. Individuals can carve out their own niche areas and prepare themselves for providing quality techno-managerial support which will enable execution of the economic programmes in time and at internationally competitive costs.

Conclusion

Since I am in midst of the techno-managerial audience, I would like to talk about the relationship between the national economic development and creative leadership.

Nation's Economic Development is powered by competitiveness.

The competitiveness is powered by knowledge power.

The knowledge power is powered by technology and innovation.

The technology and innovation is powered by resource investment.

The resource investment is powered by revenue and return on investment.

The revenue is powered by volume and repeat sales through customer loyalty.

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Shreya Bhattacharya,
Student Media Cell - IMpress,
Media & PR Cell,
NITIE Business School, Mumbai.

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