some photos...

hai friends...how are we?

In my previous post i had mentioned about some great personalities...here they are...

there are six photos here...the top most photo...me along with my NSS volunteers...at MIT, chennai...any one who identifies me in that photo will get a gift!!!

second photo...PDA valedictory function...MIT...first from left is self, Dr. S. Sathikh, the Director of MIT, Prof S Narasimhan (about whom i mentioned in my previous post....some information on him is on net...at this link...

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www.nal.res.in/pdf/swarna8.pdf....
 the details are at the end of this post...)

next is Prof KV Narayanan (KVN), a bachelor who ensured that all the students are married to their subjects and profession!...he lives in the hearts of many!

Next photo is another NSS function...one day workshop on eradication of social evils...here too, any one who identifies me will get a prize!

next black and white photo is me, Dr Sathikh and Mr S sripal, Inspector General of Police...when he came for the guest lecture at a PDA function...later he became DGP of tamil nadu...i was the chairman of PDA.

Next photo is again NSS one day work shop on eradication of social evils...third from right is student Jayakumar singaram...a simple soul and my good friend at MIT, who reached to a level of MIT, USA...you can type his name in google and see his achievements.

last photo is me, getting the State level shield for social service, awarded by TTK foundation, at Music Academy, chennai...awarded by Mr Ravindran, DGP.

if you feel there is some achievement, all the credits go to the guys whom you see around me in photos...and not there in the photos...of course, most of the credits go to Prof KVN, Prof J Shanmugam (works presently as Director at Kumaraguru college of technology, coimbatore), Prof Ganapathy, Prof A Nagarajan, Prof Dr sathikh

among students it is Late L Palaniappan, a good soul and great driving force behind all the events of NSS and PDA, son of Union Minister P Chidambaram's brother...no one can believe that he is from the political family back ground, looking at his simplicity, down to earth personality, high morals and ethics...he was violet against corruption, social evils etc...

next is Ilango Krishnamoorthy, who is now at New Zealand...shailendra khare...and a big gang of good souls of high moral values and ethics.

bye guys...keep rocking...

rams






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Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's vision
It now appears certain that Dr A P J Abdul Kalam will be
elected the 11th President of India.
Swarnalatha R of Structures Division
recently attended a lecture by Dr
Kalam in which he outlined his
technological vision for 2020.
Over the Easter weekend, Dr A
P J Abdul Kalam, Professor of
Technology and Societal
Transformation, Anna
University,
*Prof S Narasimhan
Prof S Narasimhan is a
much-loved figure among
the MIT faculty, alumni
and students, having
taught at the aeronautical
department for a
phenomenal 36 years.
During his lecture, Dr
Abdul Kalam reverentially
recalled the two years
when he studied
structures under Prof SN.
Incidentally Prof SN was
himself present at the
lecture.
delivered the Prof SN's*
60th Birthday
Endowment Lecture
organized by the
Department of
Aeronautical Engineering,
Madras Institute of
Technology, Chennai, to
a predominantly
under-graduate
audience. He spoke on
'Aerospace Systems: A
Perspective' - which we
realised was really a peek
into his second book
Vision 2020.
Dr Kalam's lecture presented a compelling Indian
techno-logical scenario for the year 2020: "once
the core technologies are given due thrust, the
people's lives would change due to IT,
biotechnology and space technology", he
remarked, adding that "nano technology and
micro devices should also have matured and
taken over".
Dr Kalam also introduced a new statistic to
measure technology penetration: "value addition
per worker". An Indian worker, he explained, had
a 'value' of only about Rs 200 while his Korean
counterpart was worth Rs 1600 (even workers
from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand had values
above Rs 200). "Our value will go up once we
raise Indian design content", he said.
Some vignettes from Dr Kalam's vision:
Space technologies will, among other things,
Some Moments with the Essence
of Greatness
Anyone who has read "Wings of Fire"
will first be struck by the
down-to-earth attitude
of that illustrious
author-personality, who
reached heavenly
heights of greatness. So
was I, not only on
reading the book, but
also throughout the
afternoon of 30 March
2002. Dr Abdul Kalam was on his way
to Madras Institute of Technology,
Chennai, to deliver Prof SN's 60th
Birthday Endowment Lecture, the
eleventh in the series, at 3.00 p.m.
Notwithstanding a detour of about 4
km, imposed due to extensive
construction work off MIT main gate,
and a long wait at a level crossing, Dr
Kalam arrived in time at the Rajam
Memorial Hall - to a standing ovation
from the assemblage of students,
faculty and alumni of MIT. (As an
alumnus of MIT, I was on the same
route headed to the same venue,
following the motorcade). His
20-minute talk touched upon his
vision for India in 2020.
An informal get-together followed, at
the Aeronautical Engineering
Department library, where the
warmth of the ambience and the
presence of a national figure did much
to take one's mind off the hot and
humid Chennai afternoon. Of course,
there it was more like an alumnus
coming to his roots than a VVIP
"sparing his precious time to be
amidst all of us..." routine. Those
present included faculty and their
families, other alumni like self: there
ensued several introductions. When
my turn came, I drew my husband
forward and we introduced ourselves.
When Dr Kalam heard of my
Commission in the Air Force, he
recalled the time that he had
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enable 100 million phone connections and
real time universal language translation.
Communications will assume another
dimension with an aero-telecom network
Microelectronics will play a key role with the
usage of MEMS and application to
convergent digital technologies in education,
e-commerce and entertainment.
The dream of a hyperplane with a 15%
payload factor should take shape.
Antiballistic missiles, networked to satellites
and capable of killing nuclear weapons, will
be part of national defence.
Information warfare will dominate future
war and prove more lethal than nuclear
warheads.
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appeared at the Dehra Dun Selection
Board but was not selected ("Wings of
Fire", pp 22-25). My husband is a
logistics officer in the IAF and hence
aware of the totally different cup of
tea that is frontline defence. He later
remarked that had Dr Kalam been
successful then, India would never
have achieved all she did once Prof
MGK Menon and Dr Vikram Sarabhai
discovered this failed recruit!
I had carried my copy of "Wings of
Fire", signed and lovingly gifted to us
by my father. This same copy is now
Dr Kalam also revealed three cherished Indian
dreams close to his heart ("I wish they take
concrete shape after the success of GSLV and
LCA"): the hyperplane, the deep penetration
strike aircraft (DPSA) powered by a supersonic
combustion jet engine and the supersonic
passenger jet.
Firmly asserting that national development is
above geo-politics ("all of us must share this
dream of a developed India by 2020"), Dr Kalam
said: "thinking leads to progress; non-thinking
leads to the destruction of individuals,
organizations, and nations".
infinitely more priceless: the author
himself autographed it with a few
very kind words! Dr Kalam left some
time later, after talking individually
and severally to all who approached
him. We left a good 10 minutes
behind the motorcade, only to find
ourselves once again behind it at the
same level crossing! One was struck
anew by the ordinariness of an
extraordinary human!
Swarnalatha R