The former President, Dr. Abdul Kalam, became only the second world leader to receive the British Royal Society’s prestigious King Charles II medal on Monday for his contribution to the practice and promotion of science.
Emperor Akihito of Japan was the first. He received it in 1998, a year after the award was instituted by Britain’s premier science academy to recognise excellence in science.
The award, comprising a medal and a scroll, was presented to Dr. Kalam by Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society, at a ceremony attended, among others, by industrialist Swraj Paul, economist Meghnad Desai and India’s Acting High Commissioner in London Asoke Mukerjee
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Lord Rees hailed Dr. Kalam as an “ideal recipient,” saying that he had been “tireless” in promoting science and technology in India.
Dr. Kalam said he deemed it an honour to receive the award from the world’s “pioneering scientific academy studded with eminent scientists of the world since its inception in 1660.”
In an address titled “Missions for societal transformation,” Dr. Kalam, who has resumed scientific work after laying down office earlier this year, disclosed that he was working on two areas that had a ``mission potential to have a positive effect on societal development.”
These were “energy independence” and “world knowledge platform.”
Dr. Kalam also received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Applied Sciences in recognition of his achievements.
Courtesy:The Hindu
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Former President,Dr. Abdul Kalam recive the prestigious King Charles II medal
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All wishes Mr. Kalam's Billion Bits -World's first ex-president to
launch an e-paper. His art of Management using all the latest
developments in modern technology aiming the progress of the country
with his dedicated service has become a part and parcel of everyday
life, be it at home, in the office or factory and in Government. In
all organizations, where a group of human beings assemble for a common
purpose irrespective of caste, creed, and religion, management
principles come into play through the management of resources, finance
and planning, priorities, policies and practice. Management is a
systematic way of carrying out activities in any field of human
effort. Management need to focus more on leadership skills, e.g.,
establishing vision and goals, communicating the vision and goals, and
guiding others to accomplish them. It also assert that leadership must
be more facilitative, participative and empowering in how visions and
goals are established and carried out. Some people assert that this
really isn't a change in the management functions, rather it's
re-emphasizing certain aspects of management.
Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their
weaknesses irrelevant, says the Management Guru Peter Drucker who
envisaged social responsibility for the first time. It creates harmony
in working together - equilibrium in thoughts and actions, goals and
achievements, plans and performance, products and markets. It resolves
situations of scarcity, be they in the physical, technical or human
fields, through maximum utilization with the minimum available
processes to achieve the goal. Lack of management causes disorder,
confusion, wastage, delay, destruction and even depression. Managing
men, money and materials in the best possible way, according to
circumstances and environment, is the most important and essential
factor for a successful management
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