President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam : A P J Abdul Kalam selected speeches/

Includes indexes.

V. 1. July 2002-February 2004 --
v. 2. January 2004-December 2005.

1. EVOLUTION OF A BEAUTIFUL INDIA
Address to the Nation on the Eve of 55th Republic
Day, New Delhi, 25 January 2004
2. VOTING - A SACRED MISSION
Address to the Nation on the Occasion of the Elections
to the 14th Lok Sabha, 18 April 2004
3. EDUCATION FOR DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE
Address to the Nation on the Eve of 58th
Independence Day, New Delhi, 14 August 2004
4. STRENGTH OF INDIA-POST LIES IN ITS PEOPLE
Address at the Inauguration of the Sesquicentennial
Celebrations of India-Post, New Delhi, 4 October 2004
5. INNOVATION AND ITS DIMENSIONS
Address at the 3rd Annual Award Distribution Function
of National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad, 5
January 2005
6. ACTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
Address to the Nation on the Eve of
Day, New Delhi, 25 J.nuaey 20«r
7. A COMMITMENT TO A CARING POLITY
Address to Parliament, New Delhi 25 p k
25 February 2005
8. INNOVATION - AN KNCINK OF KNOW LKDCiE SOCIKTV
Speech while Presenting the Indian Innovation
Awards 2005, New Delhi, 7 March 2005
9. DISCOVERING INDIA - D'S NA.MICS OF TRAVEL AND
TOURISM
Address at the Inauguration of the 5th Global Travel
and Tourism Summit, New Delhi, 8 April 2005
10. EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
Address at the Inauguration of the National Summit
of Rural NGOs of India, New Delhi, 25 April 2005
11. PROVIDING WATER TO EVERY CITIZEN OF THE
COUNTRY
Inaugural Address at the National Water Convention
2005, New Delhi, 11 May 2005
12. ONGC - FUELLING THE ECONOMY OF THE NATION
Address at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., Dehradun,
14 August 2005
13. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE BY THE YEAR 2030
Address to the Indian Institute of Petroleum,
Dehradun, 14 August 2005
14. take GREEN TECH TO THE PEOPLE
Address at the Inauguration of Green Building
Congress 2005, New Delhi, 15 September 2005
15. e-governance to be citizen-friendly
Address al the Inauguration of e-Governauce Portal
at Rashlrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 13 October 2005
16. STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PILLARS OE DEMOCRACY
Address at the National Conference on Legal
Empowerment on the occasion of National Legal
Literacy Day, New Delhi, 9 November 2005
17. PURA - AN INSTRUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
Address at the Presentation of the Indira Gandhi prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2004, New
Delhi, 19 November 2005
18. SOLUTIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT SOCIETY
Address during the Inauguration of the Regional
Conference of the South Asian Chapters of
Transparency International India, New Delhi,
25 November 2005
2. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
1. TOURISM INDUSTRY - PROSPECT FOR WEALTH
GENERATION
Address at the Inauguration of the Seminar on
Tourism, Ahmedabad, 15 October 2004
2. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FOR A STABLE
SOCIETY
Address at the Association of Women Entrepreneurs
of Karnataka, Bangaluru, 16 January 2004
3. KEEPING THE ENV IRONMENT CLEAN
Address at the Inauguration of India Country Level
Development Market Place, New Delhi, 21 June 2004
4. BANKINC ,SKCTOR - REINFORCING THE ECONOMY
OF THE NATION
Address at the Bankers" Conference 2004, New Delhi
10 November 2004 '
5. IITF - A L'MQUE BLEND OF TRADE AND TRADn iON
Address at the Inauguration of 24th India International
Trade Fair - 2004, New Delhi, 14 November 2004
6. SECOND GREEN REVOLIJ I ION FOR FARMERS
Address durin^^ the Inau<^uration of Symposium on
Uncommon Opportunities: A Roadmap for
Employment, Food and Cilobal Security, New Delhi,
20 November 2004
7. KEYS TO GAIN A COMPEH I I\ E EDGE
Address at the 25th Convocation of National Institute
of Design, Paidi, Ahmcdabad, 5 January 2005
8. CRITICAL FEA rURES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Address durin{» the Inauf^uration of PMI - Asia Pacific
Conference 2005 through Video Conference,
Hyderabad, 15 April 2005
9. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS - FOR ECONOMIC
HEALTH
Addiess at the ICAI's International Conference on
Accounting Profession: Adding Value to New Horizons
of Economic Growth, New Delhi, I September 2005
10. AUDITING-A QUALITY ASSURANCE PHENOMENON
11.
Address at the All India Conference of the Accountants
General, New Delhi, 20 September 2005
BHARAT NIRMAN - BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE IN
rural AREAS
Address at the Inauguration of the National
Workshop on "Vision 2020 - India" (PURA and Growth
entres for Making India a Developed Nation), New
Delhi, 12 November 2005
12. TRANSFORMING VISION TO MISSIONS
Address at the Centenary Celebrations of PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi,
21 December 2005
3. HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE
1. SERVICE TO HUMAN BEING IS SERVICE TO GOD
Address at the Inauguration of the Super Speciality
and Research Block of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New
Delhi, 16 July 2004
2. ELIMINATION OF POLIO - A GLOBAL MISSION
Address at the Inauguration of International Polio Plus
Summit, New Delhi, 7 August 2004
3. MISSION TOWARDS HEALTHY HEARTS
Address at the Inauguration of the International Centre
for Biomedical Sciences and Technologies (Research,
Training & Applications), Chennai, 2 October 2004
4. NANO-SCIENCE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND
BRAIN RELATED DISEASES
Address during the Presentation of Ranbaxy Research
Awards for the Years 2002 and 2003, New Delhi,
8 October 2004
5. TECHNOLOGY BRINGS SMILES TO SPECIAL
CHILDREN
Address at the Dedication of Polytechnic of Spastic
Society of Karnataka, Bangaluru, 5 November 2004
6. EYE CARE - A NOBLE MISSION
Address at the Inauguration of ORBIS DC-10 Flying
Eye Hospital Programme, New Delhi, 10 March 2005
7. MISSION FOR TOTAL P:RADICATION OF LFPROSV
Address at the Annual (ieneral Meeting of Hind
Kusht Nivaran Saiif^h at \ islnva \ uvak Kendra, New
Delhi, 2 May 2005
8. CANCER TREATMENT: CHALLEN(;ES
Address at the Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Oncology
and Research, Coimhatore, 6 July 2005
9. PROV IDING HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AREAS
Address at the Parumala Unit of International Centre
for Cardio Thoracic and \ ascular Diseases, Parumala,
29 July 2005
10. RANBAXY EOR INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Address at the New Research & Development Centre
of Ranbaxy, Gurj^aon, 16 Au{»ust 2005
11. PROVIDING EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE TO ALL
Address at the 9th Annual Meeting (Forum-9) of
Global Forum for Health Research, Mumbai,
12 September 2005
12. VISION FOR ALL
Address at the Celebration of the World Sight Day,
Hyderabad, 15 October 2005
13. HEARING AND SPEECH FOR ALL
Address at the Inauguration of the 3rd Cochlear
Implant Ciroup of India Conference, New Delhi,
5 November 2005
14. NIMHANS FOR NEUROSCIENCES
Address at the 10th Convocation of National Institute
of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangaluru, 21
November 2005
15. TELE-MEDICINE FOR PEOPLE IN REMOTE AREAS
Speech on the Occasion of Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration,
Christian Medical College, Vellore, I December 2005
16. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL
OF HUMAN MISERY
Address at the Inauguration of the Ayurveda Hospital
Complex and Interaction with the Students,
Ernakulam, Kerala, 17 December 2005
17. REHABILITATION THROUGH MODERN TECH
NOLOGY
Address at the Swami Vivekananda National Institute
of Rehabilitation Training and Research (NIRTAR),
Cuttack, 27 December 2005
18. TWIN CHALLENGES FOR HEALTH CARE
COMMUNITY
Address at the Inauguration of the Paediatric Oncology
Department, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna,
30 December 2005
4. EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE
1. KNOWLEDGE - PRIME MOVER OF PROSPERITY
Speech while Inaugurating the International
Conference on Digital Libraries-2004, New Delhi, 24
February 2004
2. CREATIVE ART IGNITES THE MINDS
Address at The Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Lalit
Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 9 August 2004
3. ART ELEVATES THE MIND
Speech at the Ciolden Jubilee Celebrations of the
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, 8
November 2004
4. SUCCEEDINT; against ES I ABLISIIED PA l l ERNS
Speech at I he Children's Science Confjress at Science
City, Ahmedabad, 5 .laniiary 2005
5. CHALLENGES FOR THE WORI J) (OMMl NMA
Address to The Students and Faculty Members of
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 12 January
2005
6. TOWARDS A DISEASE-FREE INDIA
Address at I he First Convocation of Kinfj CJeor<je's
Medical University, Lucknow, 14 January 2005
7. WOMANHOOD - A BEAUTIFUL CREATION OF GOD
Address to the Girl Children of the Capital Or<^ anized
by The National Commission for Women, New Delhi,
17 January 2005
8. INGREDIENTS OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Speech at the 16th Convocation of Indira
Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 5 March
2005
9. CREATIVITY ADDS BEAUTY TO HUMAN LIFE
Address and Interaction with School and College
Students At JNRM Auditorium, Port Blair, 5th May
2005
10. education with value SYSTEM
Address at the 175th year Celebration of Scottish
hurch Collegiate School, Kolkata, 13th July 2005
11. MUSIC - AN ELEVATING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL
Address during the Conferment of Sangeet Natak
Akademi Awards 2005, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi,
26 August 2005
12. POWER OF CREATIVITY
Speech while Interacting with Shillong School
Children, Raj Bhavan, Shillong, 23 September 2005
13. ENRICHING THE SOCIETY THROUGH EDUCATION
Speech while Interacting with the Students and
Faculty of Mizoram University, Mizoram, 24
September 2005
14. VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY - FOR GLOBAL CITIZENS
Address to the Universities of Kolkata, Madras and
Mumbai (Through Tele-Education Delivery System)
from Rashtrapati Bhavan, 3 October 2005
15. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Address at the First Convocation of the
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies,
Dehradun, 16 October 2005
16. EMPOWERING THE INDIAN CRAFTS AND WEAVING
SECTOR
Address at the Presentation of National Awards to
Master Craftspersons and Weavers, Vigyan Bhawan,
New Delhi, 12 December 2005
17. BIHAR VISION - DEVELOPED STATE BY 2015
Convocation Address at Patna University, Patna,
30 December 2005
1. HYDROGRAPHY AND ITS Ml I ITDIMENSIONS
Address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of National
Hydrographic Office, Dehradun, 1 June 2004
2. AIM GREAT MISSIONS, WORK FOR THEM
Address at the 21st Convocation, Sambalpur
University, 4 June 2004
3. TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION
Address at the Technology Day Award Function,
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, 30 June 2004
4. WOCKHARDT IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Address at the Inauguration of Wockhardt Biotech
Park, Aurangabad, 23 September 2004
5. ENERGY CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS TO
6.
7.
INDUSTRY
Address at the International Conference on Energy
Conservation, Ahmedabad, 15 October 2004
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP IN LUNAR
MISSIONS
Address at the International Conference on
Exploration and Utilization of Moon (lCEUM-6),
Udaipur, 23 November 2004
NANOTECHNOLOGY TO MAKE INDIA A TECH-
SAVVY NATION
Address a, ,ho 92nd Indian Science Congress,
Ahmedabad, 5 January 2005
8. CAN INDIAN SCIENCE INSPIRE YOUTH?
Address to the Nation on Science Day 2005, New
Delhi, 28 February 2005
9. ATTRACTING YOUTH FOR CAREER IN SCIENCE
Address at the Inaguration of the Seminar
on Attracting Young people to Careers in Science,
Indian Physics Association HT, New Delhi, 31 March
2005
10. SPACE MISSIONS—THINKING BEYOND OUR
PLANET
Address at the Symposium on Launch Vehicles : Past,
Present and Way Ahead at VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram,
28 July 2005
11. ELECTROMAGNET SPECTRUM : FRIEND OF
HUMANITY
Address at the Inauguration of General Assembly of
International Union of Radio Science (URSI), New
Delhi, 23 October 2005
12. GLOBAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CADRE FOR
INDIA
Address during the Inauguration of the Global
Conference on "India R&D 2005 : The World's
Knowledge Hub of the Future", Vigyan Bhavan, New
Delhi, 7 November 2005
13. DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ITS MULTIDIMENSIONS
Address at the Dedication of State-of-the-Art Digital
Mobile Laboratory for Preservation of Heritage
Manuscripts, Bangaluru, 21 November 2005
14. ENERGY CONSERVATION : CHALLENGES
Address at the Inauguration of the National Energy
Conservation Dav, New Delhi, 14 December 2005
1. mp:dia to know thi: aspirations of the
YOUTH
Address at the IPI-India Award for Excellence in
Journalism 2004, New Delhi, 6 December 2004
2. NOBILHA IN POLITICS
Address at the National Film Awards Function, N'i^yan
Bhavan, New Delhi, 2 February 2005
3. PRESS-A PARTNER IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Address at the Concluding Ceremony of Diamond
Jubilee Celebrations of Press Club, Kolkata, 13 July
2005
4. ELECTRONIC CONNECTIVITY OF A BILLION
PEOPLE
Address to the General Assembly of International
Union of Radio Science (URSI), New Delhi, 25 October
2005
7. INDIA AND THE WORLD
L INDIA-TANZANIA — MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP AND
SOLIDARITY
Speech at the Banquet hosted by the President of
Tanzania, Tanzania, 11 September 2004
INDIA-ZANZIBAR — A COMMON LINKAGE
ess during the Interaction with the People of
zibar, Zanzibar, 12 September 2004
3- evolution of empowfred society
AdcL ess at Moscow State University, Moscow, 2,1 May
4. INDIA-L KRAINK — A COMMON BOND OF
DEMOCRACA
Speech at the Banquet hosted by the President of
Ukraine, H.E. Mr. Viktor \ ushchenko, 2 June 2005
5. INDIA-AFRICA — FOR FOCUSSED MISSIONS
Address at the Valedictory Function of the Conclave
on India-Africa Project Partnership 2005 "Kxpandin<^
Hori/ons", New Delhi, 8 November 2005
8. DEFENCE
1. LEADERSHIP FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BATTLE
Address at the BASE CAMP, Siachen Glacier, Siachen
Sector, 2 April 2004
2. INDIAN AIR FORCE : PARTNER IN INTEGRATED
WARFARE
Address at the Air Force Station, Pathankot,
3 May 2004
3. IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND EFFICTENCV OF
THE SOLDIERS
Address during the Inaugration of 53rd Armed Forces
Medical Research Conference (AFMC), Pune,
I February 2005
4. RESTORATION OF CAR NICOBAR AFTER TSUNAMI
Address at the Air Force Station, Car Nicobar,
7 Mav 2005