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Youth urged to work towards building a young nation of ancient civilisation. SRIVILLIPUTTUR: Indian technocrats have to develop cost-effective technology to bridge the urban-rural and developed-developing countries divide, said the Secretary of Department of Science and Technology, T. Ramasami. Delivering the inaugural Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam endowment lecture at the Kalasalingam University here on Saturday, he said that the very gap between rural and urban and the developed and developing was caused by technology. Access to technology was possible only when there was required infrastructure, capital and market. Cost optimisation in innovation would help overcome the issue of capital, he said. Pointing out that India spent only five per cent on Chandrayaan project of what other countries had spent for their similar projects, Dr. Ramasami said that it was possible only because of the cheaper technology of the Indian scientists. Stating that the country would have the unique advantage of having one-third of the total world youth population by 2020, he urged the youth to work towards building a young nation of ancient civilisation. “We need not look up for anything to other countries,” he said adding that the ancient civilisation and spirituality of the country had answers for many universal problems for which only India could offer solutions. Freedom of thought that formed the basis of creativity was abundant in democratic India, he said. Dr. Ramasami honoured the first batch of the alumni at the function to mark the inauguration of the silver jubilee celebration of Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering. The Secretary also laid a foundation stone for the silver jubilee building. Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sadagopan, released a newsletter on the occasion. The university Chancellor, T. Kalasalingam, said the educational institution was started in a rural area only to provide access to quality higher education to rural students. Student enrolment to be increasedThe Vice-Chancellor, C. Thangaraj, said that the university had planned to increase the student enrolment to 10,000 by 2010 from the present 3,000. The Pro-Chancellor K. Sridharan, also spoke.
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