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of scientists and technologists is focussed on specific missions
driven by goals relevant to the common man. How is this dream
to be made real?

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Dear learner, how can Dr Abdul Kalam’s dream be realized?

We need to realize that missions are always bigger than
organizations, just as organizations are always bigger than the
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individuals who run them. Missions need effort and the mind
provides the purpose. Seen this way, consider, which department
or ministry will take man to Mars and build a habitat there? Can
200,000 MW of electric power be generated by isolated efforts
in thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear and non-conventional sectors
without an integrated effort? Can the second green revolution
happen without agricultural scientists, biotechnologists and
irrigation experts working together? Without proper diagnostic
facilities in clinics and affordable drugs reaching our masses, our
biotechnology laboratories and medical councils will continue to
perpetuate each others’ survival without serving the purpose of
their existence: to set in place the most advanced medical facili-
ties and make these available to the people at reasonable prices.

I have dwelt upon my own experiences that made me aware
of the energy field which is created by a vision. It is a power
that arises from deep within you. This power is the basis for the
movement towards excellence we saw at the time of indepen-
dence. I have been touched by this power on many occasions
while facing a challenge. Pre-independence India reverberated
with it. It helped us humble a mighty empire.

Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata brought the steel industry to
India even though the British rulers were not favourably dis-
posed to the idea. Acharya P. C. Ray nurtured the chemical and
pharmaceutical industries. We saw the birth of many great insti-
tutions like the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, started by
J. N. Tata, the Banaras Hindu University established by Pandit
Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Aligarh Muslim University set up

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