Address at theInnovation and Leadership Forum

Bangalore06 June 2006

World Knowledge PlatformWorld Knowledge Platform

by

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul KalamDr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Visionary Leaders make the nation GreatVisionary Leaders make the nation Great

• Has become $91 Billion company

• 3.5 lakh knowledge workers in 75 countries in the world,

• Serving over 174 clients speaking more than 165 languages.

“THINK”, A Visionary Slogan of Thomas J Watson.

“Thinking provides knowledge

Knowledge makes you great”

Today

What I am witnessing today in front of me is a beautiful tribute to the founder of IBM

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Speech to Text for Indian Languages?

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Vision statement of Prof Vikram Sarabhai in 1970Vision statement of Prof Vikram Sarabhai in 1970

VISION To RealityVISION To Reality““India should build her own huge India should build her own huge rocket systems and spacecraft and rocket systems and spacecraft and launch from her own soil to enrich launch from her own soil to enrich

the Indian life in satellite the Indian life in satellite communication, remote sensing communication, remote sensing

and meteorology.” and meteorology.”

India can build any type of India can build any type of satellite launch vehicle, satellite launch vehicle,

any type of spacecraft and any type of spacecraft and launch from Indian soil and launch from Indian soil and

also it has all the also it has all the capability, with its mighty capability, with its mighty

facilities and powerful facilities and powerful human resource human resource

SLVSLV ASLVASLV PSLVPSLV

GSLVGSLV

Can computer challenge the Brain?Can computer challenge the Brain?

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Moderately priced PCs capable of performing about a billion calculations per second today, will be able to perform about a trillion calculations per second within next 10 years.

It is predicted that by 2019, the computational ability of an ordinary PC would exceed the capability of human brain.

By 2029, the capability of a normal PC would be around 1000 times of the human brain.

Definitely my view is: the creativity of the human mind will always Definitely my view is: the creativity of the human mind will always

be superior to even the most powerful computer in the horizon. be superior to even the most powerful computer in the horizon.

UniversalisationUniversalisationCollaboration between Collaboration between INDO-US Universities INDO-US Universities

• 300 Universities• 7 IIT’s• 1 IISc

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