‘His inspirational thoughts will always remain with us’
Retired scientist of the Central Drug Research Institute, Pradeep Srivastava, who had an opportunity to meet late APJ Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhawan on November 6, 2006 recalled how that one hour changed his life. “During the discussion, a scientist asked Kalam which was the latest science on which India should work? ‘Nanotechnology’, answered Kalam and explained that on his visit to South Korea, he saw a movie, where there was no angioplasty, no operation required to operate a clot in the coronary artery of the heart. There were nano-robots that entered the heart and cleared the clot. This was how Kalam dreamt India should go,’’ said Srivastava.