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Canadian
University to honour APJ Abdul Kalam
Thursday, September 23, 2010 03:20:59 PM,
Gurmukh Singh, IANS
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Toronto:
A top Canadian university will confer an honorary doctorate degree
on former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam next week.
The University of Waterloo, in the city of BlackBerry, will host
the renowned space scientist and honour him with an honorary
degree in the humanities. The world famous university had also
hosted the former Indian president during his visit here in April
2008 to deliver a public lecture on the subject of 'Canada and
India-Partnership in Global Development.'
During his visit, Kalam will also deliver a public lecture on the
topic of 'Science is Borderless: The future belongs to science and
those who make friends with science.'
To be delivered in Toronto Sep 30, the lecture has been organized
by the Canadian Club which often invites famous people from around
the world to share their views on major issues.
Apart from visiting the University of Waterloo, the former
president will also deliver lectures at the University of Toronto
in Toronto, McMaster University in Hamilton near here, Brock
University in St Catharines near Niagara Falls, and the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Kalam will also speak on the burgeoning Canada-India partnership
at a luncheon Sep 29 at the Canada-India Mining and Metals Forum
in Toronto. An Indian delegation led by Vijay Kumar, secretary in
the ministry of mines, will attend the three-day forum from Sep
27.
"We have 30-35 participants coming for India to interact with
Canadian mining companies and investors for promoting partnership
between the two countries in this sector,'' V.I. Lakshmanan,
co-chair of the Forum, told IANS.
"We want to create synergy between our two countries to meet
India's need for resources as Canada is the only country which
offers end-to-end solution for India's needs,'' he added.
Canada is the global leader in the mining sector, with the world's
largest number of mining companies listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange. The country hold an annual gathering of mining companies
and investors each year under the auspices of the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada.
(Gurmukh Singh can be contacted at gurmukh.s@ians.in)
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