OUR MENTOR'S IDEA

A saying from Mr. Washington Irving, “Great minds have purposes, other have wishes” following these lines our former Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has envisaged a concept of PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas) which may expedite the development of education, employment, healthcare and infrastructure of rural areas and to stop recurrent migration to cities for better living.


The concept visualizes an annular ring shaped town integrating minimum of 10 to 15 villages of about 60 km sq. area stretch. It requires only one transportation route helping high efficiency mass transportation. It concentrates on four connectivity namely,


Physical connectivity – an integrated infrastructure of health centres, school, warehouses etc.,


Electronic connectivity – WiMax – wireless interoperability Microwave Access and combination of fibre optic medium and wireless medium known as routers and switches for communication,


Knowledge connectivity – satellite application on literacy movement, telemedicine, healthcare and resource management, and


Economic connectivity - agro-industry, micro-power plants, renewable energies.


What we discussed so far will create a fantastic multi-purpose infrastructure for the villages in India. Further by having co-operation with other nations, we can foresee an ambience which makes our nation a definite technological superpower. These ideas will surely fortify our nation and will be a great example and inspiration to us.

QUOTE: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something
else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson