Dr. APJ Kalam celebrates his 80th birthday, says still young at heart

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam interacting with students

The ex president of India and also popularly call as the people's president today celebrated his 80th birthday amongst the children. When asked how he feels after celebrating 80th birthday he said that he still feels young at heart and he is happy to meet more than 12 million children across the world and is surprised by there enthusiasm for better tomorrow.

Dr. Kalam also told the gathered crowd and media person that he continues to enjoy the company of children and shall continue to do so. He also hoped to see India a developed nation by 2020 his long waited vision which inspired and enlightened the millions of youth across India.

While he said that lot of students today want to be doctors and engineers, he also stressed on the importance of being an entrepreneur. And said that entrepreneur also plays a critical role in changing the face of the nation. Apart from being IAS, he also asked as to how many of them wants to be an entrepreneur.

There was also question and answer session to which he replied to queries of the students patiently and answered there queries ranging from Gandhian values to future of nation.

"India is well on its way to become a knowledge power. Knowledge revolution is indeed the foundation for leading India to become a developed nation."

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam