Pune: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Indian technology community information on their capabilities of the nation for rural development through education, e-governance, tele-medicine and health care.

He made the complaint, given his prepared speech, while devoting the International Institute for Information Technology (IIIT) to the nation.

“I gave the IIIT this challenge. Get ready virtual classroom for groups of ten or more villages, “said Kalam, which is a concrete example of using technology for education.

“Give physical and electronic connectivity and connectivity, you have about this economic connectivity. Government, industry and science must work together for education in the e-governance and tele-medicine, “said Kalam.

IIIT offers advanced information technology and management programmes has been developed in the Info-Tech Park Hinjewadi in the hope of the Foundation and research centres, a public charitable trust, the chairman of Finolex PP Chhabria.

The President has agreed to Top-technocrat R.A. Mashelkar observation that Indian IT professionals must work at the upper end of information technology value chain to earn higher income. He pointed out that, compared with a turnover of $ 12 billion over five lakh Indians working in the computer industry, it was possible that only a software company with 50000 people in the world deserve as much as $ 20 Billion .

“In another 10-12 years, we have to win about $ 100 billion on information technology,” he said. Kalam invited programmers in developing software programs and search engines “, whatever the language,” so that the English language is not huge population of the country could take advantage of the Internet in their favour .

Elsewhere, on the occasion of the inauguration of Maharashtra Institute of Technology Engineering Women’s College, Kalam said scientists and engineers can play an important role in the implementation of a change of mentality in homes, laboratories and industrial enterprises.

The President expressed regret on the mentality of people, some privileged, imported trademarks of all systems, cosmetics, passing for defence purposes and communication equipment.