Dr Abdul Kalam statue unveiled in Rameswaram

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Rameswaram/ 27 July 2016. To mark the first death anniversary of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the foundation stone for a National Memorial, in his memory, was laid at Peikarumbu, his burial site in Rameswaram Island on Wednesday. 

Union Minister of Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar unveiled a life-size statue of Dr Kalam and the memorial model.

An exhibition named "Mission of Life" depicting the life of the former President and his achievements towards nation building is also being inaugurated on the occasion.

Lecture series at IIM Shillong
Meanwhile IIM-Shillong, where the former President breathed his last during a lecture on July 27 last year, will organise a lecture series on making the world a better planet.