Destiny always has a different plan! Dr APJ Abdul Kalam planned an assignment which he couldn’t give to IIM Shillong students

Working tirelessly even on his last day, former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam had planned a surprise assignment for the students of IIM Shillong which he could not give it to them. The assignment was about finding new and innovative ways to end disruptions in Parliament.

According to Kalam's close aide Srijan Pal Singh, who was with him on his last day, they discussed about disruptions in Parliament on their way to Shillong.

He told PTI from Shillong: "He was very worried and said he had seen the tenures of many governments but disruption keeps on happening every time. He had told me to prepare a surprise assignment for the students which would be given to them at the end of the lecture."

Srijan Pal Singh, who co-authored two books with Kalam, said the former President wanted the students to come up with three innovative ideas to make Parliament more productive.

"We had also decided to include this topic of disruptions in Parliament into our next book 'Advantage India' which would be released in September-October. I'll do that now before the book comes into the market," the IIM Ahmedabad alumnus said.
When asked about Kalam's last wish, he said Kalam always wanted a billion smiles on a billion faces in the country.

He further said that Kalam wanted rural India to develop, adding “he kept on talking about youth empowerment. Now his ideas are more alive as the man who was leading it from the front is no more," he said.

The only regret the 'Missile Man' had in his life was not being able to provide facilities like 24-hour electricity to his parents during their lifetime "That is I think one regret he always had in his life," Singh said.

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