[Music] thank you the president of the Republic of India [Applause] Mr President Lieber Collision on colleague colleagues is a great pleasure here in the European Parliament in president they are Republicans president the person provides foreign foreign [Music] East foreign Union are not only of greatest economic importance but of greatest political importance in the dialogue of cultures is of greatest importance and it's a great pleasure Mr President to invite you now to take the floor to speak to the members of the European Parliament welcome the president of the Republic of India thank you our friends my greetings to all of you first of all I would like to greet his Excellency Mr Hans Gert ring and Mrs Harold Roma Mr Harold Harold Roma and Mr place and distinguished leaders honorable members of European Parliament good mornings ladies and gentlemen I am indeed delighted to be with the honorable members of the European Parliament on the occasion of the golden jubilee year of the European Union when I Am with You friends I was thinking what thoughts I can share with you India as a democratic Nation as you are aware has the experience of providing leadership to over one billion people one billion people with multi-language multiculture and multi-religious systems I wish to share this experience with you friends European civilization has a unique place in human history its people were valiantly engaged in the adventure of the exploring the planet Earth resulting in the discovery of many ideas and systems Europe has seen the birth of pioneers in science leading to Technologies Europe what the theater of conflicts of hundreds of years among and between the nation including the two World Wars now with this backdrop and Dynamics we have established European Union with the vision of peace and prosperity for the entire region European Union has become an example for connectivity among nations probably with no possibility of War leading to a lasting Regional peace before I started started out on my journey to Europe I was thinking why are Europe and India a unique and natural partners do we share a common history and Heritage possibly in future a common Destiny this was a question what I found was a stunning astonishing the depth and the Vitality of our interconnected connected the connectedness by Language by Culture by ancient beliefs ideological and the movement of people have stood the test of time this has matured in a very strong bondage between through a sustained trade and the intellectually satisfying collaboration in many areas of Science and Technology for example on 23rd April 2007 two days before the Italian scientific satellite agile was launched by Indian polar satellite launch vehicle rocket system into a very precise orbit scientists from India and Europe were excited and let us congratulate them friends now India is a country which has over the years learned to evolve and maintain a unique Unity among the diversity similarly the greatest contribution of European Union is that you have demonstrated to the world that it is possible to build a strong union of nation without compromising without compromising the national identities it has become an inspirational model and an example to emulate for every region in the world the European Union and India support a social form of Economic Development and encourage a model of growth with equity both are conscious of the need for growth to respect the environment and make it sustainable for future Generations with this valuable experience of centuries behind India and European Union we can bring together your doctrine of global cooperation built over the foundation of regional collaboration and core competencies of our Nations French European Union and India radiate a message a message to the world that Regional cooperation and inter-regional collaboration will lead to a win-win situation for all so that we can have a politically and socio-economically emerged civilization emergent civilization our contribution will be judged if we could before the 21st century is over make all regions transform into a happy unions leading to the emergence of world unions in this context I am reminded of the dream of an Indian poet Kanye who articulated in 3000 years back in Tamil classic purananur he says which means I am a world citizen every citizen is my own kit and kin he said three thousand years back with this background I have brought from India a message a message to start three important Indo-European mission three important your Indo-European Mission which could contribute to Global peace and prosperity these missions I am putting fourth based on the India's experience and the Dynamics of a European Union the first the first mission in the European mission is the evolution of a enlightened Society evolution of a elected Society for evolving a citizen with value system and leading to the prosperous and peaceful world the second idea leading to energy Independence normally people talk about energy security I am talking about the energy Independence here three dimensional approach for energy Choice towards realizing clean planet Earth the third point is the World Knowledge platform for synergizing the core competence of European union and India in certain areas for providing solution to critical issues like water health care and capacity building Society it is a necessity to ensure that benefits of the development Encompass all section of the society world over poverty illiteracy unemployment and deprivation or driving forward the forces of anger and violence these forces link themselves to some early real or perceived historically enmities tyrannies Injustice iniquities ethnic issues and religious fundamentalism flowing into an outburst of extremism worldwide both India and European Union have witnessed under witnessing the unsavory acts of certain misguided sections of the society we have to jointly address ourselves to the root causes of such phenomena for finding lasting solution for promoting peace how do you find that now what we need is a carrier of Eternal goodness and wholesomeness in human contact which is called righteousness righteousness as you say in India where there is righteousness in the heart where there is righteousness in the heart there is Beauty in the character when there is Beauty in the character there is Harmony in the home when there is Harmony in the home there is harmony where there is an order in the nation when there is order the nation there is peace in the world honorable members this is true for the whole world when we need peace in the world we need to order in the nation we did we need harmony in the home we need whether whether in Europe or India or any part of the world the origin is righteousness in the heart righteousness the heart how do we evolve the righteousness in the hearts of every tradition of the world this is my area of specialization I want to talk to you first I want to talk to you the evolution of a enlightened Society the first point what I said with the spirit of righteousness in the heart Dear honorable members I would like to put forth to this important Gathering a methodology for evolving a happy prosperous and peaceful Society of our planet which I call it evolution of a enlightened Society I have shared these thoughts with many intellectuals in the National and international spheres how do we create such an enlightened society which have three components the first component education with value system the second component religion transforming into a spirituality and the third company economic development for societal transformation let us discuss the first one education with value system we have seen that the seats of Peace in the world have their origin in the righteousness in the heart of every individual such a righteous citizen lead the evolution of a enlightened Society education with the value system has been so designed that the righteousness in the heart is a developed in Young Minds and that should be the mission of Education the prime learning environment is 5 to 17 years of age this reminds me of ancient Greek teachers saying the Greek teacher said few thousand years back he said give me a child for seven years afterwards let God or devil take the child they cannot change my child because our education so powerful the teacher so powerful mind the power of a great teacher and what they can inculcate in the Young Minds parents and teachers must inculcate more leadership among children it requires the ability to have insight into the uniqueness and universality of human consciousness through education is the acquisition of enlightened feelings and galat and power to understand daily events and to understand the permanent truth linking man to this environment human and planetary College nearly 57 years I remember the lectures given by the highest authority of a Jesuit institution Jesuit institution reverent father Rector quality of Saint Joseph's College teach Napoli Southern India where I studied in college every week on Monday the father reverent father will take a class for an hour he used to talk about good human beings present in the past and what makes a good human being in this class the reverent father used to give lectures and personality such as Buddha Lord Buddha Confucius say the Augustine Khalifa warmer Mahatma Gandhi Einstein Abraham Lincoln and Moral Stories linked to our civilization Heritage in the moral science class father father Carlton used to highlight the best aspect of how the great personalities have been evolved as a good human being through the parental care teaching and the companionship of great books even though these lessons were given to me in 1950 during my college days they inspired even today it's the essential that in the schools and colleges lectures are given by great teachers of the institution once in a week for another on civilization Heritage and derived value system from every nation this may be called a moral science class that will Elevate the young minds to love the country to love the other human beings and Elevate them to higher places I have suggested I have suggested this methodology are to educate to educationist in my country European Union may like to consider evolving a system that would enable a student to imbibe these fundamental traits for the benefit of all now let me take up the area that is transforming religion into spiritual Force that's toughest thing religion India spiritual Force many in the world believe it's a difficult Mission but I don't I would like to share and the experience that I have witnessed which have convinced me that it's possible that is religion can be transformed into your spiritual Force how do you do that religion has two components as you all know religion has two components Theology and spirituality even though theology is unique to every religion the spiritual component spreads the value of to being calculated by the human beings for promoting good human life and Welfare of the society while pursuing the material life I would like to share an experience how the religion how the religion and science came together in a big mission which I was witnessing it was during the early 1960s the founder of the Indian space research organization Professor Vikram sarabhai with his team had located a place technically more suited for space research after considering many alternatives the place called tumba in Kerala southern part of India was selected for space research as it was near the magnetic equator ideally suited for inospheric and Electro jet research in upper atmosphere I was fortunate to work with Professor Vikram sarabhai for about eight years the make a challenge for Vikram sarabhai was to get the place in specific area as was normal Professor Vikram sarabhai approached the Kerala government administrators first after seeing the profile of the land and the Seacoast and the view expressed was that thousands of fishing Force invoice lived there the place had an ancient Saint Mary Church a Bishop's house and the school and should be very difficult to give this land and they were willing to provide alternate area similarly the political system also opened that it be difficult situation due to the existence of a important institutions and the concern for people who are to be relocated however my professor very determined however there was a suggestion to approach the only person who would advise the help that was Bishop Reverend Father Peter perida still I remember the scene I still remember the meeting between the two turned out to be a historical many of us witnessed the event reverent father he exclaimed Reverend Father Peter Pera exclaimed o Vikram you are asking my children's Abode that is fishermen support Vision Fisher fishing folk Abode Maya board Bishop's house and God support the church how is it possible both had a unique quality that could smile even the difficult situation both lover and father and the scientists they can smile and the Reverend Father Peter perida asked president Vikram sarabhai to come to church on Sunday morning at 9 00 a.m Professor Vikram sarabhai went to the church again on Sunday with his team at that time the prayer was progressing with that with the recitation of a Bible by Reverend Father Peter perida after the prayer was over the bishop invited Prophet Vikram sarabhai to come to this diocese the reverent father introduced Prophet Vikram sarabhai to the mass the people like you thousands have assembled for prayer dear children that is Bishop says Dear children here is a scientist Professor Vikram sarabhai what signs do all of us experience including this church the light of the electricity I am able to talk to you through the mic which is made possible about technology the treatment to patients by doctors comes from the medical Sciences science through technology enhances the comfort and the quality of human life what do I do as a preacher Bishop says what do I do as a preacher I pray for you people for your well-being for your peace in short what Vikram is doing what I am doing are the same both science and spirituality seeks the almighty blessing for human prosperity in body and mind dear children Professor Vikram says he would build within a year near the Sea Coast Alternative facilities to what we are having now dear children can you give our award can we give my Abode can we give God's Abode for a great scientific Mission he asked that question there was a total silence a pin drop silence like what I'm experiencing now there was a side total silence a Pinter of Silence then all of them got up and set amen which made the whole church River break that were the church where we had our Design Center where we start a rocket assembly and the bishop house was our scientist working place later the tumbai equatorial rocket launching station led to the establishment of a Vikram sarabhai Space Center and the space activities transformed in multiple space centers throughout the country now this church has become an important center of the learning where thousands of people learn about the dynamic history of the Space Program of India and the great minds of a scientist and a spiritual leader ever and Father Peter Pereira facilities worshiping place and the educational center in an alternate place at the right time dear members when I think of this event I can see how enlightened and spiritual and scientific leader can converge towards giving reverence to human life of course the birth of turds then vssv gave the country the capability of launch vehicle spacecraft space application that were accelerated social and economic development in India to unprecedented levels is not there but those who are responsible for creation and making flowers Blossom will themselves be a different kind of flower as described it says see the flower how generously you distribute perfume honey it gives to all gives freely after all its love when it's workable then it falls away quietly and try to be like the flower unassuming despite all its qualities what a beautiful message friends to the humanity on the purpose of life reflected the spiritual component can we break this spiritual component of the religions to bring peace to nation and to the world I would like to recall one incident again which commonly occurs in many parts of my country because I was asked to talk about dialogue of dialogue of cultures I have witnessed this event when I was a young boy 10 years old in our house periodically I used to see I used to see three different unique personalities meet for children who are the head priest of the famous rameswaran temple and The Vedic scholar Reverend father bordel who built the first church in rameshram island and my father who was an Imam in the mosque all the three of them used to sit and discuss the Island's problem and find solution in addition they built several religious connectivities with compassion these connectivities quietly spread the others in the island like the fragrance from the flowers this site always come to my mind whenever I discuss with people on people on dialogue of religions India has had this advantage of integration of Minds for thousands of years throughout the world they need to have a Frank dialogue among cultures religion civilization has been felt now more than ever friends these two instances what have narrated give me confidence that religions definitely can be breached through spiritual competence whenever I meet the young experience in my country I have narrated these two experiences many in my country and world over may have such experience we have to spread such Glad Tidings to every part of the world now let us discuss the third component of the enlightened society which is to achieve economic development for societal transformation let me take my country in India as an example it may be true to many parts of the world including European Union India Indian economy is an Ascent phase there is a considerable growth in the manufacturing and service sectors we have a mission of spreading this economic growth throughout the country including the rural sector nearly 220 million people out of a billion people had been lifted lifted by upgrading their quality of life in both rural and urban areas even though the GDP growth indicates our economic growth people's participation is the essential for achieving the required targets it is essential to ensure that the citizens are empowered with good quality of life encompassing nutrition food good habitat clean and management Affordable Health Care Quality education and productive employment integrated with our value system drawn from civilizational Heritage leading to the comprehensive development of the nation that will bring Smiles the one billion people one million people one billion people these are indicators for the growth of the national Prosperity index to achieve that growth rate we have identified five areas where India has a core competence for integrated action one is agriculture and food processing and second education and Healthcare third information communication technology fourth infrastructure development and fifth including Pura fifth self-reliance in critical technology we propose to realize the vision of transforming India into a developed Nation before 2020 by by energizing and igniting the minds of the 540 million Youth of the Nation below 25 years so far we have discussed the three-dimensional approach of providing value-based education religion transforming India spiritual force and economic development for societal transformation leading to the evolution of a yellow light in society this integrated three-dimensional methodology of evolution of enlightened Society will pave the way for peaceful prosperous happy Nations and thereby a world free from extremism and further Seas of extremism in my website WWE president of india.nic in I have given how an emperored World body is essential to evolve the nation of delight and citizen I'd be very happy to exchange the thoughts and ideas and action related to this Mission with the honorable members of the European Parliament after going through my website let me now discuss finally the second mission leading to a Yanagi Independence when we analyze the critical problems facing the planet yet today two important issues come to our minds first one is the continuous depletion of a fossil material derived oil gas cold those aspected by the world energy Forum it is you are all aware the second one is the continuous degradation of the environment primarily due to the extensive use of fossil material for generating energy the solution to this problem can be found through energy Independence which I have presented to my country it may be applicable to many nations what is that energy Independence in India I have proposed India France has got 17 percent of the world's population but has only about 0.8 percent of the world's known oil and natural gas resources based on the progress visualized for the nation during the next two decades the power generating capacity has to increase to 400 000 megawatt Power by the year 2030 from the current 130 000 megawatt power in India this takes into consideration of energy economics plant and the design and production of energy efficient equipments and system and friends with this I have proposed the various system and I would like to say the solar cell efficiency this is common for European Union India the solar cell efficiency has to increase from the present 20 percent to 55 percent through intense way research on CND based solar cell for thorium reactors as it is known thorium is a non-facile material it has to be converted into a fissile material using fast breeder technology in the biofuel area the challenges biofuel Plantation for higher yield esterification Technologies for the higher output and the modification to automobile power planets these three research areas definitely need the Intensive cooperation between European union and India I would suggest setting up of an indo-eu renewable energy development program for things taking up Advanced r d in all forms of renewable energy leading to the availability of commercial class Lord scale power plants within the next decade friends finally I would like to conclude with World Knowledge platform now with the Indian experience of two successful International Cooperative Ventures from concept to realization and marketing I would suggest evolution of World Knowledge platform for bringing together the core competence of multiplication of EU and India in science and technology leading to the development of a unique system of global applications World Knowledge platform will enable joint design development cost effective production and marketing of the knowledge products system and services in various domains based on the core competence of Barton Nation to International Market World Knowledge platform is a meeting place for science technology industry management and marketing now you can ask me what are the missions of World Knowledge platform the convergence of Bio Nano and it's expected to touch every area of concern to the humanity the World Knowledge platform will take up the mission in some of the areas discussed further which are the most urgent urgency to all of us to take to make over worldly a safe sustainable peaceful and prosperous place to live the number one water diesel is desalination of a sea water using solar energy channelization networking of reverse cost effective Safe Drinking Water the second one Healthcare diagnosis drug delivery system development and production of vaccine for HIV TB malaria cardiac diseases third one Agriculture and food processing increased production of food grain in an air when in an environment of reduced land reduce water and reduce Manpower preservation of food food processing cost effective storage and distribution finally knowledge products Hardware software networking and storage products including a handheld micro or Nano electronic devices and fossil fuel free transportation system using renewable energy safety system hardware and embedded software integration and habitat energy efficient water efficient pollution free habitat and seven the disaster prediction and management yet quick forecasting assessing Advanced Quantum of rain for particular Cloud condition the last one capacity building quality human resource development for all the above areas including the development of the personal with word classless dear friends European Union European union represents a wealth of scientific potential with Rich culture for research India has emerged as a leading country with its demonstrated scientific and technological potential many societal Mission and is now is the growth path combined strength of the Nations can be utilized of utilized for the mutual advantage of both India and EU by joining together as partners in creating the World Knowledge platform in conclusion honorable members of European Parliament as you have seen there is a visible common thread of our dreams and problems when I'm with you I have a feeling there are beautiful solutions from Beautiful Minds Beautiful Minds generate creativity this is the common Heritage of both India and European Union Dear honorable members of the European Union I have presented three Mission evolution of a yellow Society leading to energy Independence creating World Knowledge platform this indo-eu Mission will definitely reinforce further our strategic partnership and become the foundation for making the change in the life of 1.5 billion people ultimately leading the Confluence of civilization for meeting the challenges of this Mission we can draw the inspiration from the saying of Maharishi patanjali about 2500 years ago he said the Maharishi said when you are inspired by some great purpose some extraordinary project all your thoughts break their bones your mind transcends limitation your Consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new Great and Wonderful World dormant forces faculties and talents come alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by then you ever dreamed yourself to be 2500 years back this sign told Dear honorable members I have great admiration for the European Union in this context I have composed I have composed a poem which I would like to share with with you the title of the poem the title of the poem your message from Mother India a message from Mother India to European Union okay a message from Mother India okay what is the message I will recite I will recite beautiful environment leads to Beautiful Minds beautiful environment leads to Beautiful Minds Beautiful Minds generate freshness and creativity create created explorers of land and see created European Union created explorers of explorers of land and sea creates Minds that innovate create great scientific Minds created everywhere why gave birth to the many discoveries discovered a continent do you realize you discovered a continent discovered a continent and the unknown lands ventured into unexplored paths created new highways in the minds of the best in the minds of the best wolves to us also born was to also was born generated seats of the battle and hatred hundreds hundreds of years of war and blood millions of my wonderful Weird Says millions of my wonderful children lost in the land and sea tears flooded many nations many and girlfriend version of sadness then then came the vision of the European Union took the vote then then came the vision of Union European Union took the vote never to turn human knowledge against ourselves against ourselves or others United in their thinking action emanated to make Europe prosperous and peaceful Bond the European Union that Glad Tidings captivated the people of the plan of my planet of my Galaxy Earth says that blood Tidings captivated the people of the planet of my Galaxy o European Union European Union let your mission spread the everywhere like the air we breathe that's a point have finally finally friends let me convey my greetings of one billion people of my country to all the honorable members of the European Union and through you to all the citizens of European Union countries may God bless you all [Applause] thank you Mr President Abdul Kalam in the name of the European Parliament I want to thank you for this important and inspiring speech this was one of the most extraordinary speeches we have ever heard from a Statesman scientist and poet this is unique so thank you for what you have told us and for me if you allow me to say it the most important is to listen to each other to understand each other better to respect each other and to cooperate together this was your message Mr President all the best to you personally all the best to this great nation India all the best to our cooperation between the great nation India and the European Union all the best Mr President [Applause] thank you [Music]