Kalam chosen for Hoover Medal

New York, March 27 (PTI) India's former President APJ
Kalam has been chosen to receive prestigious 2008 Hoover Medal
for his outstanding public service, it was announced here
Friday.

The citation said that he is being recognised for making
state-of-the-art healthcare available to the common man at
affordable prices, bringing quality medical care to rural
areas by establishing a link between doctors and technocrats,
using spin-offs of defense technology to create
state-of-the-art medical equipment, and launching
telemedicine projects connecting remote rural-based hospitals
to the super-specialty hospital.

A pre eminent scientist, a gifted engineer, and a true
visionary, he is also a humble humanitarian in every sense of
the word, it added.

The award will be presented to Kalam at a special
ceremony on April 28.

The award is administered by representatives from the
American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of
Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers. PTI DS
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