Kalam an inspiration to everyone in acquiring knowledge: MLA B Karunakar Reddy

Tirupati: The Missile man and former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam is an inspiration to everyone in acquiring knowledge from student days, said MLA B Karunakar Reddy.

Participating in the felicitation programme of best students organised by a voluntary organisation 'Praja Nestham' here on Thursday, he said that Abdul Kalam reached the highest positions though he was born and brought up in a normal family.

Former MLC B Chengalrayulu stated that only education can take the country forward. The state president of YSRCP Trade Union P Gowtham Reddy has recalled the selfless services of Kalam to the nation.

The founder President of Praja Nestham N Raja Reddy has said that through education only one can fulfil their dreams. The organisation has taken the life of Kalam as inspiration and has been celebrating his birth anniversary every year for the last five years and felicitating students, he said.