The Hindu : Old City school gears up for Kalam's visit

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Sunday, Jan 18, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Old City school gears up for Kalam's visit

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JAN. 17. The students and management of Indra Vidya Niketan High School in Lal Darwaza of the Old City are preparing to receive their most important visitor, the President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Mr. Kalam will participate in a 45-minute interaction programme with about 100 children on Monday.

The principal of Indra Vidya Niketan, Mrig Sheela, told reporters on Saturday that while the gathering in the small courtyard on the campus would comprise about 70 students of their own, about five students each from five other schools in the twin cities had also been invited.

The other schools include Geeta High School in Bela Colony, Sankara Vidyalaya in Padmarao Nagar, Central Public School in Khilwat, Javeed Mission School in Jahanuma and Rainbow High School in Chandulal Baradari. Students are preparing a list of 70 questions.

Ms. Sheela said the students and management of the school had conveyed their wish to meet the President through the school's honorary president, R. N. Agarwal, who is the Director of the Agni Missile Programme at the DRDO.

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