mysuru since 2002 former president apj abdul kalam has visited the city six times his last visit was on march 31 2015 for the valedictory of sri jayachamarajendra college of engineerings sjce golden jubilee celebrations at the event addressing a jampacked audience he said that students are an asset of the nation he also asked them to take an eightpoint oath along with him engineering and technology is a lifetime mission i will work work and work and succeed wherever i am a thought will always come to my mind what process or product i can innovate invent or discover i realize i have to set a great technological goal that will lead me to think high work and persevere to realize the goal my greatest friends will be great scientifictechnological minds good teachers and good books i firmly believe that no problem can defeat me i will become the captain of the problem defeat the problem and succeed i will work and work for removing the problems faced by earth in the areas of water energy habitat waste management and environment through the application of science and technology my national flag flies in my heart and i will bring glory to my nation bg sangameshar joint director jss mahavidyapeetha and former principal of sjce college said during the function at sjce he had to climb a couple of steps to reach the dais when i asked if he wants me to hold his hand he said no no i can hold yours he was such a confident personality his death is a great loss to the country and also to jss mahavidyapeetha for which he was a guiding force bs kishore a final year computer science student of sjce who has attended a couple of kalams classes said wherever he went he used to call upon students to take an oath if he went to a medical college he would ask them to repeat these words i will also work for the poor without expecting anything from them and if he went to an engineering college he would ask them to say i will work for the betterment of the society without any anticipation wherever he went he attracted a big crowd people from all walks of life used to attend his programmes its really a great loss to the nation especially the youth and students he said abdul kalam wanted education to reach to kids residing in the remotest part of the country through isros edusat the first and only satellite in the world meant exclusively for teleeducation he also released my book on edusat in bengaluru on july 23 2004 he was very simple and a man of extraordinary concern for science and technology india lost an inspirational leader a teacher a philosopher a patriot and above all a rishi said glshekar principal national institute of engineering mysuru shekar had worked as special offi cer elearning visvesvaraya technological university belagavi