Revered Chief Guest and Bharat Ratna and former his Excellency the President of India Dr.

APJ Abdul Kalam and Honble Guest of Honour, the Collector & Dist Magistrate of Balasore Prof. Dr. Akila Bihari Ota, Organising Secretary Shri Sanjay Kumar Patra, Distinguised members of the Old Boys Association of Alma mater Sachindra Kumar High School, Langaleswar, Esteemed members of the Press, Honourable Guests and all of you who have helped us to organize and commemorate the Golden Jubilee Celebration of our beloved School and everyone present here. I deem it a great honour to welcome all of you to the memorable occasion. To introduce Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to you is to attempt a task which few in India can do justice to. So I will begin by saying that such a genius who has become a legand in every home of our country and especially in Odisha needs no introduction at all to my countryman. Having said so I canot refrain myself from saying that the man who has endeared himself to all countrymen is the architect of Indian Missile and Ballistic Power and one of the greatest scientist in the World. Yet, ladies and gentlemen, he is the very model of Gandhian simplicity and humility. Lest some of you find fault with me, let me assert that he is also one of the most learned man in our country and an educationist par excellence. Such is the stature of our chief guest who has risen from masses to be colossus among the elite of India. I will not go into history for all to read in books and on the net. Let me simply say he is one Indian who deserves to the applauded, admired and adulated by the young and the old of our country, for his patriotism, his versatile achievement and his unimpeachable character. Our Guest of Honour is also an acclaimed of letters Prof. Dr. Akhila Bihari Ota, IAS is indeed outstanding civil servent and an able administrator with an excellent image. We are indeed greatful to both Dr. Kalam and Dr. Ota for gracing this Golden Jubilee Celebration of our School. Our dear dear School, our mother institution, our own school Sachindra Kumar High School, Langaleswar has nurtured and inspired hundred of worthy sons of the soil. Though it is not a famous seat of education, it has been nothing short of a Shanti Niketan for us who have had the privilege to being students here. Ensconced as it is in the lap of Nature, our School is home sweet home to all the students who have and am one with all the students who have studied here. Its Golden Jubilee Celebration for us is no less pleasurable than the golden jubilee celebration of any school anywhere on earth. No one can wipe out our undelible memories of this village school that has taught us the highest values of life in significant ways.

We are here to ensure that its stature as an educational institution grows in the days to come and it becomes one of the ideal schools of our state. We will plan its future with commitment and outlook and one day perhaps it will have all the amenities of a modern school so that all its students feel truly proud of it in future. Langaleswar is a place of religious acclaim and thousands of devotees flock to its famous shrine the Langaleswar Temple. Langaleswar has agricultural glory and is slowly developing in various ways. We will set it up with our resources in a significant way so that its development benefits our local people and ensures true progress and prosperity. We will do our best for our school and our home land. It has been a privilege to be on this dais and welcome all of you and I humbly say again that we are most greatful not only to the incomparable Dr Kalam and the dexterous Akhila Bihari Ota for being in our midst on this great occasion but to all who have agreed to grace these Golden Jubilee Celebration despite all their pressing engagement and stately duties. With these words I conclude but before I resume my seat, let me not forget to say Hail my Alma Mater Sachindra Kumar High School, Vande Utkal Janani and of course, Jai Hind, Mera Bharat Mahan