Patna, Feb 8: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today set in motion the plan of action for setting up of the Nalanda International University, modelled on the lines of the famed ancient seat of Buddhist learning.

Addressing the first meeting of the university's governing body at Rajgir, about 100 km from here, Kalam said: "We will make it a world class university, so that great research will be done here."

He expressed hope that the university would regain its past glory.

New Delhi, Jan. 21: The former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, and Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, would be the chief guests at the formal launch of the Global Foundation for Civilisational Harmony [India], a global initiative for conflict avoidance with Indian and Eastern perspective, at the Chinmaya Mission Hall, Lodhi Road, in Delhi on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Dec 22: Former President A. P.J. Abdul Kalam will teach students of the Faculty of Management Studies at the Delhi University this afternoon.

Kalam’s classroom session will not only include institute students, but also some students from abroad.

Students from Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences and MBA students from South Korea will attend the Indian Missile Man’s first lecture today.

Around twenty-eight students from Lahore and 20 executives from South Korea will attend the class.