"The Indian President is known in Russia as a prominent scientist, the author of over 30 monographs and holder of many academic titles," Osipov said. In his words, these honorary diplomas were conferred only on seven people in the history of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Abdul Kalam told Russian scientists that today mankind is facing many threats and challenges which should be combated together.
"All countries should unite to combat these challenges and threats," the Indian President said.
He also spoke about the recent development of Russian-Indian scientific cooperation. The priority cooperation spheres are nuclear physics, bio- and nano- and other new technologies, forecasting of tsunamis and earthquakes, solar energy and space sphere.
"We can launch joint projects to reduce costs of putting useful cargoes into orbit," Abdul Kalam said.
According to him, Indian scientists are working on the project to put 15 instead of 3 tons of cargo into orbit at the same cost.
