Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been inducted into the honorary Senate of the Foundation Lindau Nobel prize winners meetings at Lake Constance. This induction, along with the one other induction of Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, was done during the opening ceremony of the 59th Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates, in Lindau, Germany on 28 June. The laudation read out on the occasion described Sibal as an ardent advocate for technology interventions, especially in the field of education and health. It also said that he holds that technology can provide affordable solutions to the problems of the common man. While giving his acceptance speech, Sibal underlined the issue of equity vis-
