THE LIVING LEGEND

DR .APJ.ABDUL KALAM

• Voyage of the pure soul

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. He was born on 15 October 1931 in

Rameshwaram,Madras Presidency,British India(now Tamil Nadu,India) usually referred to as Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

SACRED SHRINE

*By his early childhood,Kalam’s family had become

Poor , at an early age,heSold newspapers to supple-Ment his family’s income.

School Education

Schwartz higherSecondary school

EDUCATION

*DR.APJ ABDUL

KALAM’SHigher

education in Aerospace

engineering , his journey of

research started from

here.

As an aaerospace engineer

Kalam was invited byRaja Ramana to witness the country’s first nuclear test SMILIMG BUDDHA as the representative of TBRL.

As chief executive of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme,he also played a major part in developing many missiles of India including agni and prithvi.

He was the Chief Scientific Advisor to Prime Minster and Secretary,Department of Defence Research And Development.from july 1992 to december 1999.

*Pokhran II nuclear tests were conducted during this period ,and have been associated with Kalam aithough he was not directly involved with the nuclear programme at the time.

Worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO.Missile Man of India.

In India he is highly respected as a scientist as an engineer.

Role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test by India in 1974.

INVENTIONS

POLITICAL VIEWS

As a President

Kalam’s belief in the power of technology to resolve society’s problems and his views of these problems as a result of inefficient distribution of resources as a result of inefficint distribution of resources is modernistic.

He also sees science and technology as ideology free areas and emphasizes the cultivation of scientific temper and enterpreneurial drive.

In this ,he finds a lot of support among India’s newbusiness leaders like the founders of Infosys and Wipro,who began their careers as technology professionals much in the same way Kalam did.

His book “India 2020” strongly advocates an action plan to develop India into a knowledge superpower and to a developed nation by the year 2020.

Kalam is credited with the view that India ought to take a more assertive stance in international relations.

He regards his work on India’s nuclear weapons program as a way to assert India’s place as a future superpower.

PROJECTS

The 5 projects were scheduled to be completed in a time frame of only 10 years and consisted of :

(1)Nag-an anti-tank guided missile. (2)Prithvi -a surface –to –surface battlefield

missile. (3)Akash -a swift , medium-range surface-to-

air missile with a shorter range. (4)Trishul -a quick-reaction surface-to –air

missile with a shorter range. Agni-an intermediate range ballistic missie,the

mightiest.

Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s

Prestigious Awards

Padma VibhushanPADMA VIBHUSHAN

BHARAT RATNA

Award list

1981:Padma Vibhushan. 1990:Padma Vibhushan. 1997:Bharat Ratna. 1997:Indira Gandhi Award for National

Integration,Government of India . 1998:Veer Savakar Award,Government of India. 2000:Ramanujan Award,always Research Centre,Chennai

. 2007:Honorary Doctorate of Science,University of

Wolverhampton,UK . 2007:King Charles ll Medal Royal Society,UK. 2008:Doctor of Engineering,Nanyang Technological

University,Singapore.

2009:International Von Karman Wings Award,California Institute ofTechnology,USA.

2009:Hoover Medal ASME Foundation,USA. 2010:Doctor of Engineering,University of

Waterloo. 2011:IEEE Honorary Membership,IEEE. 2012:Doctor of laws,Simon Fraser University. 2013:Von Braun Award. 2014:Doctor of science,Edinburgh University.

INTERESTING FACTS

THE DAY BEGINS:

Kalam begins his day by reading from the Bhagwad Gita.

Kalam is leading a remarkable ascetic life.

He works for about 18 hours each day.

He plays the “Rudra veena”. Took leave just twice,when his

parents died. He is a self-confessed ‘Ram Bhakt’.

Learnings from the story

Must try to follow the ‘ASK’principle. Must have a passion to do the work

that you are in. Be a visionary. Must have certain rational principles

in life which one should always abide by.

Be down to earth. Learn to master DESIRE,EXPECTand

BELIEF.

HIS Personality traits

Inherited Honesty,self,discipline and faith in goodness from his parents.

Hardworking. Determined. Possess Perseverance. Passionate for the work. Artistic. Highly spiritual. Loving and caring. Committed and dedicated for work and positive

thinker.

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