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Dr. APJ Abdul KalamCreated by

Zil shahE-mba - 81

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Tamilnadu

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul KalamBirth date 15 October 1931. Birth place Rameswaram,Tamilnadu.

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Aerospace Engineer

Education

At Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.

St. Joseph’s college, Tiruchirapalli.

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AuthorProfessorEngineerScientist

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

President

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Personal life His personal life was full of struggles and hard work.Kalam's father was a Muslim, who owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen and was a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and school teachers at Rameswaram.Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to support his studies, he started his career as a newspaper vendor.Abdul Kalam is the Third President of India to have been honored with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the highest office.

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• Defense research and development organization.

Worked at( D.R.D.O. )

• Indian space research organization. ( I.S.R.O. )

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projectsThe 5 projects were scheduled to be completed in a time frame of only 10 years and consisted of: Nag: an anti-tank guided missile. Prithvi: surface-to-surface battlefield missile. Akash: a swift, medium-range surface-to-air missile. Trishul : a quick-reaction surface-to-air missile with a shorter range. Agni: an intermediate range ballistic missile,the mightiest.

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Major contributions He helped in the development of India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle SLV-3, In 1980 which helped India to become the member of Space Club by injecting Rohini, in Earth’s nearest orbit. In 1982, as Director of DRDO, Kalam was entrusted with the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme(IGMDP), India's most successful military research task to date. The programme constituted of 5 major projects for meeting the requirements of the defence services and for establishing re-entry technology. He played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear test in 1998.He served as a principal scientific adviser to the Defense Minister and later Govt of India (1999-2001) and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for many development applications.As Chairman, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), he generated the Technology Vision 2020 documents.Dr. Kalam has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001.Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C).

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Political viewsKalam served as the 11th President of India, succeeding K. R. Narayanan. He won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922,884, surpassing 107,366 votes won by Lakshmi Sahgal. He served from 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007.He was known as ‘peoples president’ when he retired.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 is modernistic. He also sees science and technology as ideology-free areas and emphasizes the cultivation of scientific temper and entrepreneurial drive. India's business leaders like the founders of Infosys and Wipro supported him. His book "India 2020" strongly advocates an action plan to develop India into a knowledge superpower and into 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.

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Year of award or honour Name of award or honour Awarding organisation

2014 Doctor of Science Edinburgh University2012 Doctor of Laws Simon Fraser University2011 IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE2010 Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo2009 Honorary Doctorate Oakland University2009 Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA2009 International von Kármán Wings Award California Institute of Technology, USA2008 Doctor of Engineering Nanyang Technological University,

Singapore2007 King Charles II Medal Royal Society, U.K2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, U.K[

2000 Ramanujan Award Awards Research Centre, Chennai1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India

1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Indian National Congress

1997 Bharat Ratna Government of India1990 Padma Vibhushan Government of India1981 Padma Bhushan Government of India

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Books by Dr. Kalam

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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam personality traitsHonestFaith in God and his parents Hard WorkingDeterminedPossess PerseverancePassionate for the workArtisticHighly spiritualLoving and caringPositive thinker

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interesting things about Abdul KalamHe begins his day by reading from the Bhagwad Gita.He works for about 18 hours each day. He plays the 'Rudra Veena'. He took leave from work just twice, when his parents died.He is a self-confessed ‘Ram Bhakt’

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Learning from the storyMust 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, EXPECTATIONS and BELIEF.

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THANK YOU.THANK YOU