Dr. A. P. J Abdul KalamA Missile Man

1931-2015

INTRODUCTION• A P J Abdul Kalam was born on 15

October 1931 in a Tamil Muslim family in Rameswaram in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. His father's name was Jainulabudeen, a boat owner, and his mother Ashiamma, a housewife.

His childhood was from a poor background and he started working at an early age to supplement his family's income. After completing school, Kalam distributed newspapers to contribute to his father's income. 

In his school years he had average grades but was described as a bright and hardworking student who had a strong desire to learn and spend hours on his studies, especially mathematics

After EducatioN

•After graduating from MIT, Kalam took up the position of chief scientist at the Aeronautical Development Establishment of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

• However, the profile didn’t appeal Kalam much who shifted to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) where he was the project director of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle. 

Achievements Kalam started his career by designing a small helicopter for the Indian Army. Joining ISRO was one of Kalam's biggest achievements in life and he is said to have found himself when he started to work on the SLV project.

• During the period between the 1970s and 1990s, Kalam made an effort to develop the Polar

SLV and SLV-III projects, both of which proved to be success.

• Kalam played a major part in developing many missiles under the mission including Agni, Prithvi, Aakash, Nag etc.

• He also designed a tablet PC for health care in rural areas, which was named as "Kalam-Raju Tablet".

• The Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period where he played an intensive political and technological role in 1998.

Indian President

He elected as 11th Indian president unanimously in the year 2002 till 2007.

After leaving office, Kalam became a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, The Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIndian Institute of Management Indore, an honorary fellow of Indian Institute OFScience, BangaloreChancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuramprofessor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University

BOOKS….In his life he wrote two books:A) Wings of fireB) Ignited Minds Both books were famous were at international level. What ever royalty he earned from the sales of these books, he donated that royalty amount in NGOs.

HIS HOBBIES Gardening

Playing veenaLove to birds

Love to talk to children

SOMEAWARDS….

1981 Padma Bhushan Government of India1990 Padma Vibhushan Government of India 1997 Bharat Ratna Government of India1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Government of India 1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India 2000 Ramanujan Award Alwars Research Centre, Chennai2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, U.KAnd so many……………

Some of his quotations...

Last Breath He had been delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong when he collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the Bethany hospital where he passed on…….Keshav