2. About the Legend
• Full name :Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
Abdul Kalam
• Birth date/place:15th Oct 1931,at Dhanushkodi
in Rameswaram District,Tamil Nadu
• Father:Jainulabdeen Marakayar,a boat owner
• Mother:Ashiamma
3. His Personality Traits
• Inherited Honesty,self discipline,and Faith in
Goodness from his parents
• Hard Working
• Determined
• Possess Perseverance
• Passionate for the work
• Artistic
• Highly spiritual
• Loving and caring
• Committed and dedicated for work
• Positive thinker
4. Education
Primary education was from Rameshwaram elementary
school.
Later he settled in schwartz, Ramanathapuram
where he was highly inspired by his teacher IYADURAI
SOLOMON,who told to master three forces desire,belief and
expectation.
In 1950 he joined St Joseph college at Tiruchirapalli to do
B.Sc
He joined DMIT in Aeronautical Engineering at
MIT,Madas(1954-1957)
In 1958,after passing as a graduate,aeronautical engineer,he
joined
Hindustan Aeronautical Limited(HAL),Bangalore as a trainee.
5. Saying
• You have to dream before your dreams come true”.
(Kalam's advice to the youngsters of the nation is to
"dream, dream and dream and convert these into
thoughts and later into actions." Also to "think big".
"We are a nation of a billion people and we must
think like a nation of a billion people. Only then can
we become big.“)
• “Climbing to the top demands strength,whether it is
the top of Mt. Everest or the top of your career.”
6. Major Contributions
He helped in the development of India’s first Satellite Launch
Vehicle SLV-3,in1980 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 organisational,technical and political role
in India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear test in 1998.
He served as a principal scientific adviser to the Defence
Minister and later Govt of India (1999-2001) and was
responsible for evolving policies,strategies and missions for
many development applications.
7. CONTENTS
• 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
• (4) Trishul - a quick-reaction surface-to-air missile with a
shorter range
• (5) Agni - an intermediate range ballistic missile, the mightiest
• He established an Advanced Technology Research Centre
called,”RESEACH CENTRE IMARAT”for development of
futuristic missile technology.
8. Achievements
• Achievements - Apart from being a notable scientist
and engineer, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam served as the 11th
President of India from the period 2002 to 2007. He
is a man of vision, who is always full of ideas aimed
at the development of the country and is also often
also referred to as the Missile Man of India. People
loved and respected Dr APJ Abdul Kalam so much
during his tenure as President that was popularly
called the People's President.
• He is the first scientist and a bachelor to chair the
position of a president holding the largest
Democracy.
9. Current Status
He always remain linked with the academics,say
before becoming a president he worked with
Annamalai University till 2002.
He is the Chancellor of Indian Institute of Space
Science and Technology(Tiruvanthapuram)
A Professor at Anna University,(Chennai)
Visiting faculty at many academic and Research
institutions across India.
He is the member of Indian Academy of Sciences
Astronautical Society of India and many other
professional bodies.
11. Recent addressing at the inauguration
of Truth Labs
He talked on various issues like:
Convergence of Technologies
Issues in the use of biological methods
New authentication systems
Ethical issues
Intellectual Property rights and Biotechnology
Cyber crimes etc.
