by Abdul Kalam Azad

1. An Autobiography of A. P . J. Abdul Kalam

2. BOOK COVER

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
Abdul Kalam born on 15th
of
October 1931.
He is a renowned aerospace
engineer, professor and
first Chancellor of the Indian
Institute of Space Science and
Technology
Thiruvananthapuram(IIST),
who served as the 11th
President of India from 2002
to 2007.

4. Wings Of Fire Is About,
“THE GREAT INDIAN DREAM’’
Saying of Mr. Kalam

5. STORY

6. ORIENTATION
[1931-1963]
I

7. Name : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Born : 1931
Fathers name : Jainulabdeen
Mothers name : Ashiamma
Place of birth : Rameswaram ,Tamil Nadu

8. _Basic education>local school at Rameswaram
_Schwartz high school, Ramanathapuram
_B.sc degree from St. Joseph’s CollegeTrichi
_Aeronautical Engineering from MIT.

9. After engineering, the opportunities had arrived
.Air force
.DTD&P(Air)
Sent to Kanpur
ADE Bangalore
NCOSPAR,Bombay
Six months course at NASA.

10.  Childhood :
 Healthy family life, Greate Father & Mother, emotionally
secured childhood (emotionally). Daily will go to Mosque
 Rameswaram Shiv temple (Priest – Pakshi Laxmana Sastry)
& Mosque
 1st earning / Income
 1 Anna, collecting Tamarind seeds, (age 8)
 Selling News Paper.

12. CREATION
[1963-1980]
II

13. o Started working at NASA.
o Proud to be an Indian
o India’s first rocket launch.

14. “Bread baked without love is a bitter bread that feeds but half a
man’s hunger,”
...………….. Khalil Gibran,

15. • Life part of S.L.V
• There is electrical circuity which sets the
mechanical structure in motion
Kalams contribution :

16. Beautiful hands are those that do work that is
earnest brave true moment by moment the long
day through
Some beautiful lines………

17. SLV-3 PROJECT
As participants of SLV-3 PROJECT,they had three milestones:
Development and flight qualification of the subsystem through
sounding rockets by 1975.
 Sub-orbital flights by 1976 and
The final orbital flight in 1978.
Performance dimensions are factors
that lead to creation.
Painful moments during the creation
of SLV-3 project.
On 18th
july,1980,The India’s first satellite launch vehicle (SLV-3) lifted off.

18. In 1981,On Republic day ABDUL KALAM was awarded
with PADMA BHUSHAN.
‘ YOU MAY CHARGE MEWITH MURDER-
ORWANT OF SENSE
(WE ARE ALL OFWEAK ATTIMES)
BUTTHE SLIGHTEST APPROACHTO A FALSE
PRETENCE
WAS NEVER AMONG MY CRIMES……..’

19. PROPITIATION
[1981-1991]
III

20. Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath, nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean

21. I still recall quoting Ronald Fischer at one
of the meetings,
“The sweetness we taste in a piece
of sugar is neither a property of the sugar
nor a property of ourselves.We are
producing the experience of sweetness in
the process of interacting with the sugar.’’

22.  Impact of death of Dr. BRAHM PRAKASH
 Flight test of DEVIL MISSEL (26 June 1984)
 Role of Indra Ghandi
 Trishul took off
 Prithvi was launched 25 feb 1988

23. Agni and Prithvi will always inspire,
Our Ignited minds on courageous Endeavour,
Only a prayer, that may we never tire,
As India, soars higher and higher
On our united Wings of fire.
Madhukar Anand

24. The launch of AGNI was on 1989
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam wrote in his diary
“do look at Agni
as an entity directed upwards
to deter ominous
or exhibit your might
it is fire in the heart of an Indian
do not even give it form of a missile
as it clings to burning pride of nation and thus is bright”
TORCH BEARERS (one giving inspiration)

25. CONTEMPLATION
[ 1991 – ]
IV

26. Kalam was grant the PadmaVibhushan Award on Republic Day 1990.
Emancipators (To set free)

27. God has not promised
Skies always blue
Flower-strewn pathways
All our life through.
God has not promised
Sun without rain
Joy without sorrow
Peace without pain
But God has promised
Strength for the day
Rest for the labor
Light for the way.

28. Conclusion
 TECHNOLOGY: Not based on individual intelligence
,group activity plays a important role.
 INDIAN ROCKETRY: Success mantra …Teams of young
people put together.

29.  INNOVATION :teams should b ready to take risk
so that the spirit remains intact .
 SUCCESS: For a substantial success to an
individual who leads the team with the integrity
and enthusiasm, it is a must to learn elaborate
rules of etiquettes and familiarize themselves
with customs, traditions protocols and so on.

30. Sum up
To sum up it all, Dr. APJ Abdul kalam azad writes it beautifully as:
“on the coast of coromandel where the earthy shells blow.
In the middle of the sands lived some really rich souls...
One cotton lungi and half a candle …one jug without a handle ……
these were all the worldly possessions”.

31. THANK YOU