1. WHAT THEN IS ENGINEERING?
• The central focus of the Engineering
profession is the application of
scientific knowledge to meet societal
needs.
• Engineering connects pure science
to society.
• Engineering therefore has a social
responsibility.
2. WHO WAS THE PERSON?????
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen, A. P. J, Abdul Kalam was
a scientist and an engineer, who served as the President of
India from 2002 to 2007.
He was a man of vision ,who was always full of ideas aimed
at the development of the country and is often also
referred to as the missile man of India.
People loved and respected him so much during his
tenure as president that was popularly called the
people’s president.
He had received highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1997.
3. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Was
Author
Professor
Engineer
Scientist
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Was
The President & a good
human being.
5. • Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s father, Jainulabudeen was a boat owner
and imam of a local mosque and his mother Ashiamma was a
housewife.
• Kalam was the youngest of four brothers and one sister in his family
Early Life
6. He completed his education at the Schwartz Higher
Secondary School, Ramanathapuram.
He graduated in physics in 1954 from Saint Joseph's
College, Tiruchirappalli.
In 1955 to study aerospace engineering in Madras
Institute
Education
7. • Defense research and development
Organization Work at( D.R.D.O. )
• Indian space research organization
( I.S.R.O. )
Worked at..
Failed in launching SLV – III for the
first time.
He owned the responsibility for the
failure of project.
But finally he achieved success in the
next time.
Struggling time..
9. 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007 of India, Kalam
served as the 11th President, an electoral vote
of 922,884.
He was known as People's President.
He was also the first scientist and the first
bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Presidency
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III)
Project Devil and Project Valiant
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
and SLV-III projects
Agni and Prithvi
Invention
