3. 1931, October 15
Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
Kalam
Rameswaram - Tamil Nadu
Birth
4. son of a boat-maker
a paper boy
a young engineer
a missile man
India’s first citizen
Arise!
Awake!! Achieve!!!
5.
Paper Boy
“My enthusiasm knew no bounds. I was
only eight, but I was going to contribute
in a meaningful way to the household
income!”
6.
1954: Graduate Physics
St Joseph's College - Trichy
1960: Degree in Aeronautical
Engineering
Madras Institute of Technology
Education
7. His teacher, Subramaniam Iyer, was explaining how
seagulls fly.
The little Kalam had “a billion doubts” and Iyer
“offered as many clarifications”.
“Wonder-struck, I listened to my teacher — the man
who, while teaching me about the flight of birds, gave
me a purpose in life — to fly!” Kalam later wrote.
Flying with colours
10. 1980: space club - the Rohini
satellite - the stewardship
1998: Pokhran II nuclear tests -
Chief Project Coordinator
1999-2001: Principal Scientific
Advisor to the Government of
India
1992-1999: Chief Scientific
Advisor to the PM and
Secretary
Scientist
11. ‘Missile man’
1980s-1990s: As the chief of
the Integrated Guided Missile
Development Programme
Responsible for the
development and
operationalisation of
AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles.
13. Rashtrapati Bhavan & the institution of the
Presidency
President who could be with the common
man
broke the tradition of unapproachable gap.
Set a model …
14. Author of as many - 17 books best-
sellers
Hundreds of articles
Author
16. “I will not be presumptuous enough to
say that my life can be a model for
anybody; but some poor child living in an
obscure place in an underprivileged
social setting may find a little solace in
the way my destiny has been shaped.”
Life teacher
17. He attracted the youth
In the last 15 years, interacted with
more than 18 million youngsters
Kalam's 79th birthday - World
Students' Day by United Nations.
Youth Icon
18. ignited young minds
"No other democratic nation has
millions of youth. The ignited mind of
the youth is the most powerful resource
on the earth, above the earth, under the
earth - and we have that" : Dr Kalam
19. Abdul Kalam was an inspiration for
millions of Indians:Obama
Inspiration
20. artificial limbs - weighed 4 kg -
children struggling. He used
light materials invented
artificial limbs – weighed 300
grams
cardiac stent - which widen
Arteries
Medical inventions
22. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
1997
Veer Savarkar Award 1997
Ramanujan Award 2000
King Charles II Medal by the Royal Society
2007
International von Karman Wings Award 2009
Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation 2009
IEEE Honorary Membership 2011
Honorary doctorates from 40 universities
Awards & Achievements
23. His father has beaten up him for getting gifts after
the father became Panchayat Board President.
“a person gave me a gift of two pens. I had to return
them with unhappiness,'' - quoting the ancient Hindu
code of law 'Manusmriti', that by accepting gifts the
divine light in the person gets extinguished.
''It is like touching a snake and getting the poison in
turn''
Gift is a dangerous - always accompanied by some
purpose.
Kalam and Gifts
24. nations pride
great thinker
visionary
humble person
vegetarian
extremely soft-spoken and loving
loved children
Dr. Kalam leaves behind an example
that many will set out to emulate and
achieve.
Set an example
33. “GREAT DREAMS OF GREAT
DREAMERS ARE ALWAYS
TRANSCENDED”
Kalam's dream is to see a
Developed India at 2020
His Dream
34. I like Dr Kalam for three
reasons
Education and achievement
Love for young generations
Reading , Writing and
Teaching
Graphics : Nana, Maniyam Selvan and
Ananda Vikatan , internet
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