Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India. Some key highlights: He was born in 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu to a poor family. He excelled in his education and obtained degrees in physics and aerospace engineering. He went on to work on important defense projects to develop ballistic missiles and launch vehicles for India's space program. Kalam made significant contributions as a scientist and was known as the "Missile Man of India" for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Indian government and the Secretary of the Department of Defense Research and

1. The incredible journey of
People’s President
Dr A P J Abdul KALAM

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

8. Engineer
Scientist
President
Writer
Teacher
Multifaceted

9. Engineer

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.

12. 11th President
2002-2007

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

15. Teacher

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

21. Padma
Bhushan 1981
Padma
Vibhushan
1990
Bharat Ratna
1997
India’s highest civilian
awards

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

25. Music Lover

26. Many Religion – One Kalam

27. With Dalai Lama

28. Non Hindu register
Archana ticket –
Mother India
In Thiruppathi

29. His dream of
becoming pilot
Failed in

30. Leader - Dreamer

31. His House then and now ..

32. Last minutes

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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