Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, born on October 15, 1931, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, was an aerospace engineer, author, and the 11th President of India, known for his contributions to India's missile development and nuclear programs. He served as the principal scientific advisor to the government and advocated for technological advancement to solve societal issues, earning numerous honors and awards throughout his life. A proponent of India's development as a knowledge superpower, he lived a disciplined life dedicated to work and learning.

1. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
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2. Tamilnadu
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
Kalam
Birth date
15 October 1931.
Birth place
Rameswaram,
Tamilnadu.

3. Aerospace Engineer
Education
At Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.
St. Joseph’s college, Tiruchirapalli.

4. Author
Professor
Engineer
Scientist
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
President

5. Personal life
His personal life was full of struggles and hard
work.
Kalam's father was a Muslim, who owned boats
which he rented out to local fishermen and was a
good friend of Hindu religious leaders and school
teachers at Rameswaram.
Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to
support his studies, he started his career as a
newspaper vendor.
Abdul Kalam is the Third President of India to have
been honored with a Bharat Ratna before being
elected to the highest office.

6. • Defense research and development organization.
Worked at
( D.R.D.O. )
• Indian space research organization.
( I.S.R.O. )

7. projects
The 5 projects were scheduled to be completed
in a time frame of only 10 years and consisted
of:
Nag: an anti-tank guided missile.
Prithvi: surface-to-surface battlefield missile.
Akash: a swift, medium-range surface-to-air
missile.
Trishul : a quick-reaction surface-to-air
missile with a shorter range.
Agni: an intermediate range ballistic missile,
the mightiest.

8. Major contributions
He helped in the development of India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle SLV-3, In 1980 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 organizational, technical and political role in India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear
test in 1998.
He served as a principal scientific adviser to the Defense Minister and later Govt of India
(1999-2001) and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for many
development applications.
As Chairman, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), he
generated the Technology Vision 2020 documents.
Dr. Kalam has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the
rank of Cabinet Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001.
Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the
Cabinet (SAC-C).

9. Political views
Kalam served as the 11th President of India, succeeding K. R. Narayanan. He won the
2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922,884, surpassing 107,366 votes
won by Lakshmi Sahgal. He served from 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007.He was known
as ‘peoples president’ when he retired.
Kalam's belief in the power of technology to resolve society's problems and his views
of these problems as a result of inefficient distribution of resources is modernistic.
He also sees science and technology as ideology-free areas and emphasizes the
cultivation of scientific temper and entrepreneurial drive.
India's business leaders like the founders of Infosys and Wipro supported him.
His book "India 2020" strongly advocates an action plan to develop India into a
knowledge superpower and into a developed nation by the year 2020.
Kalam is credited with the view that India ought to take a more assertive stance in
international relations.
He regards his work on India's nuclear weapons program as a way to assert India's
place as a future superpower.

10. Year of award or
honour
Name of award or honour Awarding organisation
2014 Doctor of Science Edinburgh University
2012 Doctor of Laws Simon Fraser University
2011 IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE
2010 Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo
2009 Honorary Doctorate Oakland University
2009 Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA
2009 International von Kármán Wings Award California Institute of Technology, USA
2008 Doctor of Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2007 King Charles II Medal Royal Society, U.K
2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, U.K[
2000 Ramanujan Award Awards Research Centre, Chennai
1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India
1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Indian National Congress
1997 Bharat Ratna Government of India
1990 Padma Vibhushan Government of India
1981 Padma Bhushan Government of India

11. Books by Dr. Kalam

12. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam personality traits
Honest
Faith in God and his parents
Hard Working
Determined
Possess Perseverance
Passionate for the work
Artistic
Highly spiritual
Loving and caring
Positive thinker

13. interesting things about Abdul Kalam
He begins his day by reading from the Bhagwad
Gita.
He works for about 18 hours each day.
He plays the 'Rudra Veena'.
He took leave from work just twice, when his
parents died.
He is a self-confessed ‘Ram Bhakt’

14. Learning from the story
Must try to follow the ‘ASK’ principle.
Must have a passion to do the work that you are in.
Be a visionary.
Must have certain rational principles in life which one should
always abide by.
Be down to earth.
Learn to master DESIRE, EXPECTATIONS and BELIEF.

15. THANK YOU.
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