youth divine lamp

2. • Voyage of the pure soul
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
 He was born on 15 October 1931 in
Rameshwaram,Madras Presidency,British
India(nowTamil Nadu,India) usually referred
to as Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

5. School
Education

7. As an aaerospace engineer
 Kalam was invited byRaja Ramana to witness the
country’s first nuclear test SMILIMG BUDDHA as
the representative ofTBRL.
 As chief executive of the Integrated Guided
Missile Development Programme,he also played
a major part in developing many missiles of India
including agni and prithvi.
 He was the Chief Scientific Advisor to Prime
Minster and Secretary,Department of Defence
Research And Development.from july 1992 to
december 1999.

8. *Pokhran II nuclear tests were
conducted during this period ,and
have been associated with Kalam
aithough he was not directly
involved with the nuclear
programme at the time.

9. Worked as an aeronautical engineer with
DRDO and ISRO.
Missile Man of India.
 In India he is highly respected as a scientist as
an engineer.
 Role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test by India
in 1974.

12. As a President
 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 as a result of
inefficint distribution of resources is modernistic.
 He also sees science and technology as ideology free
areas and emphasizes the cultivation of scientific temper
and enterpreneurial drive.
 In this ,he finds a lot of support among India’s
newbusiness leaders like the founders of Infosys and
Wipro,who began their careers as technology
professionals much in the same way Kalam did.

13.  His book “India 2020” strongly advocates an
action plan to develop India into a knowledge
superpower and to 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.

14. PROJECTS
 The 5 projects were scheduled to be completed in a time
frame of only 10 years and consisted of :
 (1)Nag-an anti-tank guided missile.
 (2)Prithvi -a surface –to –surface battlefield missile.
 (3)Akash -a swift , medium-range surface-to-air missile
with a shorter range.
 (4)Trishul -a quick-reaction surface-to –air missile with a
shorter range.
 Agni-an intermediate range ballistic missie,the
mightiest.

16. Padma Vibhushan

18. Award list
 1981:PadmaVibhushan.
 1990:PadmaVibhushan.
 1997:Bharat Ratna.
 1997:Indira Gandhi Award for National
Integration,Government of India .
 1998:Veer Savakar Award,Government of India.
 2000:Ramanujan Award,always Research Centre,Chennai .
 2007:Honorary Doctorate of Science,University of
Wolverhampton,UK .
 2007:King Charles ll Medal Royal Society,UK.
 2008:Doctor of Engineering,NanyangTechnological
University,Singapore.

19.  2009:InternationalVon Karman Wings
Award,California Institute ofTechnology,USA.
 2009:Hoover Medal ASME Foundation,USA.
 2010:Doctor of Engineering,University of
Waterloo.
 2011:IEEE Honorary Membership,IEEE.
 2012:Doctor of laws,Simon Fraser University.
 2013:Von Braun Award.
 2014:Doctor of science,Edinburgh University.

21. THE DAY BEGINS:
 Kalam begins his day by reading from the
Bhagwad Gita.
 Kalam is leading a remarkable ascetic life.
 He works for about 18 hours each day.
 He plays the “Rudra veena”.
 Took leave just twice,when his parents died.
 He is a self-confessed ‘Ram Bhakt’.

22. Learnings 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,EXPECTand BELIEF.

23. HIS Personality traits
 Inherited Honesty,self,discipline and faith in goodness
from his parents.
 Hardworking.
 Determined.
 Possess Perseverance.
 Passionate for the work.
 Artistic.
 Highly spiritual.
 Loving and caring.
 Committed and dedicated for work and positive thinker.