About Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam – The people's President
He is known as the missile man of India, in his service he worked as the aeronautical engineer with DRDO(Defence Research and Development Organisation) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). He is the key person due to which India today is in the list of nuclear capable countries. Dr. Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974 .Currently he is chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, a professor at Anna University (Chennai), a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, JSS University in Mysore, and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
Dr. Kalam was born on October 15, 1931 , the son of a little educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu possessed neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit. His father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries. However, all that was needed was provided for, in terms of food, medicine or cloths
After studying in a primary school in Ramaeswaran, Dr. Kalam went to Schwartz High School at Ramanathpuram from where he went to Tiruchchirapalli for his higher studies. By the time he completed his education at Schwartz, He was a self-confident boy with the determination to be successful. The decision to go in for further education was taken without a second thought. In those days, the awarness of the possibilities for a professional education did not exist; higher education simply meant going to college. The nearest college was at Tiruchchirapalli.
After completing his BSc from St. Joseph’s college he joined the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), for studying aeronautical engineering. From MIT, he went to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at Bangalore as a trainee. As aeronautical engineer Dr. Kalam had two options -- in short, to join the Directorate of Technical Development and Production, or DTD & P (Air) of the Ministry of Defence or the Indian Air Force. As he could not make it to Indian Air Force, Dr. Kalam joined the Technical Centre (Civil Aviation) of the DTD&P (Air) as Senior Scientific Assistant on a basic salary of Rs. 250/-. While working at the Air force Directorate he got a chance to realise his dream. He joined the Indian Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), the predecessor of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). And thus Kalam started his much talked about career in rocket and missile technology.
Before he became President of the country, Dr. Kalam had divided his career in four phases. In the first phase (1963-82) he worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The second phase of his career started when he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1982. As Director of DRDO, Dr. Kalam was entrusted with the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) Dr. Kalam identifies his third phase with his participation with India’s mission to become a nuclear weapon state, jointly undertaken by DRDO and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with the active support of the armed forces. During this phase he, as Chairman of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), also got involved with the creation of Technology Vision 2020 and the India Millennium Missions (IMM 2020), which is an integratied version of technology vision and India’s security concerns. In November 1999 Dr. Kalam was appointed as Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. His fourth phase started after he left the post of Principal Scientific Adviser. He joined the Anna University at Chennai as Professor of Technology and Societal Transformation.
In 1997 Dr. Kalam was given the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna
Dr. kalam is also a writer. He has written various books and novels, India 2020, wings of fire etc are some of his writings.
I have always been inspired by Dr. Kalam. His life tells us that to become successful you do not need money or luxuries for which now these days students make excuses that they have not been studied in the higher schools and colleges to touch hieghts, its your interest and hardwork which make your ways to success. Dr. Kalam belonged to a lower middle class family and also studied in the schools of India only rather than havard etc but still he was the 11th president of India. We should always follow the life of people like him to keep up our motivation spirits for our life because
"LUCK IS NOTHING ITS YOU WHO MAKE WAYS TO SUCCESS IN YOUR LIFE"
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