My favorite Personality: APJ Abdul Kalam
The full name of APJ Abdul Kalam was Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. He has been the luminous
star in the Indian history as the Missile Man and People’s President. He was born on 15th of October in
1931 in Tamil Nadu. His life was full of struggle however has been an inspiration to the new generation of
India. He was a person who dreamed about India of being a developed country. For which he has quoted
that “You have to dream before your dreams can come true”. His immense interest in flight made him able
to fulfill his dream of being an Aeronautical Engineering. Despite being from a poor family, he never
discontinued his education. He completed his graduation in Science from St. Joseph’s College in
Tiruchirappalli and Aeronautical Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1954.
He joined DRDO as a senior scientific assistant in 1958 where a small team, developing a prototype hover-
craft, was headed by him. Because of the lack of exciting response from the hovercraft programme, he
joined the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He is widely famous as the “Missile Man of India” as
he contributed a lot in developing ballistic missiles and space rocket technology. He was the driving force
behind country in developing the defence technologies. His great contributions have brought our country
into the group of nuclear nations.
He was a notable scientist and an engineer who also served the country as 11th President from 2002 to
2007. Pokhran-II nuclear test of 1998 also had his dedicated involvement. He was the man of vision and full
of ideas who always aimed at development of country. He has highlighted the action plans about country
development by 2020 in his book titled as “India-2020”.
Numerous projects were headed by him such as launch of the Rohini-1, Project Devil and Project Valiant,
developing missiles (under missions Agni and Prithvi), etc. For his great contributions in improving the
nuclear power of India. He has been honored with the highest civilian awards for his dedicated works. After
completing his service to the government of India as President, he served the country as a visiting
professor at various valued institutes and universities.
He wrote many inspirational books such as “India 2020”, “Ignited Minds”, “Mission India”, “The Luminous
Sparks”, “Inspiring Thoughts”, etc. In order to beat the corruption in country he launched a mission for
youths named “What Can I Give Movement”. He served as visiting professor in various universities and
institutes of the country (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indore, etc), as Chancellor of
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, JSS University (Mysore), Aerospace
Engineering at Anna University (Chennai), etc. He has been awarded with the awards like Padma
Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Bharat Ratna, Indira Gandhi Award, Veer Savarkar Award, Ramanujan Award
and many more.
According to him, the real asset of the country is its youth that’s why he has always motivated and inspired
them. He said that, “The nation requires role models in leadership who can inspire youngsters”.
The full name of APJ Abdul Kalam was Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. He has been the luminous
star in the Indian history as the Missile Man and People’s President. He was born on 15th of October in
1931 in Tamil Nadu. His life was full of struggle however has been an inspiration to the new generation of
India. He was a person who dreamed about India of being a developed country. For which he has quoted
that “You have to dream before your dreams can come true”. His immense interest in flight made him able
to fulfill his dream of being an Aeronautical Engineering. Despite being from a poor family, he never
discontinued his education. He completed his graduation in Science from St. Joseph’s College in
Tiruchirappalli and Aeronautical Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1954.
He joined DRDO as a senior scientific assistant in 1958 where a small team, developing a prototype hover-
craft, was headed by him. Because of the lack of exciting response from the hovercraft programme, he
joined the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He is widely famous as the “Missile Man of India” as
he contributed a lot in developing ballistic missiles and space rocket technology. He was the driving force
behind country in developing the defence technologies. His great contributions have brought our country
into the group of nuclear nations.
He was a notable scientist and an engineer who also served the country as 11th President from 2002 to
2007. Pokhran-II nuclear test of 1998 also had his dedicated involvement. He was the man of vision and full
of ideas who always aimed at development of country. He has highlighted the action plans about country
development by 2020 in his book titled as “India-2020”.
Numerous projects were headed by him such as launch of the Rohini-1, Project Devil and Project Valiant,
developing missiles (under missions Agni and Prithvi), etc. For his great contributions in improving the
nuclear power of India. He has been honored with the highest civilian awards for his dedicated works. After
completing his service to the government of India as President, he served the country as a visiting
professor at various valued institutes and universities.
He wrote many inspirational books such as “India 2020”, “Ignited Minds”, “Mission India”, “The Luminous
Sparks”, “Inspiring Thoughts”, etc. In order to beat the corruption in country he launched a mission for
youths named “What Can I Give Movement”. He served as visiting professor in various universities and
institutes of the country (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indore, etc), as Chancellor of
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, JSS University (Mysore), Aerospace
Engineering at Anna University (Chennai), etc. He has been awarded with the awards like Padma
Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Bharat Ratna, Indira Gandhi Award, Veer Savarkar Award, Ramanujan Award
and many more.
According to him, the real asset of the country is its youth that’s why he has always motivated and inspired
them. He said that, “The nation requires role models in leadership who can inspire youngsters”.
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