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Abdul kalam biography in hindi: Abdul Kalam. His full name was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, born in Rameswaram of Madras Presidency on 15th October and died on July 27, , Shillong. He was an Indian Scientist and also a politician leader, who later became the 11th President of India. He.
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Abdul Kalam – 11 th President of India
Profile: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India July 25, – July 24,
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15, , Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred as Dr.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was the eleventh President of India, serving from to A notable engineer,
he is often referred to as the Missile Man of India for his work and is considered a progressive mentor,
innovator and visionary in India.
He is also popularly known as the People's President. His term as president
ended on July 25,
Dr.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of
Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in
July and made India an exclusive member of Space Club.
He was responsible for the evolution of
ISRO's launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV configuration.
After working for two decades in ISRO and mastering launch vehicle technologies, Dr. Kalam took up the
responsibility of developing Indigenous Guided Missiles at Defense Research and Development
Organization as the Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
He
was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles and for building
indigenous capability in critical technologies through networking of multiple institutions.
He was the Scientific Adviser to Defense Minister and Secretary, Department of Defense Research &
Development from July to December During this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic
missile systems and the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy, which
made India a nuclear weapon State.
He also gave thrust to self-reliance in defense systems by progressing
multiple development tasks and mission projects such as Light Combat Aircraft.
As Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and as an eminent
scientist, he led the country with the help of experts to arrive at Technology Vision giving a road
map for transforming India from the present developing status to a developed nation.
Dr. Kalam has served
as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister, from
November to November and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for
many development applications. Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory
Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C) and piloted India Millennium Mission
Dr.
Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor, Technology & Societal Transformation at Anna University,
Chennai from November and was involved in teaching and research tasks.
Above all he took up a
mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting high school students across the
country.
In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "India - A Vision for the New
Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become
household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad.
These books have been translated in many
Indian languages.
Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary
doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma
Bhushan () and Padma Vibhushan () and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna ().
He is a
recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions.
Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July and held that office till July 24, His
focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by In October , Dr. Kalam received an
Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Wolverhampton.
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Biodata – Honorable President A.
P. J. Abdul Kalam – 11 th President of India
Honors: Dr. Kalam has received honorary doctorates from as many as thirty universities . The Government
of India has honored him with the nation's highest civilian honors: the Padma Bhushan in ; Padma
Vibhushan in ; and the Bharat Ratna in
Kalam is the third President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the
highest office, the other two being Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Zakir Hussain.
He is also the first scientist
and first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Referred to as the "People's President", Kalam is often considered amongst India's greatest presidents, going
on to win a poll conducted by news channel CNN-IBN for India's Best President.
Political views: Kalam's probable views on certain issues have been espoused by him in his book India
where he strongly advocates an action plan to develop India into a knowledge superpower and into a
developed nation by the year 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.
Kalam continues to take an active interest in other developments in the field of science and technology as
well.
He has proposed a research programme for developing bio-implants. He is a supporter of Open source
software over proprietary solutions and believes that the use of open source software on a large scale will
bring more people the benefits of information technology.
Kalam's belief in the power of science 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. In this, he finds a lot
of support among India's new business leaders like the founders of Infosys and Wipro, (leading Indian IT
corporations) who began their careers as technology professionals much in the same way Kalam did.
Personal life: APJ Abdul Kalam was born in in a middle-class family in Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu, a
town well-known for its Hindu shrines.
His mother tongue is Tamil. His father, a devout Muslim, owned
boats which he rented out to local fishermen and was a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and the school
teachers at Rameshwaram. APJ Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to support his studies, he started
his career as a newspaper vendor.
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the Childhood of Abdul Kalam by Vinita Krishna.
The house Kalam was born in can still be found on the Mosque street at Rameshwaram, and his brother's
curio shop abuts it. This has become a point-of-call for tourists who seek out the place.
Kalam grew up in an
intimate relationship with nature, and he says in Wings of Fire that he never could imagine that water could
be so powerful a destroying force as that he witnessed when he was six. That was in when a cyclonic
storm swept away the Pamban bridge and a trainload of passengers with it and also Kalam's native village,
Dhanushkodi.
Kalam observes strict personal discipline, vegetarianism, teetotalism and celibacy.
Kalam is a scholar of
Thirukkural; in most of his speeches, he quotes at least one kural.
Kalam has written several inspirational
books, most notably his autobiography Wings of Fire, aimed at motivating Indian youth. Another of his
books, Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life reveals his spiritual side. He has written poems in
Tamil as well. It has been reported that there is considerable demand in South Korea for translated versions
of books authored by him.
Dr.
Kalam visited the Carnegie Mellon campus on October 16th, where he spoke in front of numerous
students and faculty regarding the role of science and the view of India in the future. He received a honorary
doctorate from the university.
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