A.P.J abdul kalam biography

 A.P.J Abdul kalam 




Alternative titles- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 

Indian scientist and politician 

President of india from 2002 to 2007 

Born 15 october 1931, Rameshwaram, india 

Died 27 july 2015, shillong 

Degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam served as president of the Republic of India from 2002 to 2007. As president, Kalam promoted the advancement of the national nuclear weapons program. Kalam also devised a 20-year action plan to achieve economic growth through technological development in India 

Abdul Kalam lived in a joint family. The family was quite large and apart from Kalam, there were five brothers and five sisters in the family. Three families used to live in the house. His father had a great influence on Abdul Kalam's life. Even though he was not educated, but his dedication and the values ​​given by him were of great use to Abdul Kalam. 

At the age of five, he attended the Panchayat Primary School in Rameswaram. His teacher Iyadurai Solomon told him that in order to achieve success and favorable results in life, these three forces must be well understood and dominated by strong desire, faith, expectation. His passion for studies was such that he even did the work of distributing newspapers to continue his early education.


 From the time Abdul Kalam was eight-nine years old, he used to get up at four in the morning and after taking bath, he used to go to the math teacher Swami to study mathematics. The student who did not come after taking a bath, he did not teach him. Swami was a unique teacher and used to teach 5 students free tuition every year. His mother used to pick him up and give him a bath and after having breakfast, he used to send him for tuitions. Abdul Kalam used to come back after reading the tuition at 5.30 pm. After that he used to offer prayers with his father. Then he used to go to Areshik School, Madrasa to study Quran Sharif. After this, Abdul Kalam used to collect newspapers by going to Rameswaram's railway station and bus stand. They had to go three kilometers. 

In those days mail trains used to pass through Dhanushkodi, but did not stop there. Newspaper bundles were thrown at the railway station from the moving train itself. After taking the newspaper Abdul Kalam used to distribute it first by running on the streets of Rameswaram city. Abdul Kalam was the youngest of his brothers, so he used to get a lot of mother's love. After returning from school in the evening, he would again go to Rameswaram to collect the outstanding money from the customers. In this way, as a teenager, he was studying while running and earning money.


 Kalam's hard work paid off and in 1958 he earned a degree in space science from the Madras Institute of Technology. After completing his degree, he entered the Indian Defense Research and Development Institute (DRDO) to work on the Hovercraft project. In 1962 he joined the Indian Space Research Institute (ISRO) where he successfully played his part in several satellite launch projects. As Project Director, he was instrumental in the construction of India's first indigenous satellite launch vehicle, SLV3, from which the Rohini satellite was successfully launched into space in July 1980. 

APJ Abdul Kalam Career



As a researcher, While on the ‘INCOSPAR’ committee, Kalam worked under the great space scientist Vikram Sarabhai. After joining the ‘Defence Research and Development Service,’ he graduated from the ‘Madras Institute of Technology in 1960 and worked as a scientist at the ‘Aeronautical Development Establishment.’ In 1969, Kalam was sent to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He rose to the project manager position for the country’s most advanced satellite launch vehicle (SLV-III). Under Kalam’s direction, SLV-III successfully launched the ‘Rohini’ satellite into near-Earth orbit in July 1980.


In 1970, Kalam took part in a variety of initiatives, including ‘Project Devil.’ He was also a part of the ‘Project Valiant’ group. Despite the project’s failure, it established the groundwork for creating the ‘Prithvi Missile’ in 1980.In 1983, Kalam was requested to manage the ‘Integrated Guided Missile Development Program .’ He returned to DRDO as its chief (IGMDP).


APJ Abdul Kalam Achievements

He was a crucial figure in India’s ‘Porkhran-II’ nuclear tests, which took place in May 1998. Kalam became a national hero due to the success of these nuclear tests, and his popularity skyrocketed.


He provided various proposals to make India a developed country by 2020 as a technical visionary in technology advancements, agriculture, and nuclear energy.


As President, The governing National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominated Kalam for President in 2002, and he was elected President. On July 25, 2002, he became India’s 11th President, a post he held until July 25, 2007. He was also the third President of India to be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ before taking office.


He was popularly known as ‘The People’s President’ because of his working manner and interactions with ordinary people, particularly the young. The signing of the ‘Office of Profit Bill,’ according to Dr. Kalam, was the most difficult choice he made during his presidency.


During his presidency, he was chastised for his lack of action in deciding on the fate of mercy petitions that were sent to him. Only one of the 21 mercy requests received his attention. He advocated President’s rule in Bihar in 2005, which wasThe Veer Savarkar Award was given to him.

The ‘Alwars Research Centre’ awarded him the ‘Ramanujan Award’ in 2000

The Royal Society awarded him the ‘Kings Charles II Medal’ in 2007

Kalam was awarded the Hoover Medal by the ASME Foundation in the United States...

 also a contentious choice. 


Achivement and rewards

The Government of India awarded Kalam the coveted ‘Bharat Ratan,’ ‘Padma Vibhushan,’ and ‘Padma Bhushan.’

In 1997, the Government of India presented him with the “Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.” 

  • In addition, he was awarded honorary doctorates from 40 institutions.
  • Kalam’s 79th birthday was declared World Students’ Day by the United Nations.
  • He was nominated for the MTV Youth Icon of the Year award in 2003 and 2006    APJ Abdul Kalam Death
  • On July 27, 2015, Kalam visited IIM Shillong to give a “Creating a Livable Planet Earth lecture.” He acknowledged considerable pain when mounting a set of steps, but he made it to the auditorium. He fainted in the lecture hall just five minutes into the talk, about 6:35 pm IST. In a deep state, he was brought to ‘Bethany Hospital.’ He was maintained in critical care, but he showed no indications of life. He was confirmed deceased at 7:45 p.m. IST due to cardiac arrest..On July 28, Kalam’s corpse was carried to New Delhi by an Indian Air Force chopper. At his apartment at 10 Rajaji Marg, many dignitaries and the general public paid their respects to him. Kalam’s corpse was flown to Mandapam, where an army vehicle transported it to his hometown of Rameswaram, covered in the national flag. His corpse was laid out in front of a bus station in Rameswaram so that people might pay their final respects to the departed soul. The former President was put to rest with full state honors at Rameswaram’s Pei Karumbu Ground on July 30, 2015. More than 350,000 individuals attended Kalam’s last rituals   




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