Childhood Life to College Life

Kalam's Childhood Life to College Life

Kalam's father was a humble boat owner. He had seven siblings and a doting mother who made chapattis for kalam while others give rice for Kalam. His days were start at 4 am and end up with 11 pm. Autobiography of apjabdul kalam was very strange.

His father was not educated so he wanted Kalam to study. He get up at 4 am, take bathe, go for his mathematics class, after that he went to town to distribute the newspaper with his cousin samsuddin.

No electricity in Kalam's town so they use kerosene lamps at early morning and night. He was a bright student so the school teachers supported for his studies. This made kalam fearless.

After his school days he wanted to fly in aircrafts so he took Physics at college. In MIT he studied aeronautics and learns the value of time. He did many projects and he's treated each like his last. Such was his passion. He can take on any role with simplicity.

Books written by Kalam

Books written by Kalam

Ο    Wings of fire:

                  Author                    -->    It is written by APJ Abdul kalam with Arun Tiwari.
                  Genre                     -->   Autobiography
                  Subject                   -->   India Journey to self-reliance in technology
                  Publication date       -->   1999
                  Publisher                 -->   Universities Press, Hyderabad
                  Pages                      -->   180
                  Price                       -->   Rs.175 approx.
                 The Book translated and published in 13 languages. ( First Published in English, translated in French, Chinese, Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, kannada Telugu, Malayalam, Oriya, Marathi apart from Braille. )


Ο   India 2020 -A vision for the New Millennium:

                 Author                     -->    It is written by APJ Abdul kalam with YS Rajan.
                 Subject                    -->   Vision of Developed India.
                 Publication date       -->   2002
                 Publisher                 -->   Penguin Books, New Delhi
                 Pages                      -->   344 pages divided into 12 Chapters.
                 Price                        -->   Rs.220 approx.
                The India 2020 Book is dedicated to a young girl whom Kalam met and asked as "what is your dream" for which the young girl replied "I want to live in a developed India."



Ο  Inspiring Thoughts:

                  Author                   -->    It is written by APJ Abdul kalam.
                 Subject                   -->   Its a collection of best thoughts and Quotes.
                 Publisher                -->    Rajpal And Sons Publishing
                 Pages                     -->   104 approx.
                 Price                      -->   Rs.120 approx.


Ο  Indomitable Spirit:


                  Author                   -->    It is written by APJ Abdul kalam.
                 Publication date      -->   2009
                 Publisher                -->   Rajpal And Sons Publishing
                 Pages                     -->   256 approx.
                 Price                      -->   Rs.330 approx.

Ο  Envisioning an Empowered Nation


                  Author                   -->    It is written by APJ Abdul kalam with A.Sivathanu Pillai.
                  Publisher                -->   Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi


Ο  My Journey, Developments in Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology, The Luminous Sparks, The Life Tree, Children Ask Kalam, Guiding Souls are the books written by Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.

Kalam’s Personal Life

Kalam’s Personal Life

Abdul kalam Personal life was full of struggles and hard work. His Father was a devout Muslim. His Father owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen and so he have many Christian friends.  And his father is also a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and the school teachers at Rameshwaram.  For his studies abdul kalam started his career as a newspaper vendor.  

Kalam is a scholar of Thirukkural. He quotes at least one kural in most of his speeches.  He has written several poems in Tamil. He had written several inspirational books. His autobiography Wings of Fire book motivate Indian Youth. 

Abdul Kalam's career life

 

Careers of Abdul Kalam

ISRO         -   Project Director

o   20yrs A.P.J.Abdul Kalam worked here as project director.

o   India’s first satellite launch vehicle, SLV-3 (launched Rohini).

o   SLVIII injected the Rohini satellite in July 1980.

o   These years are very important role in his life of Scientist.

o   He played a crucial role in developing satellite launch vehicle technology and expertise in control, propulsion and aerodynamics

  DRDO       -  Director

o    In 1982 he joined here as Director of DRDO.

o   Chief Executive in  I.G.M.D.P (Integrated Guided Missile  Development Program)

o    He get a chance to be the part of India’s missile program (Agni and Prithvi.)

o    Agni met its mission requirements in 1994.

DRDO       -  Chief Scientific Adviser

o   Chief Scientific Adviser for Prime Minister and the  Secretary of Defence Research and  development Organisation

o   Pokhran-II nuclear tests taken  during the period of July 1992 - December  1999).

Govt of India – Principal Scientific Adviser  

o   In November 1999

Govt of India – President

o    Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th President of India

o    During the period of 2002 to 2007.

o   He was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government, under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

o    He was popularly known as the People's President.

JSS University – Professor

o    The University is in Mysore.

o    He has agreed to deliver a minimum of four lectures every year.

IIM-A               -  Professor

o    Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, one of the architects of the country's space programme and ex-President, will take sessions for students of Post Graduate Programme (PGP), Post Graduate Programme - Agri Business Management (PGP-ABM ), Public Management and Policy (PMP) and Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) from September 13.

Awards and honours of abdul

Year Of Award / Honor	Name of Award / Honor	Awarding Organization
2011	Doctor of Science (Microbiology)	S. Gujarati University
2011	IEEE Honorary Membership	IEEE
2009	Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)	Anna Universiry of Technology
2009	Hoover Medal	ASME foundation, USA
2009	International von Karman wings	California Institute of Technology, USA
2008	Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa)	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1997	Bharat Ratna	Government of India
1990	Padma Vibhushan	Government of India
1981	Padma Bhushan	Government of India

 Awards given in India

•  2000      -     Ramanujan Award                                          - Alwars Research center, Chennai 
•  1998      -     Veer Savarkar Award                                     -  Government of India
•  1997      -      Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration    -  Government of India
•  1996      -     Prof Y. Nayudamma Memorial Gold Medal       -  Govt of India
•  1996      -     GM Modi Award for Science
•  1996      -     HK Firodia Award for Excellence in S&T
•  2006      -     MTV India Youth Icon for the year 2006            - India 

*  Kalam receive honorary docorates from at least thirty universities.
*  He also got Dr Biren Roy Space Award, Om Prakash Bhasin Award, National Nehru Award by the
    Government of MP.