MY IDOL-APJ ABDUL SIR

 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam- My idol

by- ankur deep

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident. -A.P.J. Abdul kalam

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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

“Dream, dream, dream,

Transforms into thoughts,

Thoughts result into action”.

This was stated by visionary Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India at a jam-packed hall in Kolkata on January 2, 2003 when he inspired thousands of school children to dream, to dream big, and let those dreams culminate in thoughts and actions. “Dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep,” the ‘people’s President’ had elaborated later.

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, internationally known as the “Missile Man of India”, was born on  October 15, 1931 at Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu. He got his early education in his hometown, after which he graduated in science from St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchi. Thereafter, Dr. Kalam took his Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology in 1954.

Dr. Kalam started his career with the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1958 and served as a senior Scientific Assistant, heading a small team that was tasked with making a prototype hovercraft. After a four-year stint at DRDO, Dr. Kalam joined Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and became a member of the satellite launch vehicle team at Thumba. Within a short time, he was appointed the Project Director of SLV-3. Under his able leadership, the team succeeded in putting the 35kg Rohini-1 satellite on a low earth with the help of SLV-3. Then, after spending 19 fruitful years in ISRO in various capacities, he returned to DRDO to head the country’s Integrated Missile Development Programme, which culminated in the successful launches of a series of missiles such as Agni, Prithvi, Trishul, Akash and Nag, etc.

Thereafter, Dr. Kalam focussed on development of nuclear potential of the country and proved his mettle by the successful nuclear tests at Pokharan, Rajasthan in May 1998. The nation lauded his achievements and in July 2002, NDA Government at the Centre chose him as the 11th President of India, which was a landmark event of great importance in the history of India, because it was for the first time that the nation gave preference to the quality of the person rather than political moorings.

References-

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by-ANKUR DEEP G4/16