Saturday, May 7, 2011

THE LIVING LEGEND

Apj Abdul kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்) usually referred to as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th President of India who served from 2002 to 2007. During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People's President.
Before his term as India's president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.
He is currently the chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, a professor at Anna University (Chennai), a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, JSS University in Mysore, and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
Early life and education
Abdul Kalam graduated in physics from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. After which he went to graduate with a diploma in Aeronautical Engineering in the mid-1950s from the Madras Institute of Technology. As the Project Director, he was heavily involved in the development of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-II).
Career
After graduation from Madras Institute of Technology he was the Project Director, he was heavily involved in the development of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). As Chief Executive of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (I.G.M.D.P), he played a major part in developing many missiles in India including Agni and Prithvi although the entire project has been criticised for being overrun and mismanaged. He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of Defence Research and Development Organisation from July 1992 to December 1999. Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period and have been associated with Kalam although he was not directly involved with the nuclear program at the time. He is called the missile man of India.
Kalam's writings
  • Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam
  • Scientist to President 
  • Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
  • India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium  
  • India-my-dream .
  • Envisioning an Empowered Nation: Technology for Societal Transformation
  • Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life
  • Children Ask Kalam
  • Indomitable Spirit,2006
  • The Scientific Indian: A Twenty-first Century Guide to the World around Us by
  • My Journey
Awards and honours
Year of Award or Honor
Name of Award or Honor
Awarding Organization
2009
Anna University of Technology.
2009
ASME Foundation, USA [11].
2009
International von Kármán Wings Award
1997
1990
1981


let us be proud to have such a great genuis in our country......His achievment will be a motivation to present as well as future generation.

18 comments:

நேயா said...

சின்னகுழந்தைக்கும் பிடிக்கும் இவர்களின் ஆற்றல்.

நல்ல அறிவோடு நீசிறந்துவிளங்க வாழ்த்துக்கள்

With Love Maroof said...

//நேயா said...//

Thank you நேயா aunty

siva said...

hai maroof

super super.
vazthukal

With Love Maroof said...

//siva said...//

Thnk you siva uncle.

சிவகாமி said...

அம்மாவின் புதிக்கூர்மையையும் மிஞ்சிவிடவேண்டும் பேராண்டி நீ.

கடவுள் உனக்கு ஆயுள் பலத்தையும் அறிவையும் கூடுதலாக தந்து சிறப்பாக நீ வளர்ந்து ஆளாக வாழ்த்தும் பாட்டி..

சிவகாமி said...

அம்மாவின் புத்திக்கூர்மையையும் மிஞ்சிவிடவேண்டும் பேராண்டி நீ.

கடவுள் உனக்கு ஆயுள் பலத்தையும் அறிவையும் கூடுதலாக தந்து சிறப்பாக நீ வளர்ந்து ஆளாக வாழ்த்தும் பாட்டி..

இன்னும் பல தலைவர்களை அறியதர வேண்டுகிறேன்..

With Love Maroof said...

//siva said..//

thank you siva uncle

With Love Maroof said...

//சிவகாமி said..//

thank you sivakami paati

insallah will write more about other
great people

கர்ணாமூர்த்தி said...

வாழ்க வளமுடன்
அன்பு குட்டிஸுக்கு வாழ்த்துக்கள் பல இன்னும் தொடரட்டும் உன் நற்செயல்கள் அனைத்தும்.

sisu said...

சூப்பர்டா சிங்ககுட்டி..

With Love Maroof said...

//கர்ணாமூர்த்தி said...//

thank you karnamurthy uncle

With Love Maroof said...

//sisu said...//

thank you sisu aunty ....

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அப்பாதுரை said...

very well written.
what is the meaning of 'Maroof'?

With Love Maroof said...

//ஷர்புதீன் said...//

THank you sarbudin uncle

if ihad any dout i will ask you uncle

அபு ஆதில் said...

வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

With Love Maroof said...

அப்பாதுரை said...

///very well written.
what is the meaning of 'Maroof'?//

thanks a lot....maroof means " know everything (related with god).......

With Love Maroof said...

அபு ஆதில் said...

/// வாழ்த்துக்கள்.///

thank you so muchhhh