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A Few Great Personalities of INDIA

Compiled by Raj, Ramesh & Ravi

All of us have seen many presentations floating around about eminent people like Aryabhatta, Chankya, Srinivasa Ramanujam etc.While we are very proud of the great deeds our ancestors have achieved, we believe we should also recognise the present day greats whohave contributed in this century and/or contributing today.Below is a list of few such great personalities. This list is not comprehensive, many more can be added. A few people might not agree with a few names in the list. But this is a small effort by three of us to compile this list of people who are in today’s India. Any feedback is most welcome. Please direct it to psycraj@gmail.com .

A Few Great Personalities of INDIA

Compiled by Raj, Ramesh & Ravi

Abdul Kalam Dr.A.P.J...................................................................................................3Adi Godrej.....................................................................................................................4Aditya Birla....................................................................................................................5Amar Bose.....................................................................................................................6Amartya Sen...................................................................................................................7Anil Ambani...................................................................................................................8Anji Reddy Dr. K.........................................................................................................10Arun Sarin....................................................................................................................11Arundhati Roy..............................................................................................................12Azim Hasham Premji...................................................................................................14Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani........................................................................................16Ghanshyam Das Birla..................................................................................................17Gopichand P.................................................................................................................18Indra Nooyi..................................................................................................................19Jagdish N. Bhagwati....................................................................................................20Jamsetji Tata................................................................................................................22Kumar Mangalam Birla...............................................................................................24Lakshmi Mittal.............................................................................................................25Mallika Srinivasan.......................................................................................................27Mira Nair......................................................................................................................29Mukesh Ambani...........................................................................................................30Naina Lal Kidwai.........................................................................................................32Nandan Nilekani..........................................................................................................33Narayana Murthy N.R..................................................................................................34Naresh Goyal...............................................................................................................35Oberoi M.S...................................................................................................................36Pratap Reddy Dr...........................................................................................................38Rahman A.R.................................................................................................................39Rahul Bajaj...................................................................................................................40Raj Reddy Professor....................................................................................................41Ramalinga Raju............................................................................................................43Ramoji Rao..................................................................................................................44Ratan Tata....................................................................................................................45Raunaq Singh...............................................................................................................46Sabeer Bhatia...............................................................................................................47Sachin Tendulkar.........................................................................................................48Shashi Tharoor.............................................................................................................49Shiv Nadar...................................................................................................................51Subroto Roy.................................................................................................................52Sulajja Firodia Motwani..............................................................................................53Sunil Bharti Mittal.......................................................................................................55Tata J.R.D....................................................................................................................57Vijay Mallya................................................................................................................58Vikram .A. Sarabhai....................................................................................................61Vikram Seth.................................................................................................................62Vinod Dham.................................................................................................................63Vinod Khosla...............................................................................................................64

A Few Great Personalities of INDIA

Compiled by Raj, Ramesh & Ravi

Abdul Kalam Dr.A.P.J.

President of IndiaDr. Avul Pakir Jainulabhudin Adbul Kalam, the twelfth President of India, isrightfully termed as the father of India's missile technology. He was born to parentsJainulabdeen Marakayar and Ashiamma on 15th October,1931, at Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram district, TamilNadu. Dr. Kalam as an eminent Aeronautical Engineer,contributed for the development of India’s first Satellitelaunch vehicle SLV-3 and the missiles like the Trishul,Agni, Pritvi etc.He did his secondary education at Schwartz High School inRamanathapuram, B.Sc. at St. Joseph's College(1950),Tiruchi, and DMIT in Aeronautical Engineering at theMIT, Madras during 1954-57. After passing out as agraduate aeronautical engineer, Kalam joined HindustanAeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore as a trainee andlater joined as a technical assistant in the Directorate of Technical Development andProduction of the Ministry of Defence.In the 1960's Kalam joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba inKerala. He played a major role in the centre's evolution to a key hub of space researchin India, helping to develop the country's first indigenous satellite-launch vehicle.During 1963-82, he served the ISRO in various capacities. In 1982, he rejoinedDRDO as Director, and conceived the Integrated Guided Missile DevelopmentProgramme (IGMDP) for five indigenous missiles. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam hasestablished an Advanced Technology Research Centre, called 'Research CentreImarat' to undertake development in futuristic missile technology areas. He alsoserved as the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Defence minister and later theGovernment of India. After retiring from the post Dr. Kalam joined AnnamalaiUniversity till he became the President in January 2002.He is a member of Indian National Academy of Sciences, Astronautical Society of India and many other professional bodies. Dr. APJ abdul Kalam has been awardedPadma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and India's Highest civilianAward 'The Bharat Ratna' in 1997. Other prestigious awards include Dr.Biren RoySpace Award, Om Prakash Basin Award for Science and Technology, National NehruAward, Arya Bhatta Award etc. Dr. Kalam was conferred with the degree of Doctorof Science (D.Sc. Honoris-causa) by twenty eight universities.Dr. Kalam, a bachelor is a connoisseur of classical Carnatic music. He plays veena inhis leisure. He writes poetry in Tamil, his mother tongue. Seventeen of his poemswere translated into English and published in 1994 as a book entitled 'My Journey'.He reads the Quran and the Bhagavad Gita with equal devotion. He is also the Authorof the books 'India 2020 : A vision for the New Millennium'(1998 with YS Rajan),'Wings of Fire : an Autobiography' and 'Ignited Minds – unleashing the power withinIndia'.Totally dedicated to the nation, Dr. Abdul Kalam's vision is to transform India into adeveloped nation by the year 2020 through hard work and perseverance. He holds afirst world dream for the third world nation.