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Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Impeccable

Character, Indomitable Spirit

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 ENGINEERING & SCIENCE FOCUS:: AITK
A monthly academic bulletin AUGUST issue: 2015
Editor & Design by Dr. P. Sri Chandana
Theme: An “ On paper spotlight on engineering and science education”

Article:
Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Impeccable Character, Indomitable Spirit

Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, popularly known as “Missile Man” born in a middle

class family, seen and faced problems and hardships of middle class, never
daunted and depressed of failures rose to the height of first citizen of
India, the president of India, a visionary, a pragmatist, a poet a good
human being, a complete man. He is the architect of India’s integrated
missile development programme, recipient of Bharat Ratna, a rare
example of today’s world, where most of the people are engulfed by
mediocrity, hypocrisy, corruption, the likes Dr. Kalam want to conserve
superior qualities of humanity.

All birds find shelter during

rain. But Eagle avoids rain
by flying above the clouds.

Problems are common but

the attitude makes the
difference!

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Aal

Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from
Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as
Project Director to develop India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-
III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July
1980 and made India an exclusive member of space club.
Dr. Kalam is religious to a fault and is a rapacious reader of both
Bhagawad Gita and the Quran of the great tamil saint Tirvallurvar. He always
shares his achievements and success with his teachers and colleagues. When
the award of Bharat Ratna was bestowed on Dr. Kalam, for his splendid
achievements, he said, “I couldn’t have done it by myself. Behind me there were
thousands of scientists. I only shape the programme.” In a span of 14 year, he
lined up Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash, and Nag and finished the long pending
Arjun Project, pushed forward with an indigenous aircraft engine Kaveri. He
vowed to make India self-reliant in military war fare by 2005 AD. An apostle of
unparalleled genius, he never took excuses of lack of funds or lack of
cooperation etc. in the glorified path of achieving his goal. This dreamer of
making India a super power, tells his countrymen and colleagues: “Dream,
dream and dream. Turn the dream into thoughts and thoughts will transform
into action.”

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Earnestly proud of his heritage, Dr. Kalam asks the people of India,
to discover the untapped strength. Let the Indians now totally delink from the
legacy of the past, hear this inspiring revelation: India made the world’s first
rocket, says Dr. Kalam in annotation to one of this poems. These rockets are
laced in the British War Museum. Small tube with gun powder, tine nozzle and
warhead (a carved sword) were used in defeating the British army at the battle
of Srirangapatnam, by Tipu Sultan.
He always exhorted the people, “We must think and act like a
nation of a billion people and not like a nation of a million people.”
After becoming President, Dr. Kalam has been doing a very pious
task of exhorting and encouraging the youth, to rise to the occasion and never
felt shy of failures, have faith in Almighty and work hard to achieve whatever
you like to achieve in your life. Dr. Kalam has become a source of unending
inspiration to the youth of today. He is very popular among the children,
among the youth and among the matured citizen throughout the country.
While the developed countries, the super powers were stuffed
with arrogance because of the unlatching might they possess, jeered at
country India was struggling to arrange basic needs of the people and
depending for arms on them, in order to defend its sovereignty, Dr. Kalam
rallied with intelligentsia and scientist together to realize the ambition of
integrated Guided Missile Programme.
Dr. Kalam never felt depressed or distressed with the failures, he
always moved forward with full dedication and devotion to the task he
enjoined upon. He quotes an example of his life, that when he came out of HAL
as a graduate for a career in the Indian Air Force, he was called for an interview
in Dehradun and stood ninth in the batch of 25 but only eight got selected.
Disappointed with the failure, he visited the pilgrim centre of Rishikesh where
he met Swami Shivananda and introduced himself to Swamiji and narrated his
story. Then Swamiji told him, “Accept your destiny and go ahead with your life.
You are not destined to become an Air Force Pilot. What you are destined to
become is not revealed now but it is predetermined. Forget this failure it is
essential to lead you along your destined path. Search instead for the true
purpose of your life. Become one with yourself, my son!” None not even he
himself could imagine that he was predestined to become the Missile Man of
India, and thereafter the President of the largest democracy of the world.
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Dr. Kalam is an undying inspiration to the young generation
insisting them to word hard with fullest dedication, sincerity, diligence and
devotion. In a span of two decades, he slung the country into the cadres of
so called mighty nations like USA, U.K. France, Russia and Chine in the arena
of modern warfare all blissfully with total indigenous technologies, directing
and guiding a team of 7000 brilliant dedicated scientists and was researcher
at 50 laboratories of the DRDO. He was an awardee of about 40 honorary
doctorate degrees.
In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam’s books- “Wings of Fire”,
“India 2020-A vision for the New Millenium”, “My journey” and “Ignited
minds-Unleashing the power within India” have become household names in
India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been
translated in many languages.
Dr. Kalam is a vivacious reader, a lover of classical music and a
poet, a great scientist, a religiously theist personality and what not, he is an
ideal man and a complete man. India lost this inspiring personality on July
27, 2015.
India is indebted to Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam and proud of such a
brilliant and complete man.

Educationist should build the

capacities of the spirit of inquiry,
creativity, entrepreneurial and
moral leadership among students
and become their role model.
-Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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