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Thursday, August 21, 2008
A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM PRESIDENT OF INDIA
DR.ABDUL KALAM EXTERNAL LINKS
External links
Abdul Kalam's website
Website Dedicated to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Archived Website of Dr APJ AbdulKalam - Former President of India
Rediff Page
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's Biography
Abdul Kalam TAMIL Speech
BBC News article on his election
Frontline article on the Presidential Race and Kalam's election
Review of "Wings of Fire" - Kalam's autobiography
President Abdul Kalam's sortie in a SU-30MKI, journey in a submarine and the visit to Siachin battle field @ IBNlive.com
Abdul Kalam - One Hundred Tamils of 20th Century
I have three visions for India - Kalam's famous speech that is still passed by chain emails
Kalam's famous "Nobility in Leadership" Speech in Online Video
Link to the Audiobook - Wings of fire
Preceded byK R Narayanan
President of IndiaJuly 25, 2002-July 25, 2007
Succeeded byPratibha Patil
A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM BOOKS
Books
India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Y.S. Rajan (Penguin Books India, 2003) ISBN 0-14-027833-8
India-my-dream by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Excel Books, 2004) ISBN 81-7446-350-X
Envisioning an Empowered Nation: Technology for Societal Transformation by A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (TATA McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd, 2004) ISBN 0-07-053154-4
Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Arun K Tiwari, (Ocean Books, 2005) ISBN 81-88322-73-3
Children Ask Kalam by A.P.J Abdul Kalam (Pearson Education) ISBN 81-7758-245-3
Biographies and Autobiographies
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam by A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (Orient Longman, 1999) ISBN 81-7371-146-1
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Penguin Books, 2003) ISBN 0-14-302982-7
Scientist to President by Abdul A.P.J. Kalam (Gyan Publishing House, 2003) ISBN 81-212-0807-6
Eternal Quest: Life and Times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam by S. Chandra (Pentagon Publishers, 2002) ISBN 81-86830-55-3
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam by R. K. Pruthi (Anmol Publications, 2002) ISBN 81-261-1344-8
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam: The Visionary of India' by K. Bhushan, G. Katyal (A.P.H. Pub. Corp, 2002) ISBN 81-7648-380-X
kalAM mEShTru, ಕಲಾಂ ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು. : The Life sketch of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam : A Story of, President , Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, as told to the Children of India, with interesting anecdotes, and Photos, in Kannada Language, By Prof. Shri. H. R. Ramakrishna Rao, Published by the Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara, BeMgaLUrU, Karnataka. ISBN : 81-7713-199-0, 1,000 Copies.
A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM AS AN ENGINEER
Kalam as an engineer
Abdul Kalam graduated from Madras Institute of Technology majoring in Aeronautical Engineering. As the Project Director, he made significant contributions to the development of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). As Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), he also played major part in developing many missiles of India including Agni and Prithvi. He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from July 1992 to December 1999. Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period, led by him.
A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM PERSONAL LIFE
Personal life
APJ Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 in a middle-class family in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, a town well-known for its Hindu shrines. His mother tongue is Tamil. His father, a devout Muslim, owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen and was a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and the school teachers at Rameshwaram. APJ Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to support his studies, he started his career as a newspaper vendor. This was also told in the book, A Boy and His Dream: Three Stories from the Childhood of Abdul Kalam by Vinita Krishna. The house Kalam was born in can still be found on the Mosque street at Rameswaram, and his brother's curio shop abuts it. This has become a point-of-call for tourists who seek out the place. Kalam grew up in an intimate relationship with nature, and he says in Wings of Fire that he never could imagine that water could be so powerful a destroying force as that he witnessed when he was six. That was in 1934 when a cyclonic storm swept away the Pamban bridge and a trainload of passengers with it and also Kalam's native village, Dhanushkodi.
HONOURS DR.ABDUL KALAM
Honours
He has received honorary doctorates from as many as thirty universities .[3] The Government of India has honoured him with the nation's highest civilian honours: the Padma Bhushan in 1981; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and the Bharat Ratna in 1997.
Kalam is the Fourth President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the highest office, the other three being Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ,V. V. Giri and Zakir Hussain. He is also the first scientist and first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Referred to as the "People's President", Kalam is often considered amongst India's greatest presidents, going on to win a poll conducted by news channel CNN-IBN for India's Best President.
A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM PRESIDENT (FORMER)
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Abdul Kalam
People's President'
11th President of India
In officeJuly 25, 2002 – July 25, 2007
Vice President
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by
K. R. Narayanan
Succeeded by
Pratibha Patil
Born
October 15, 1931 (1931-10-15) (age 76)[1]Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, Madras Presidency,
Political party
Not affiliated
Spouse
Single; Never married
Religion
Islam
Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam^ , was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007.[2] Due to his unconventional working style, he is also popularly known as the People's President. Before his term as India's president, he distinguished himself as engineering visionary and was awarded India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with DRDO and his role as scientific advisor to the Indian government. He loves children, and since leaving the presidency, he spends a lot of time with them. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work and is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary in India.
Contents[hide]
1 Honours
2 Personal life
3 Kalam as an engineer
4 Books
5 External links
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