kalam powerpoint final 30.8.2015
TRANSCRIPT
The incredible journey of
People’s President
Dr A P J Abdul KALAM
1931, October 15
Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Rameswaram - Tamil Nadu
Birth
son of a boat-maker
a paper boy
a young engineer
a missile man
India’s first citizen
Arise! Awake!! Achieve!!!
Paper Boy
“My enthusiasm knew no bounds. I was only eight, but I was going to contribute in a meaningful way to the household income!”
1954: Graduate Physics
St Joseph's College - Trichy
1960: Degree in Aeronautical Engineering
Madras Institute of Technology
Education
His teacher, Subramaniam Iyer, was explaining how seagulls fly.
The little Kalam had “a billion doubts” and Iyer “offered as many clarifications”.
“Wonder-struck, I listened to my teacher — the man who, while teaching me about the flight of birds, gave me a purpose in life — to fly!” Kalam later wrote.
Flying with colours
Engineer
Scientist
President
Writer
Teacher
Multifaceted
Engineer
1980: space club - the Rohini satellite - the stewardship
1998: Pokhran II nuclear tests - Chief Project Coordinator
1999-2001: Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
1992-1999: Chief Scientific Advisor to the PM and Secretary
Scientist
‘Missile man’ 1980s-1990s: As the chief of
the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
Responsible for the
development and operationalisation of
AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles.
11th President 2002-2007
Rashtrapati Bhavan & the institution of the Presidency
President who could be with the common man
broke the tradition of unapproachable gap.
Set a model …
Author of as many - 17 books best-sellers
Hundreds of articles
Author
Teacher
“I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped.”
Life teacher
He attracted the youth
In the last 15 years, interacted with more than 18 million youngsters
Kalam's 79th birthday - World Students' Day by United Nations.
Youth Icon
ignited young minds
"No other democratic nation has millions of youth. The ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the earth, above the earth, under the earth - and we have that" : Dr Kalam
Abdul Kalam was an inspiration for millions of Indians:Obama
Inspiration
artificial limbs - weighed 4 kg - children struggling. He used light materials invented artificial limbs – weighed 300 grams
cardiac stent - which widen Arteries
Medical inventions
Padma Bhushan 1981
Padma Vibhushan 1990
Bharat Ratna 1997
India’s highest civilian awards
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 1997
Veer Savarkar Award 1997
Ramanujan Award 2000
King Charles II Medal by the Royal Society 2007
International von Karman Wings Award 2009
Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation 2009
IEEE Honorary Membership 2011
Honorary doctorates from 40 universities
Awards & Achievements
His father has beaten up him for getting gifts after the father became Panchayat Board President.
“a person gave me a gift of two pens. I had to return them with unhappiness,'' - quoting the ancient Hindu code of law 'Manusmriti', that by accepting gifts the divine light in the person gets extinguished.
''It is like touching a snake and getting the poison in turn''
Gift is a dangerous - always accompanied by some purpose.
Kalam and Gifts
nations pride
great thinker
visionary
humble person
vegetarian
extremely soft-spoken and loving
loved children
Dr. Kalam leaves behind an example that many will set out to emulate and achieve.
Set an example
Music Lover
Many Religion – One Kalam
With Dalai Lama
Non Hindu register
Archana ticket – Mother India
In Thiruppathi
His dream of becoming pilot
Failed in
Leader - Dreamer
His House then and now ..
Last minutes
“GREAT DREAMS OF GREAT DREAMERS ARE ALWAYS
TRANSCENDED”
Kalam's dream is to see a Developed India at 2020
His Dream
I like Dr Kalam for three reasons
Education and achievement
Love for young generations
Reading , Writing and Teaching
Graphics : Nana, Maniyam Selvan and Ananda Vikatan , internet
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