A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was one of the greatest souls of India who proved himself as a universal personality. He was a spirit. He is an inspiration. He is a spirit. He is a motivation to all people. He was a scientist and President of India in his lifetime. He started his life as a scientist but co-incidentally he became the President of India. He was people’s President without having any stamp of politics at his back. He was the 11th President of Indian democracy.
Kalam was born in Tamil Nadu at Rameswaram in the
year 1931 on October
15.He took his graduation with Physics from St. Joseph College. He also
attended Madras Institute of Technology. He had versatile genius. He was a
professor, an aerospace engineer and a writer .The Wings of Fire is a famous book of inspiration written by him.
Kalam was a normal student in his school. But he had an intelligent brain. He
was very diligent. He had a keen desire to acquire knowledge. He studied for
hours and practised math. In 1955 he came to Madras and joined Madras Institute of Technology .Here he
learnt aerospace engineering .When he was doing
senior class project the Dean of
the Institution was unpleasant to him.
He feared Kalam if he would not finish his work within three days then his
scholarship would be rejected. Kalam finished the work within three days. His
Dean was pleased to him. Later his Dean expressed his feeling to Kalam through
a letter. He missed the chance to become a pilot for war. He was 9th in the
exam but there were only eight posts.
In 1960 he appointed as a scientist in DRDO in Aeronautical
Development Establishment section .In this institution he started his life
through making a small Hovercraft’s sketch. Kalam worked under eminent
scientist Dr. Vicram Saravai in Indian Space Research Committee. He was
transferred to ISRO in 1969.There he worked on artificial satellites .In 1965
he worked independently on a rocket at DRDO. After getting government’s
approval with some technologists he scattered this programme in 1969.He visited
NASA’s many centres. He tried to create Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
and SLV-iii. He succeeded in his work.
After staying five years successfully he came back to the
life of educationist, writer and social worker. He got many prestigious awards
.He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. He was the eleventh president of India. The
Government of Tamil Nadu declared an award him with the name of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
This is an annual prize. The value of this award is five hundred thousand Indian
rupees. There are a certificate and a gold medal also. This award is given in
the occasion of Independence Day every year. Every year Tamil Nadu government
celebrate his birthday as ``Youth Awakening Day’’.
Kalam was an instant inspiration to Indian mass. People like
him have a great impact to life and society. His motivational words are till
now very vibrant. In future also they will exist with their divine sparkle. He
died on 27 July, 2015.The cause was simple. It was a heart attack. The mortal
death is not everything. People like them will be always with us through their
valuable works and as a beautiful memory.
