Essay on Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Dr. Abdul Kalam was an Indian Aerospace Scientist and The Eleventh President of India

 Dr.Abul Pakir Zainulabadin Abdul Kalam and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (born October 15, 1931) was an Indian scientist and the Eleventh President of India. 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian Aerospace Scientist and the Country's 11th president from 2002 to 2007. He became popularly known as the 'President of the People' because of his outspokenness.

APJ Abdul Kalam

His father was in the business of transporting pilgrims to Rameshwaram by boat to Dhanushkodi. Dr. Kalam completed his schooling at Ramanathapuram. Having lost his father at an early age. He earned money by selling newspapers in Kalam village, as well as doing other small and big jobs and helping at home. He had a special interest in mathematics while in school. He later enrolled at St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli. There B.Sc. After graduation, he joined the Madras Institute of Technology. They didn't even have the money to pay for admission. The sister mortgaged her jewelry and paid for it. After completing a diploma in Aeronautics from the institute, he spent four months training in Aerospace technology at the renowned research institute 'NASA' in the United States.

Following his graduation from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1960, Kalam joined the Defense Research & Development Service and was subsequently hired as a scientist by the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defense Research and Development Organization (by Press Information Bureau, Government of India) (DRDS) Defense Research and Development Organization from 1958 to 1963.

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In 1963, he started participating in the research of PSLV (Satellite Launching Vehicle) in missile development at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Kalam came back to DRDO. As a result of his efforts to advance the Technology of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, he became known as the Missile Man of India. His Organizational, technical, and political contributions were crucial to India's 1998 Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests, which were the country's first since its first nuclear test in 1974. 

His insistence on developing indigenous missiles has been there ever since.  While at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), he became the head of the Satellite Launching Vehicle-3 project which, independently, began development on an expandable rocket project at the DRDO in 1965 and which successfully launched the Rohini satellite in Near-Earth orbit in July 1980. After receiving official clearance in 1969, Kalam extended the initiative to involve more engineers. 

Even though Kalam had not been involved in its creation, Raja Ramanna welcomed him as a representative of TBRL to the Nation's first nuclear test, Smiling Buddha. Kalam also oversaw two initiatives in the 1970s called Project Devil and Project Valiant that aimed to create ballistic missiles using the technology of the successful SLV programme. Dr. Sarabhai is the leader of Science and Technology in India. In spite of the Union Cabinet's opposition, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used her discretionary powers to allocate covert cash for these aeronautical programmes under Kalam's Directorship . APJ Abdul Kalam became the head of 'Vikram Sarabhai Leisure Center' named after Sarabhai.

R.Venkatraman (India's Eighth President) played a key role in gaining the cabinet's consent to allocate 3.88 billion rupees for the project, which was given the name Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) and had Kalam elected as its CEO. 

He focused on Team work rather than Individual work and had the art of using the best qualities of his colleagues for the scientific progress of the country. Due to the successful test of the 'Agni' missile in the missile development work, Dr. Kalam was appreciated all over the world. While working as a scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, He devised a number of effective policies for the security of the country. As Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defense and Head of DRDO, he played a key role in the development of the Arjuna MBT (Main Battle Tank) Range and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Kalam was very sensitive and simple in mind. He was fond of playing Rudraveena and chatting with children. He was honored by the Government of India with the Padma Bhushan, Padya Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna in 1998. Dr. Kalam was unmarried and a complete vegetarian. He spent his childhood working hard and living a hard life, and was elected as the President of the world's largest democracy. Kalam was a personality who always Inspired the youth. He was constantly dreaming of a developed India.