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Click to view more photographsA 200 per cent Indian. That's how colleagues of one of India's best-known scientists knew him even before his nomination for presidency. Today multi-faceted Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam is best known as the father of India's missile programme.

Honoured with numerous awards by the Government including the Bharat Ratna, Kalam has served in various capacities, including serving as Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India with the rank of a Union Cabinet Minister from November 1999 to November 2001.

Abdul Kalam was born in a middle-class Tamil family at Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu on October 15, 1931. ...more »

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A P J Abdul Kalam
Gandhian Missile Man
Kalam embarrasses Vajpayee
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us
And the Loser is ... the Indian Armed Forces
Test of Endurance
Developed Nation: The Vision.
Salaam Kalam - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
   Book Extracts
Wings of fire
India 2020: Vision for the New Millennium - A synopsis
Ignited Minds - Synopsis

 
   Life's Journey »
From remote Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu to Delhi's imposing Rashtrapati Bhawan is quite a journey. Especially for a boat owner's son who sold newspapers as a child, the journey is an epitome of determination and focus.

Kalam's family was not well off, and early in life he did odd jobs like hawking newspapers. He joined Schwartz High School in Ramanathapuram, where he was fortunate to study under some inspiring teachers that he remembers to this day with gratitude... more »
   Award
Ramanujan Award by Alwars Research Centre, Chennai (2000)
Padma Vibhushan (1990)
Veer Savarkar Award (1998)
Bharat Ratna (1997)
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1997)
Prof Y Nayudamma Memorial Gold Medal (1996)
GM Modi Award for Science (1996)
HK Firodia Award for Excellence in S&T (1996)
Padma Bhushan in (1981)
Dr Biren Roy Space Award
Om Prakash Bhasin Award
National Nehru Award by the Government of MP
   Did You Know »
Kalam begins his day by reading from the Gita
He works for about 18 hours each day.
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