Abdul Kalam the Legend

2009-08-14T07:33:00.000-07:00

Abdul Kalam

Abdul kalam is the first scientist to head the world's largest democracy. Widely known as the Missile Man, Abdul Kalam is acknowledged as the driving force behind India's leap in the defence technology that brought India in the league of nuclear nations. From Rameshwaram to Rashtrapati Bhawan at Delhi, abdul kalam life is literally a story of success trough sheer hardwork and determination, specially considering that he started life as a boat owner's son, who sold newspaper as a child.

The secret is in positive thinking, for according to abdul kalam, "Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life." Unlike other political leaders, he retains his humility and accessibility. For abdul kalam, India's true assets are its youth and he continues to try and motivate them.

Abdul kalam, "The nation requires role models in leadership who can inspire youngsters. There is no dearth of resources and talent in this country but what we need is more creativity." His dream is to make India a developed nation by 2020. In his personal life, abdul kalam observes strict discipline, practicing vegetarianism, teetotalism and celibacy. abdul kalam has written many non-fiction books like his biography Wings of Fire as well as several volumes of Tamil poetry.

Abdul kalm is popularly known as the missile man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. In India he is highly respected as a scientist and as an engineer. he missile man lacks such experience or orientation. He is an engineer who became a manager of cloistered defence-related programmes, with little exposure to the broader process of governance.

Abdul kalm played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. abdul kalam is a professor at Anna University and adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
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The book Wings of Fire, the autobiography of abdul kalam constitutes an extraordinary reading for the young and old, for a common man and a professional including management pundits, and for the uninitiated and the technically trained alike. There is something that everybody can extract from this book. Only the very young readers of Resonance may find it beyond.

Kalam the legend

Abdul Kalam the Legend

Abdul Kalam