A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Dr.avul Pakir Jainulabdeen abdul kalam was born on 15th october , 1931 at Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram district of Tamilnadu. He did his secondary education at schwartz high school in Ramanathapuram ,B.Sc. at St .Josephs college ,Tiruchi and DMIT in Aeronautical Enginerring at the MIT^,Madras (chennai) during 1954 - 57.
After passing out as a graduate aeronautical engineer Kalam joined  ( Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) Banglore as a trainee , and later joined as a Techincal assistant in the directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Ministry of defence. 
In1960's kalam joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Research center at Thumba in Kerala . he played a major role in developing the first indigenous satellite - launched vehicle .in 1982,he rejoined DRDO as director and conceived the integrated Guided MIssile Development programme (IGMDP) for five indigenous missiles : Nag Prithvi ,Akash, Trishul ,AGNI.
Dr.APJ. Abdul kalam has established an advance technology research center called 'Research Center Imarat' to undertake development in futuristic missile technology areas . it was perhaps the most satisfying achivenent for Kalam during the missile years.
Dr. Kalam has also servd as Principal Scientific Advisdor to the government of india during 25th novenber 1999-10 November 2001. Later , hequit the job and took over the job as distinguished professor at Anna University .
on july 25,2002 , Dr .A.P.J  Abdul Kalam was sw2orn in as the 12th president of india by chif Justice of India Shri B.N.Kirpal in central hall of parliment at an impressive function telecaste live across the parliment at an impressive function telecaste live across the country Dr .Kalam took the oath in the name of God as a 21 -gun salute boomed in the background.
Dr. Kalam a bachelor is connoisseur of classicalcarnatic music . he plays  veena in his leisure.He write  poetry in tamil , his mother -tongue . seventeen of him poems were translated into English and published in 1994 as a book entitled "My  journey". He reads the quran and the Bhagavad Gita with equal devotion . he is also New Millenium , wings of Fire ; An Autobiography and ignited Minds .
Dr. kalam is by no means a miracle man .His advice to the youngster of the nation is to "dream' dream and convert these into thoughts and later into actions". people Also to "think big. we are a nation of a billiuon people and we must thik like a nation of a billion people .  only then can we become big."