A TRIBUTE TO OUR DEAREST LATE APJ ABDUL KALAM

 Last words of  ‘THE MISSILEMAN’

         

   The great scientist and former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on Monday after suffering a massive heart attack while he was delivering a lecture at Indian Institute of Management in Shillong.

Kalam, who once aspired to become a fighter pilot, studied aerospace engineering and later worked with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

He had spent 40-years of his life serving DRDO and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

In the year 1960 Kalam started his career with designing helicopters at DRDO for the Indian Army.

He was later transferred to ISRO in the year 1969 where he worked under Vikram Sarabhai, who is known as the father of India’s space programme. Sarabhi played a key role in the establishment of ISRO.

Kalam was invited by Raja Ramanna, a prominent Indian physicist to become a part of the country's first nuclear test, "Smiling Buddha" as a representative of Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory.

Dr Kalam was awarded India’s highest civil honors and many other awards:

• Padma Bhusham in 1981
• Padma Vibhusham in 1990
• Bharat Ratna in 1997
• Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1997
• Veer Savarkar Award in 1998
• Ramanujan Award in 2000
• Honorary Doctorate of Science by University of Wolverhampton, UK in 2007

Dr. Abdul Kalam was also an incredible writer and his autobiography, "2020-A vision for the New Millennium" is a self explanary evidence of it.

A few more important writings of Dr Kalam are: Envisioning an Empowered Nation, Ignited Minds, My Journey, Developments in Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology, The Luminous Sparks, The Life Tree, Mission India, Children Ask Kalam, Guiding Souls and Indomitable Spirit and Inspiring Thoughts.
At a recent convocation of IIT-Varanasi, Dr. Kalam was the Chief Guest. There were five chairs on the stage, the centre one being for Dr. Kalam, the other four designated for the top university officials. Noticing his chair being bigger in size than the others, Dr. Kalam refused to sit on it and offered the Vice Chancellor to sit in stead. The VC couldn’t, obviously.
No doubt, another chair was made available immediately for the Honourable former President!

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

A True incident of kalam sir striked in my mind that I want to share-

Once during an event, Dr. Kalam refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him – because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs!

Famous quotes of dr. kalam-

·        Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

·         God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

·         You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

    last group photo of dr kalam

YOU WERE OUR ICON WE ALL MISS YOU,MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE.