AUP SCHOOL AYIROOR

A tribute to "The Missile Man of India".

After Independence many Presidents came on the seat of Presidency. Amongst them one was Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He was the 11^thpresident of India. His full name was Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. He was born on October 15^th 1931 at Dhanushkothi in the temple town Rameshwaram in Tamilnadu.

He was born in a poor family of a boot maker. Nevertheless he was exceptionally a brilliant child. He became the first graduated in his whole large family. It was then when he had passed the B.Sc. examination from Saint Joseph College of Tiruchirapalli. In those days the Madras Institute of Technology (IMT) had newly established. He had opportunity and he joint it. Thus his whole life was changed.

He had a great wish of going abroad. Nevertheless he wanted to serve his motherland first. As such before becoming the president of India, he had gone abroad once. That was his visit to NASA in the USA. He thought that his first duty to serve his motherland and he did so. His further knowledge was upgraded when he joint Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in 1958. His was also much upgraded when he joined the Indian Space Research Organization. At present he is known to people by the title ‘Missile Man of India’. It’s because of his various hard works on missiles like Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Agni, etc. He also wrote his Autobiography named Agni Siragugul or Wings of Fire.

Mainly, he was interested in his work. He was fond of music and reading the holy Quran and the Gita. He loved people much. After he became the president he was very much interacted with children. He visited to children in many schools and taught them good lessons. He was fantastically a perfect president. These great personalities like Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam have only made India a developed country.