Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931 in Rameshwaram‚ Madras Presidency‚ British India)‚ usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ‚ was the 11th President of India‚ serving from 2002 to 2007‚[2] he was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government‚ under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[3] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[4][5]
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram‚ in Tamil Nadu‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ specialized in Aero Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. He initially worked in DRDO in 1958 and then joined ISRO in 1963. Dr. Kalam has made significant contribution to Indian satellite and launch vehicles of ISRO and also in the missile programme of DRDO. As project Director‚ SLV-III‚ he contributed for the design‚ development and management
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Republic Day Awards‚ 2012 A total of 109 persons‚ including 19 women‚ have been selected for the Padma awards. Five personalities have been given Padma Vibhushan‚ 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shree awards. PADMA VIBHUSHAN: K.G. Subramanyan (painting and sculpture)‚ Late Mario De Miranda (cartoonist)‚ Late (Dr) Bhupen Hazarika (vocal music)‚ Dr Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (orthopaedics)‚ T.V. Rajeswar (civil service)‚ Delhi. PADMA BHUSHAN: Prominent among winners were Shabana Azmi (cinema)‚ Khaled
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Professor and chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology‚ who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.[1] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour. Before his term as India’s president‚ he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket
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joining the integrated missile programmes. He is also instrumental in developing the cryogenic engine in our country. He is rightly said as the father of the Indian Missile Programme. For his excellence and brilliance‚ he was awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna in 1998; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and Padma Bhushan in 1981. Many universities have given him the honorary degree of Doctorate. Besides‚ he has also been given a number of awards by the State governments. Just before taking over as the Eleventh
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Saina Nehwal (born March 17‚ 1990) is an Indian Khel Ratna winning badminton player currently ranked number 2 in the world by Badminton‚[4]. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. Saina Nehwal made history on June 21‚ 2009‚ becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament‚ by clinching the Indonesia Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang Lin in Jakarta
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the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921-?) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University (1936–1952). Among the many honours he received were a knighthood (1931) and the Bharat Ratna (1954). His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher’s Day on 5 September. Since times immemorial‚ Indians have respected and idolized their teachers. Earlier‚ we used to call our teachers ’Guru’ and now it’s the contemporary ’Sir’ or ’Madam’
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over the country and has met children all over the country and has encouraged them with his learned talks. Dr. Kalam has received a host of awards both in India and abroad. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1981‚ Padma Vibhushan 1990 and the Bharat Ratna in 1997. He is of the view that we should work wholeheartedly to make India a developed nation by 2020.Besides being a bachelor‚ Kalam is a strict disciplarinian‚ a complete vegetarian and teetotaler. Among the many firsts to his credit‚ he
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2007. He was fondly referred to as “The People’s President” during his term. He has honorary doctorates from over thirty universities and is the recipient of the country’s three highest civilian awards – the Padma Bhushan‚ the Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna. My thoughts on the book: Inspiration comes in various ways. To read a book and be inspired by it is really a wonderful feeling. Over the last few days‚ I have had the pleasure of being inspired by few such books. Two of them were written
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Joshi was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school)‚ he is renowned for the khayal form of singing‚ as well as devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour‚ awarded in 2008.[1] Sawai Gandharva In 1936‚ Rambhau Kundgolkar (alias Sawai Gandharva)‚ a native of Dharwad‚ agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed at his house in the traditional guru-shishya (teacher-student)
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