The first portion of the book is all about the life span of young Kalam. Let’s don’t waste any other moment and head over to the book review.
Wings of Fire Book: Kalam as a Scientist. Some first pages of this book give tributes to his family and especially to his mother. His knowledge in rocket science and space technology has driven India to become a shining star for youthful countries wanting to stamp their understanding and skills not just over the globe. During his life span, he delivered some of the very advanced and breathtaking scientific feats of independent India to the people. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Kalam’s worked with different Indian government organizations which work in the field of defense and space, i.e. In the world, Kalam was also known with a name of “Missile Man” of India to the world.ĭr. In 1931, he was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and belonged to the Muslim community. APJ Kalam in one line, I would say “a man of humble beginnings and plain life.” He carried an odd mixture of religious convictions with the soul of scientific inquiry. Scientist cum author Arun Tiwari co-authors this book. He passed away due to an unfortunate cardiac arrest minutes after delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong on May 27 2015.Wings of Fire book is an exceptional autobiography of former 11th Indian president and scientist Late Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (APJ Kalam). He regularly interacted with students of all age and his death too came while he was at it. Kalam, the youth icon, wanted every student of the country to be educated and then go on to help the nation grow. Throughout his life, he supported the abolition of the death penalty saying that as President of India he felt pain in deciding mercy petitions of death row convicts. The Pokhran -2 nuclear tests (in 1998) were successful thanks to his organizational and technical support.ġ0. Kalam also made significant contributions to the nuclear capabilities of India. he led to the formation of BrahMos Aerospace between Russia and India.ĩ. * He was the backbone of the operation and development of Prithvi and Agni missiles and also designing indigenous weapons by bringing together various institutions. * When in DRDO, he was the chief of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program and developed 5 missiles: Nag, Akash, Trishul, Agni, Prithvi. * He was the Project Director of India’s first satellite Rohini. 
* He was the think tank behind India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). Kalam was known as the ‘Missile Man’ of India due to his continued, successful work with ballistic missiles and launch vehicle technology. Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA, discovered a new radiation-resistant bacteria in 2017 and named it ‘Solibacillus Kalamii’ to honour the late President.Ĩ. He has also published several books such as Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Inspiring Thoughts, and Turning Points among others.ħ.
Kalam wrote a great deal of poetry in Tamil, and was very fond of playing the stringed instrument Veena. This declaration was made in his honour by the Swiss government after the sad demise of this great personality.Ħ. Kalam’s visit to Switzerland is commemorated as Science Day in the country. On the occasion of his birthday, the United Nations (UN) in 2015 had declared to observe it as World Student’s Day.ĥ. Dr Kalam held the distinction of holding doctorates from over 40 universities across the world.Ĥ. His dreams were shattered when he was ranked 9th when there were only 8 openings.ģ.
Kalam missed an opportunity to become a fighter pilot for the Indian Air force. To contribute to their dwindling finances, he started selling newspapers at a very young age.Ģ. He was born at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu to an impoverished family of seven whose sole source of income was a boat. Here are ten interesting facts about the former President:ġ. He always attempted to dedicate every minute of his life to the growth of the country in some way or other. Bhubaneswar: Today marks the 88 th birth anniversary of India’s ‘Missile Man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who was a teacher, writer, visionary, aerospace engineer, scientist, people’s President, Bharat Ratna awardee – all rolled into one.ĭr APJ Abdul Kalam advocated the principle of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’.
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