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A P J Abdul Kalam's Thoughts-Pictures-Biography

A P J Abdul Kalam’s thought

1.      If you salute your duty, you need not salute anybody. But if you pollute your duty, you have to salute everybody.

2.      My message, especially to the young people, is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

3.      Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.

4.      Don't take rest after your first victory, because if you fall in the second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.

5.      When our signature changes to autograph, that marks the success.

6.      We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

7.      Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realise your hidden potential and power. Let difficulties know that you too are difficult.

8.      Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

9.      Don't read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

10.  Your best teacher is your last mistake.

DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM

Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of Space Club. He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV configuration. After working for two decades in ISRO and mastering launch vehicle technologies, Dr. Kalam took up the responsibility of developing Indigenous Guided Missiles at Defence Research and Development Organisation as the Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). He was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles and for building indigenous capability in critical technologies through networking of multiple institutions. He was the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from July 1992 to December 1999. During this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic missile systems and the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy, which made India a nuclear weapon State. He also gave thrust to self-reliance in defence systems by progressing multiple development tasks and mission projects such as Light Combat Aircraft. As Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and as an eminent scientist, he led the country with the help of 500 experts to arrive at Technology Vision 2020 giving a road map for transforming India from the present developing status to a developed nation. Dr. Kalam has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001 and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for many development applications. Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C) and piloted India Millennium Mission 2020. Dr. Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor, Technology & Societal Transformation at Anna University, Chennai from November 2001 and was involved in teaching and research tasks. Above all he took up a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting high school students across the country. In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been translated in many Indian languages. Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma Bhushan (1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions. Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrating due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not even think about quitting the job.

One day, a scientist went to his boss and told him – "Sir, I have promised my children that I will take them to the exhibition in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm. His boss replied “OK, you’re permitted to leave work early today”. The scientist went back to work. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got too involved to such an extent that when he looked at his watch the time was 8:30 PM. Suddenly he remembered the promise he had made to his children.

He looked for his boss who was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home.
Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children. Once he reached home he realised his children were not there. His wife was sitting alone in the hall and reading magazines.
The situation was explosive; any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him “Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry."

The man replied “If you would like to have coffee, I too will have but what about the children? His wife replied “You don’t know? Your manager came here at 5:15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition“.

What had really happened was that his boss who granted him permission was observing him working seriously at 5:00 PM. He thought to himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they should enjoy the visit to the exhibition. So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition. The boss does not have to do it. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was tremendous.

By the way, can you hazard a guess as to who the boss was?

He was none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Salam Saheb: A P J Abdul Kalam

THOUGHTs in HINDI

Chief Minister of Odisha

List of Chief Minister of Odisha

S. No.  Name                              Took office           Left office

1.      Harekrushna Mahatab                         15 August 1947          12 May 1950  

2.      Nabakrushna Choudhury                    12 May 1950               19 October 1956        

3.      Harekrushna Mahatab                         19 October 1956         25 February 1961       

President's Rule                                  25 February 1961        23 June 1961  

4.      Biju Pattanaik                                     23 June 1961               2 October 1963           INC

5.      Biren Mitra                                          2 October 1963           21 February 1965       

6.      Sadashiva Tripathy                             21 February 1965        8 March 1967 

7.      Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo             8 March 1967              9 January 1971           

No Government (see Note 1)              9 January 1971            11 January 1971         

President's Rule                                  11 January 1971          3 April 1971   

8.      Biswanath Das                                    3 April 1971                14 June 1972  

9.      Nandini Satpathy                                14 June 1972               3 March 1973 

President's Rule                                  3 March 1973              06 March 1974           

10.  Nandini Satpathy                                06 March 1974            16 December 1976     

President's Rule                                  16 December 1976      29 December 1976     

11.  Binayak Acharya                                29 December 1976      30 April 1977 

11.President's Rule                                  30 April 1977              26 June 1977  

12.  Nilamani Routray                                26 June 1977               17 February 1980       

President's Rule                                  17 February 1980        9 June 1980    

13.  Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik                     9 June 1980                 7 December 1989       

14.  Hemananda Biswal                             7 December 1989        5 March 1990 

15.  Biju Pattanaik                                     5 March 1990              15 March 1995 Janata Dal

16.  Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik                     15 March 1995            17 February 1999       

17.  Giridhar Gamang                                17 February 1999        6 December 1999       

18.  Hemananda Biswal                             6 December 1999        5 March 2000 

19.  Naveen Patnaik                                   5 March 2000            Present                 Biju Janata Dal

List of Chief Minister of Odisha

S.No.		Name	Took office	Left office	Term	Political Party	Days in Office
	1	Harekrushna Mahatab	15 August 1947	12 May 1950	1	Indian National Congress	1002 Days
	2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	12 May 1950	19 October 1956	1st: 12 May 1950–20 Feb 1952 2nd: 20 Feb 1952–19 Oct 1956	Indian National Congress	2352 Days
	(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab	19 October 1956	25 February 1961	2nd: 19 Oct 1956–06 Apr 1957 3rd: 06 Apr 1957–22 May 1959 4th: 22 May 1959–25 Feb 1961	Indian National Congress	1591 Days [Total 2593 Days]
	xx	President's Rule	25 February 1961	23 June 1961
	3	Biju Pattanaik	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	1	Indian National Congress	832 Days
	4	Biren Mitra	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1	Indian National Congress	509 Days
	5	Sadashiva Tripathy	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	1	Indian National Congress	746 Days
	6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	1	Swatantra Party and Orissa Jana Congress	1403 Days
	xx	No Government (see Note 1)	9 January 1971	11 January 1971
	xx	President's Rule	11 January 1971	3 April 1971
	7	Biswanath Das	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1	United Front (Swatantra Party + Utkal Congress + Jharkhand Party)	439 Days
	8	Nandini Satpathy	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	1st: 14 Jun 1972–03 Mar 1973	Indian National Congress	263 Days
	xx	President's Rule	3 March 1973	06 March 1974
	8	Nandini Satpathy	06 March 1974	16 December 1976	2nd: 06 Mar 1974–16 Dec 1976	Indian National Congress	1016 Days [Total 1279 Days]
	xx	President's Rule	16 December 1976	29 December 1976
	9	Binayak Acharya	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	1	Indian National Congress	123 Days
	xx	President's Rule	30 April 1977	26 June 1977
	10	Nilamani Routray	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	1	Janata Party	968 Days
	xx	President's Rule	17 February 1980	9 June 1980
	11	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	9 June 1980	7 December 1989	1st: 09 Jun 1980–10 Mar 1985 2nd: 10 Mar 1985–07 Dec 1989	Indian National Congress	3469 Days
	12	Hemananda Biswal	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	1	Indian National Congress	89 Days
	(3)	Biju Pattanaik	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	2	Janata Dal	1837 Days [Total 2669 Days]
	(11)	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3	Indian National Congress	1437 Days [Total 4906 Days]
	13	Giridhar Gamang	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	1	Indian National Congress	291 Days
	(12)	Hemananda Biswal	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	2	Indian National Congress	91 Days [Total 180 Days]
	14	Naveen Patnaik	5 March 2000	present	1st: 05 Mar 2000–16 May 2004 2nd: 16 May 2004–21 May 2009 3rd: 21 May 2009– 3rd term in progress	Biju Janata Dal