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		Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, to a working class Tamil Muslim family.
		Kalam is credited with the view that India ought to take a more assertive stance in international relations; he apparently regards his work on India's nuclear weapons program as a way to assert India's place as a future superpower.
		Kalam's belief in the power of technology to resolve society's problems and his views of these problems as a result of inefficient distribution of resources is modernistic.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Abdul_Kalam (1608 words)

	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (A.P.J.) Abdul Kalam (born October 15, 1931) is an Indian scientist and engineer, now also President of India.
		On July 18, 2002, Kalam was elected by an overwhelming majority (upwards of 90%) as President, and took office on July 25.
		Politically, Kalam wants India to take a more assertive stance in international relations and sees his work on India's nuclear weapons program as a way to assert India's place as a future superpower.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ka/Kalam.html (346 words)

	Abdul Kalam:life
		The Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 at Dhanushkodi in the Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu.
		Kalam was Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development from July 1992 to December 1999.
		A vegetarian and a teetotaller, Abdul Kalam recites the Quran and the Bhagvad Gita with equal ease.
	www.keral.com /celebrities/Kalam/life.htm (496 words)

	Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Indian Missiles
		Kalam is happiest at the drawing board, in discussion with his scientists on how their dreams for the next millennium can be fulfilled.
		On 25th November 1999, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was appointed Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and accorded the rank of a Cabinet Minister.
		On July 25, 2002, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was sworn in as the 11th President of India by Chief Justice of India B.N. Kirpal in the Central Hall of Parliament at an impressive function telecast live across the country.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/kalam.html (2065 words)

	President of India : President's Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions.
		Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002.
	presidentofindia.nic.in /scripts/presidentprofile.jsp (507 words)

	Abdul Kalam Encyclopedia Article @ Dishonour.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kalam has been the subject of vicious criticism from leftists in the Indian press, Praful Bidwai being among his staunchest critics
		Kalam has been derided for his appearance and his perceived closeness to the earlier Bharatiya Janata Party led administration.
		Kalam comes from the Marakkar community from Southern India, a non-Urdu speaking community, and is one the few from his community to have achieved the kind of recognition he has.
	www.dishonour.net /encyclopedia/Abdul_Kalam (1828 words)

	Prof. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - A Personal Reminiscence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kalam was the Director of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad, and thus a fellow DRDO lab Director.
		Kalam's first acts was to demystify the entire process by setting up a proper procedure, consisting of an application by the scientist who wishes to go, followed by the recommendation of the Director, and finally a decision by an apex body called DRDO Research Council (instituted by Prof.
		Kalam had a police escort wherever he went, so sure enough our Ambassador car was accompanied by a pilot escort, consisting of a jeep with a couple of policemen inside and a siren on top.
	atcweb.atc.tcs.co.in /~sagar/kalam1.html (3376 words)

	AllIndianSite.com - Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - It's All About People
		Kalam believes that he has inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father, while faith in goodness and kindness is the trait inherited from his mother.
		And Kalam's interest in the environment saw RCI emerge as an oasis in a rocky wasteland.
		On 25th November 1999, Kalam was appointed Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and accorded the rank of a Cabinet Minister.
	profiles.allindiansite.com /kalam.html (1558 words)

	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, popularly known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the son of a little educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, has become the 11th President of the Republic of India.
		Kalam wrote : “By the time I completed my education at Schwartz, I was a self-confident boy with the determination to be successful.
		Kalam identifies his third phase with his participation with India’s mission to become a nuclear weapon state, jointly undertaken by DRDO and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with the active support of the armed forces.
	www.vigyanprasar.gov.in /scientists/Abdulkalam/Abdulkalam.htm (1436 words)

	Informat.io on Abdul Kalam
		Kalam has the unique distinction of having received honorary doctorates from at least thirty universities, as also India's three highest civilian honours - the Padma Bhushan in 1981; the Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and the Bharat Ratna in 1997.
		Kalam has been the subject of vicious criticism from leftists in the Indian press, [1], Praful Bidwai being among his staunchest critics.
		Kalam is the first Muslim from Southern India from a Muslim community that does not speak Urdu to have achieved the kind of recognition he has.
	www.informat.io /?title=abdul-kalam (1423 words)

	Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam : Indian Legends @ muraleedharan.com
		As a child, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam remembers being fascinated by the flight of seagulls.
		Kalam's interest in flight led to a degree in aeronautical engineering, and eventually to his supervising the development of India's guided missiles.
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam has spent all his life near the three water frontiers of India.
	muraleedharan.tripod.com /legends_abdulkalam.html (1619 words)

	Dream projects of Dr.Abdul Kalam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam: Self-Made Bomb Maker By JOHN F. NEW DELHI, India -- Among the Indian scientists who successfully detonated five nuclear tests in the northwestern desert last week, none seemed more visibly delighted by the acclaim waiting in New Delhi than Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
		Kalam, 66, has never hidden the passion for a powerful India that has driven him since he was growing up in a poor family on the coast of Tamil Nadu.
		Kalam has said his ambition was fired by an article about the Supermarine Spitfire, Britain's front-line fighter during World War II, that he read as a small boy delivering a local Tamil newspaper.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/doc98html/misckalam527.html (1543 words)

	Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, president India, profile / biography
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, became the president of INDIA.
		A P J Kalam is also called the missile man of INDIA.
		A P J Abdul Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002.
	www.withfriendship.com /pictures/kalam/biography.php (133 words)

	Dr. Abdul Kalam: Simply Profound
		Kalam, who prefers bush shirts to suits and chappals to shoes, will have to get used to other prerequisites of power: formal wear for state dinners.
		It must irk Kalam that there are many who say he has been nominated entirely because of the religion he was born into.
		All Kalam said then was that he was "overwhelmed" by the decision.
	www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/Kalam/Kalam004.htm (638 words)

	Architects of Modern India - Abdul Kalam
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on October 15th, 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamilnadu.
		Kalam succeeded in uniting 12 universities, 30 defence laboratories, the CSIR, the ISRO and dozens of public and private sector undertakings in the task.
		The only brief exposure that he got abroad was in 1963-64 when he was invited by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to spend four months in the United States at the Wallops Island Rocketry Centre and the Langley Research Centre.
	members.tripod.com /ramshome/emens/kalam.html (335 words)

	Wikinfo \| Abdul Kalam
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (A.P.J.) Abdul Kalam (born October 15, 1931) is the President of India.
		Kalam is a Muslim according to criteria normally accepted by Muslim scholars.
		Kalam received India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1997.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Abdul_Kalam (501 words)

	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam : Kalam
		In 1992, he became scientific advisor to India's defense minister.
		Kalam observes strict personal discipline, practicing vegetarianism, teetotalism, and celibacy.
		Kalam has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.
	www.findword.org /ka/kalam.html (735 words)

	A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
		Kalam has made significant contribution to Indian satellite and launch vehicles of ISRO and also in the missile programme of DRDO.
		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.
		Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C).
	skumar.mitindia.net /success/apj.htm (390 words)

	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.
		Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor, Technology and Societal Transformation at Anna University, Chennai from November 2001 and was involved in teaching and research tasks.
		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.
	www.indiapicks.com /stamps/Presidnts_PMs/Abdul_Kalam.htm (513 words)

	Asia Times
		Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, a 71-year-old scientist, Muslim, best-selling author, amateur musician and generally revered as the father of India’s nuclear missile program, will be sworn in on Thursday for a five-year term as India's president.
		Kalam, the third Muslim among India's 11 presidents, was elected on July 18 by the country’s legislators, receiving nearly 90 percent of the votes.
		The newly elected official has said that nuclear weapons act as a deterrent to war, but he says that he would not send warlike signals as president and that India would show the world "technology is going to be used for development of the nation".
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DG25Df05.html (1164 words)

	Photo Releases : India's President State Visit 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo offers a toast to Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam during the state dinner she hosted in honor of the visiting Indian leader at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Saturday (Feb. 4).
		President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and visiting Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam witness the signing of a memorandum of agreement on Defense Cooperation between the Philippines and India represented by Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr.
		President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomes Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam upon his arrival Saturday morning (Feb. 4) at Malacañang grounds where he was accorded the traditional arrival honors befitting a head of state or government.
	www.ops.gov.ph /news/photos-india2006.htm (452 words)

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		President Kalam was born in a middle-class family in Rameswarm, India on October 15, 1931.
		She asked Kalam to sit on the backbench because she didn’t want a Hindu boy sitting next to a Muslim boy.
		His advice to the youngsters is to “dream, convert dreams into thoughts and later into actions.” He now focuses on the children of India to awaken love for science in their minds.
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	IndianNGOs - NGOs in India
		Kalam answered many questions which these children put to him including questions such as who his inspirations have been in life and what they could do to make India a developed nation.
		The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has called for empowerment of women, who form 48.3 per cent of the population as per the 2001 Census, particularly entrepreneurs, as industry is one of the focal points in national development.
		Kalam praised the ALEAP president, K. Ramadevi's dream of establishing by 2005-06 one hundred estates with 4,000 industries.
	www.indianngos.com /celebrities/abdulkalam.htm (1089 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Amid the booming of a 21-gun salute, Dr Kalam was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India B N. Kirpal, as he swore to defend and protect the country’s Constitution.
		A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who was sworn in as the country’s 11th President today, is a man of vision who believes in using science as a tool for the development of the country.
		Dr Kalam and his team in the DRDO delivered five missiles to the nation in the space of 14 years, including the strategic Agni ballistic missile.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020726/main1.htm (1297 words)

	Engology.com, Engineer Abdul Kalam, Professor, Missile Expert, Inventor, Awards, President, Computers, Missile Expert, ...
		Honoured with numerous awards by the Indian Government including the Bharat Ratna in 1997, Kalam has served the Indian Government in various capacities, including serving as Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India with the rank of a Union Cabinet Minister from November 1999 to November 2001.
		Abdul Kalam was born in a middle-class Tamil family at Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu on October 15, 1931.
		Till now, Abdul Kalam has been best known for his key role in the nuclear tests at Pokharan in the Rajasthan desert on May 11 and 13, 1997.
	www.engology.com /eng5kalam.htm (356 words)

	Kocheril Narayanan: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kalam has insisted that his taking the presidency would not signal warlike intentions from India.
		Born as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on Oct. 15, 1931, Kalam began his early education at a village school in the southern port of Rameshwaram.
		For many Indians, Kalam's rise--from humble beginnings as the son of an illiterate boatman in southern Tamil Nadu state to the top of India's scientific and fractured political establishment symbolizes the strength of India's democracy.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Narayanan_Kocheril_218302543.htm (579 words)

	lokpriya!
		Branded as "200 percent Indian" by his colleagues and acquaintances, 'India's Missile Man', Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam has done the country proud on many fronts.
		Born on 15 October 1931 at Dhanushkodi in the Rameswaram district of Tamil Nadu, Abdul Kalam's father had to rent boats out to fishermen to pay this genius' school fees.
		Abdul Kalam joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1958 and in his forty-year career as a scientist, achieved many milestones.
	www.lokpriya.com /personalities/scientists/kalam.html (513 words)

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