APJ Abdul Kalam: Campaigner for human
empowerment to the end
Teachers and schoolchildren hold a portrait of the former Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam during a prayer ceremony in Agartala, India, July 29, 2015. Kalam, considered the father of the country’s missile programme, died on Monday in hospital at the age of 83, a doctor said. Popularly known as “Missile Man,” Kalam led the scientific team that developed missiles able to carry India’s nuclear warheads. He became a national folk hero after helping oversee nuclear tests in 1998 that solidified India’s status as a nuclear weapons state. REUTERS
Monday, 3 August 2015
empowerment to the end
Teachers and schoolchildren hold a portrait of the former Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam during a prayer ceremony in Agartala, India, July 29, 2015. Kalam, considered the father of the country’s missile programme, died on Monday in hospital at the age of 83, a doctor said. Popularly known as “Missile Man,” Kalam led the scientific team that developed missiles able to carry India’s nuclear warheads. He became a national folk hero after helping oversee nuclear tests in 1998 that solidified India’s status as a nuclear weapons state. REUTERS
Monday, 3 August 2015
A man who wanted his fellow citizens to work an extra-day
APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, scientist with a heart, campaigner for youth empowerment through knowledge and fighter against poverty, is no more. At the age of 84, he collapsed to his death while delivering a lecture to students at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong. Just before proceeding to Shillong, he is said to have tweeted in full spirit that he was going to talk on a liveable planet to students there.
APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, scientist with a heart, campaigner for youth empowerment through knowledge and fighter against poverty, is no more. At the age of 84, he collapsed to his death while delivering a lecture to students at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong. Just before proceeding to Shillong, he is said to have tweeted in full spirit that he was going to talk on a liveable planet to students there.