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           If  a question arise to youths’ that who is their Inspiration and Role model most of the answers would be  “Abdul Kalam”, “Abdul Kalam”, “Abdul Kalam”. This isn’ just a word from their mouth but from bottom of the heart.

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam who is shortly called as APJ Abdul Kalam or Abdul Kalam born in a financially poor background in Rameshwaram on October 15,1931. But it was not a bar to him. In his childhood itself he decided to take care of his education by his own. So he worked as a newspaper distributor.

He was not a topper in his school, but known for his bright mind and hard work. His desire to learn Mathematics set him apart from other students. After completing his school, he attended Saint Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli and got his graduation in Physics in 1954.

By the end of the course he realized that he was not interested in Physics. But he did not felt guilty for that. Instead of that he decided to take up the right path. Then he secured a scholarship and joined a course to study aerospace engineering, from Madras Institute of Technology.

During these days he strucked into a bottleneck situation. That was, he had to finish a science project with a deadline of three days or else his Dean will cancel his scholarship. So, he worked tirelessly to finish it. Atlast he won and impressed the Dean.

The missile man start up his career by designing small helicopters to The Indian Army. Kalam was invited by Raja Ramanna to witness the country's first nuclear test, Smiling Buddha, as the representative of Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), even though he had not participated in its development.

            Kalam served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of the Defence Research and Development Organisation from July 1992 to December 1999.  Kalam served as the 11th President of India, succeeding K. R. Narayanan. He won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922,884. He served as the President from July 25, 2002 to July 25, 2007.

            After completing his second term as the President of India, Kalam launched a programme for the youth of India. APJ Abdul Kalam holds the highest civilians honour of our country. In 1997, the Government of India honoured him with the highest civilian title, Bharat Ratna. He has several honorary doctorates from 40 universities, from across the globe.

            From the life of Youth Inspirator we can learn that financial background is not a matter to win. Any situation will arise at any time to test our confidence  and courage. So we should not give up. “Life is like a Battle field, Fight Don’t Run”. It’s not a small thing that a next-door boy becoming The President of India. He did it, because he worked for it. And he also inspired the Youth’s by saying “Dreams is not what you see in sleep is the thing which doesn’t let you sleep”. These words really made the Indian youths to think. He trust that youths will do all the right things and actions to make India not only  a developed country but also the first country in all fields. In every interview he made the youngsters to think and made them to know in which stage they are. He also said that “India will become a developed country in 2020”.

            He was died in July 27, 2015 while representing the students. The real homage to our “Dream setter” is making his all dreams true.