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 activities . Along with this he took up a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by interacting with the youth 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 famous names in India and abroad.Dr. Kalam has received many honorary doctorates from almost 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).
Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. After five prosperous years he left the office on 25th July 2007, as few political parties were not in support of him . Now , his focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020 for which has prepared the master plan often referred as vision 2020. And it is time for our generation to perceive and implement it in our life make a difference to our country .
So, friends lets unite and come forward breaking all barriers to develop our nation by 2020.You can also visit www.abdulkalam.com to know more about him
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