Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( 15 October 1931 - 27 July 2015) was Born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Kalam studied physics and aerospace engineering. He served as the President of India from 2002 to 2007 and was awarded the nation's top civilian awards, including Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Bharat Ratna.

Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime and the Secretary of the DRDO from 1992 to 1999. The Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period.

• Failure will never overtake me if my definition to succeed is strong enough.
• The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success.
• Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.
• Dreams are not those which comes while we are sleeping, but dreams are those when u don't sleep before fulfilling them.
• Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
• Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
• God has not promised Skies always blue, Flower strewn pathways All our life through; God has not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain.
• When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.
• Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
• This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.