APJ Abdul Kalam Archive

Former President of India Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s message
on the eve of Teachers’-Day (05.09.2003)
(few introductory sentences could not be recorded)
To begin with, I am going to talk to you about my father who taught me as a teacher.
My father taught me a great lesson when I was a young boy. What was that lesson? It was […]

Life lessons from Dr. Kalam
It was an unexpected choice, but one that filled the nation with pride and joy.
In the five years since Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam took residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan, he has been nothing short of inspirational. The man who is synonymous with India’s space programme soon became synonymous with India’s […]

Text of Dr.Kalam’s Thanks giving address to the nation.
24/Jul/2007 : New Delhi
Five Eventful Years

Friends, I am delighted to address you all, in the country and those living abroad, after working with you and completing five beautiful and eventful years in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Today, it is indeed a thanks giving occasion. I would like […]

“I HAVE THREE VISIONS FOR INDIA” - APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India
In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander on-wards the Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them […]

The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ’s Speech in Hyderabad .

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?
We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the […]