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Abdul Kalam, President
Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram
in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering
from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam
made significant contribution as Project Director
to develop India’s first indigenous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully
injected the Rohini satellite in the near
earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an
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He
was responsible for the evolution of ISRO’s
launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV
configuration. After working for two decades in
ISRO and mastering launch vehicle technologies,
Dr. Kalam took up the responsibility of developing
Indigenous Guided Missiles at Defence Research and
Development Organisation as the Chief Executive
of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
(IGMDP). He was responsible for the development
and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles
and for building indigenous capability in critical
technologies through networking of multiple institutions.
He was the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister
and Secretary, Department of Defence Research &
Development from July 1992 to December 1999. During
this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic
missile systems and the Pokhran-II nuclear tests
in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy,
which made India a nuclear weapon State. He also
gave thrust to self-reliance in defence systems
by progressing multiple development tasks and mission
projects such as Light Combat Aircraft.
As
Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting
and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and as an eminent
scientist, he led the country with the help of 500
experts to arrive at Technology Vision 2020 giving
a road map for transforming India from the present
developing status to a developed nation. Dr. Kalam
has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to
the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet
Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001 and
was responsible for evolving policies, strategies
and missions for many development applications.
Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of
the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet
(SAC-C) and piloted India Millennium Mission 2020.
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 tasks. Above all he took up a mission
to ignite the young minds for national development
by meeting high school students 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 household
names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad.
These books have been translated in many Indian
languages.
Dr.
Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists
of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary
doctorates from 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).
He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow
of many professional institutions.
Dr.
Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th
July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into
a developed nation by 2020.
Manmohan
Singh, Prime Minister
India’s thirteenth Prime Minister,
Dr. Manmohan Singh is rightly acclaimed as
a thinker and a scholar. He is well regarded
for his diligence and his academic approach
to work, as well as his accessibility and
his unassuming demeanour.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was
born on September 26, 1932, in a village in
the Punjab province of undivided India.
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Dr.
Singh completed his Matriculation examinations from
the Panjab University in 1948. His academic career
took him from Punjab to the University of Cambridge,
UK, where he earned a First Class Honours degree
in Economics in 1957. Dr. Singh followed this with
a D.Phil in Economics from Nuffield College at Oxford
University in 1962. His book, “India's Export
Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth”
[Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964] was an early critique
of India's inward-oriented trade policy.
Dr.
Singh’s academic credentials were burnished
by the years he spent on the faculty of Punjab University
and the prestigious Delhi School of Economics. He
had a brief stint at the UNCTAD Secretariat as well,
during these years. This presaged a subsequent appointment
as Secretary General of the South Commission in
Geneva between 1987 and 1990.
In 1971, Dr. Singh joined the Government of India
as Economic Advisor in the Commerce Ministry. This
was soon followed by his appointment as Chief Economic
Advisor in the Ministry of Finance in 1972. Among
the many Governmental positions that Dr. Singh has
occupied are Secretary in the Ministry of Finance;
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission; Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India; Advisor of the Prime
Minister; and Chairman of the University Grants
Commission.
In
what was to become the turning point in the economic
history of independent India, Dr. Singh spent five
years between 1991 and 1996 as India’s Finance
Minister. His role in ushering in a comprehensive
policy of economic reforms is now recognized worldwide.
In the popular view of those years in India, that
period is inextricably associated with the persona
of Dr. Singh.
Among
the many awards and honours conferred upon Dr. Singh
in his public career, the most prominent are India’s
second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan
(1987); the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award
of the Indian Science Congress (1995); the Asia
Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year (1993
and 1994); the Euro Money Award for Finance Minister
of the Year (1993), the Adam Smith Prize of the
University of Cambridge (1956); and the Wright's
Prize for Distinguished Performance at St. John's
College in Cambridge (1955). Dr. Singh has also
been honoured by a number of other associations
including by the Japanese Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
Dr.
Singh has represented India at many international
conferences and in several international organizations.
He has led Indian Delegations to the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting in Cyprus (1993) and
to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna
in 1993.
In
his political career, Dr. Singh has been a Member
of India’s Upper House of Parliament (the
Rajya Sabha) since 1991, where he was Leader of
the Opposition between 1998 and 2004.
Dr.
Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur have three
daughters.
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Name
Portfolio
Date of Birth
Constituency, State
Lok Sabha /Rajya
Sabha |
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime
Minister of India
26 September 1932
Profile
Assam - Rajya Sabha |
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Shri Pranab Mukherjee Defence
11 December 1935
Profile
Jangipur (West Bengal)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri Arjun Singh Human
Resource
Development
05 November 1930
Profile
Madhya Pradesh
Rajya Sabha |
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Shri Sharad Pawar Agriculture,
Food
& Civil
Supplies, Consumer
Affairs
and
Public
Distribution
12 December 1940
Profile
Baramati (Maharashtra)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav Railways
11 June 1948
Profile
Chapra (Bihar)
Lok Sabha
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Shri Shivraj Patil Home
12 October 1935
Profile
Maharashtra - Rajya Sabha
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Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Chemicals
& Fertilizers, Steel
5 July 1946
Profile
Hajipur (SC) (Bihar)
Lok Sabha
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Shri Jaipal Reddy Urban
Development
16 January 1942
Profile
Miryalguda (Andhra Pradesh)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri P. R. Dasmunsi Information
& Broadcasting,
Parliamentary
Affairs
4 August 1945
Profile
Raiganj (West Bengal)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri P. Chidambaram Finance
16 September 1945
Profile
Sivaganga (Tamilnadu)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri Mahavir Prasad Small
scale, Agro
&
Rural Industries
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Profile
Bansgaon-SC (Uttar Pradesh)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri P.R. Kyndiah Tribal
Affairs,
Development
of North East
7 May 1928
Profile
Shillong (Meghalaya)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri T.R. Baalu Road
Transport &
Highways
& Shipping
15 June 1941
Profile
Chennai South (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri S. Vaghela Textiles
21 July 1940
Profile
Kapadvanj (Gujarat)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri Kamal Nath Commerce
& Industry
18 November 1946
Profile
Chhindwara
(Madhya Pradesh)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri H.R. Bhardwaj Law
& Justice
17 May 1937
Profile
Madhya Pradesh
Rajya Sabha |
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Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde Power
04 Sep, 1941 |
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Dr. Raghuvansh P Singh Rural
Development
6 June 1946
Profile
Vaishali (Bihar) - Lok Sabha |
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Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Panchayati
Raj,
Youth
Affairs & Sports
10 April 1941
Profile
Mayiladuturai (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri Sis Ram Ola Mines
30 July 1927
Profile
Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan)
Lok Sabha |
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Smt. Meira Kumar Social
Justice
&
Empowerment
31 March 1945
Profile
Sasaram (Bihar) - Lok Sabha |
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Shri K. Chandra Shekhar Rao
Labour
& Employment
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Profile
Karimnagar (Andhra Pradesh)
Lok Sabha |
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Shri A. Raja Environment
& Forests
10 May 1963
Profile
Perambalur (SC)
(Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha |
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Shri Dayanidhi Maran Communications
& Information
Technology
Dec 5, 1966
Profile
Chennai Central
(Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha |
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Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss Health
& Family Welfare
Oct 9, 1968
Profile
Tamil Nadu, Rajya Sabha |
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Shri Shibu Soren Coal
Jan 11, 1944
Profile
Dumka (ST)
(Jharkhand), Lok Sabha |
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Shri A. R. Antulay Minority
Affairs
Feb 9, 1929
Profile
Kulaba
Maharashtra, Lok Sabha |
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Shri Vayalar Ravi Overseas
Indian Affairs
Jun 4, 1937
Profile
Kerala, Rajya Sabha
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Shri Murli Deora Petroleum
Jan 10, 1937
Profile
Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha |
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Smt. Ambika Soni Tourism
& Culture
Nov 13, 1943
Profile
Punjab, Rajya Sabha |
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Prof. Saif-u-Din Soz Water
Resources
Nov 23, 1937
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