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Profiling Motivation, Value, and Ethics From: Madras Institute of Technology Drdo Isro

APJ Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 in India to a middle-class family. He received many honors over his career including India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was motivated by his parents and teachers and was influenced to serve as a scientist and later as President of India. He embodied strong values of honesty, self-discipline, faith, kindness, patriotism and secularism. Kalam's ethics emphasized gratitude, courage, self-regulation, trustworthiness, creativity, and single-minded devotion to goals through total commitment and hard work.

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APJ Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 in India to a middle-class family. He received many honors over his career including India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was motivated by his parents and teachers and was influenced to serve as a scientist and later as President of India. He embodied strong values of honesty, self-discipline, faith, kindness, patriotism and secularism. Kalam's ethics emphasized gratitude, courage, self-regulation, trustworthiness, creativity, and single-minded devotion to goals through total commitment and hard work.

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Profiling Motivation, Value, and Ethics from APJ Abdul Kalam

Thinking is the Capital,

Enterprise is the way,

Hard work is the solution.


Introduction: Life Journey
A. P. J Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 in middle class family in Rameshewaram of T.N. state.
Father-Jainulabdeen, Mother-Ashiamma.
To support his studies he started his career as a Newspaper vendor.
Specialized in Aero Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology.
He initially worked in DRDO in 1958 and then joined ISRO in 1963.
He is popularly known as a Missile Man of India and Peoples Presidents.
Awards and Honors
He had received honorary doctorates from 30 Universities and institutions and many awards including Indias
highest award Bharath Ratna.
Ramanujan Award by Alwars Research Centre, Chennai (2000)
Padma Vibhushan (1990)
Veer Savarkar Award (1998)
Bharat Ratna (1997)
Prof Y Nayudamma Memorial Gold Medal (1996)
GM Modi Award for Science (1996)
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1997)
HK Firodia Award for Excellence in S&T (1996)
Padma Bhushan in (1981)
National Nehru Award by the Government of MP
Quotes by Abdul Kalam
Motivational sources should lie within yourself then no one can stop you from achieving your goal.

the best work required more ability than I possessed and therefore I needed help that only God could give me. I
made true estimate of my own ability, then raised it 5o% and put myself in Gods hands.

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

Motivation and motivational sources


Achievement motivation- parents, Iyadurai Solomon(desire, belief, and expectation)
Affiliation motivation- Childhood friends, Prof. Sarabhai, Prof Brahm Prakash
Influence motivation- As a scientist and as president of India
Control motivation- after failure of Agni-I missile test failure
Extension motivation- MGK Menon, Prof. Sarabhai, large team of brilliant and dedicated professionals
Dependence motivation- Prof Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan
Values
I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father and from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep
kindness

Practicing vegetarianism
Teetotalism
Patriotism
Secularism
Ethics
In APJ Abdul Kalam Virtue Ethics Theory is more functional.
Individual characters ethics- Gratitude, courage, self-discipline, reliability, kindness, caring, and sincerity.
Work characters ethics- Honesty, creativity, trustworthy, coworker appreciation, task competition, empathy,
cooperativeness, supportiveness, and tolerance.
Professional character ethics- Self-regulation, trust, independence of judgment, collegiality, and impartiality.
Imbibe of learning
Total commitment is not just hard work, it is total involvement.
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often
called workaholics.
To put the heart and soul into the mission.
Your willingness to use your inner resources to invest your life, especially your imagination, will bring you
success.
Profiling Motivation, Value, and Ethics from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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