Someone I truly respect

1.Kalam used to get up at 4 am, bathe, and then go for his mathematics class, which was taught by a teacher who took only five students in the whole session; and bathing before class was a condition he had laid to all his students.

2.He used to distribute newspapers after school hours in order to contribute to his father's income.

3.Dr Kalam's first major project SLV 3-failed.

4.Abdul Kalam is the first bachelor and scientist who occupied the Rashtrapati Bhawan(President's House).

5.Kalam  was nominated for the MTV youth icon of the year in 2003 and 2006.