This is a very rare failure story of a person who doesn't need any adjectives to describe his exemplary contributions to India's space and defense missions , no adjectives are enough to highlight the humility and generosity of former first citizen of India , popularly known as Missile Man of India , who has won the every Indian's heart and called as People's President , a perfect embodiment of success, he is none other than Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
Mr Kalam's dearest and deepest desire is to become a pilot in Indian Air Force, but he failed in interview. Interview was held by Indian Air force for 8 pilot posts , 25 members attended that interview in which Kalam bagged 9th position , the reason behind it is that the interviewers are looking for some kind of smartness in the personality of candidate along with the qualifications and engineering knowledge. At that time he was in a deep disappointment, which took him some time to comprehend that the opportunity to join the Air Force was slipped from his hand.
In his words he wrote like this, " I had failed to realize my dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. " in his autobiography with Arun Tiwari , WINGS OF FIRE.
Later he was selected in the interview of DTD&P(Air) [ Directorate of Technical Development & Production ] as Senior Scientific Assistant.
Not only that, he faced many unsuccessful attempts in his most successful voyage from Paper boy in a small coastal town to President of largest democratic country in the world.
Finally Kalam defined FAIL as "First Attempt In Learning".
Mr Kalam's dearest and deepest desire is to become a pilot in Indian Air Force, but he failed in interview. Interview was held by Indian Air force for 8 pilot posts , 25 members attended that interview in which Kalam bagged 9th position , the reason behind it is that the interviewers are looking for some kind of smartness in the personality of candidate along with the qualifications and engineering knowledge. At that time he was in a deep disappointment, which took him some time to comprehend that the opportunity to join the Air Force was slipped from his hand.
In his words he wrote like this, " I had failed to realize my dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. " in his autobiography with Arun Tiwari , WINGS OF FIRE.
Later he was selected in the interview of DTD&P(Air) [ Directorate of Technical Development & Production ] as Senior Scientific Assistant.
Not only that, he faced many unsuccessful attempts in his most successful voyage from Paper boy in a small coastal town to President of largest democratic country in the world.
Finally Kalam defined FAIL as "First Attempt In Learning".
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