That guy in the middle is the former President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
From Wikipedia: Before his term as India's president, he distinguished himself as engineering visionary and was awarded India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with DRDO and his role as scientific advisor to the Indian government. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology[5]. In India he is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary. Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974[6]. He is a professor at Anna University (Chennai) and adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
So, he's a pretty distinguished person. But seriously, becoming an MCP in India is (now, literally) child's play! All you need is a set of questions that you can memorize. It's all a question of memory. I don't know how much she understood of the test she took! Memorizing something is totally different from understanding something.
No I mean it was hard for me to tell... I need to put on my glasses before I speak :s (but hey, woman can be pres. too right? Not sure how that goes in India)
India is a parliamentary democracy so the Presidents role is largely ceremonial and usually has to make token visits of behalf of the state. Kalam is there probably because he is Tamil as well.
Dr. Singh I imagine or hope is pre-occupied avenging those who perished in Mumbai not so long ago.
Woah, AJP! That's a blast from the past! (the past being two-odd years ago).
AJP Abdul Kalam actually visited the town where my boarding school was located (Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu), but he came when our school was /out of session/! He visited the other school in the town, instead. We had the worst luck when it came to VIPs: the Dalai Lama offered to come to our 100th anniversary celebrations, but some dolts in the administration refused to change the date of the celebrations to fit his schedule...
If you are referring to the third from left guy at the back, I presume he is the body guard of ex President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (fourth from left)
India's current President is a woman (Pratibha Patil), and India had a female Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) way back in 1966 and 1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi)
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That guy in the middle wins the "Guess Who doesn't Belong in this picture" game
Maybe because he is the president of India. :)
I was having difficulty trying to figure out what it was. (wait, that's a he?)
Former president of India. ;)
That guy in the middle is the former President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
From Wikipedia:
Before his term as India's president, he distinguished himself as engineering visionary and was awarded India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with DRDO and his role as scientific advisor to the Indian government. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology[5]. In India he is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary. Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974[6]. He is a professor at Anna University (Chennai) and adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
So, he's a pretty distinguished person. But seriously, becoming an MCP in India is (now, literally) child's play! All you need is a set of questions that you can memorize. It's all a question of memory. I don't know how much she understood of the test she took! Memorizing something is totally different from understanding something.
We can't get our President to show up to work let alone when some 7 year old learns how to use a computer
No I mean it was hard for me to tell... I need to put on my glasses before I speak :s (but hey, woman can be pres. too right? Not sure how that goes in India)
India is a parliamentary democracy so the Presidents role is largely ceremonial and usually has to make token visits of behalf of the state. Kalam is there probably because he is Tamil as well.
Dr. Singh I imagine or hope is pre-occupied avenging those who perished in Mumbai not so long ago.
Woah, AJP! That's a blast from the past! (the past being two-odd years ago).
AJP Abdul Kalam actually visited the town where my boarding school was located (Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu), but he came when our school was /out of session/! He visited the other school in the town, instead. We had the worst luck when it came to VIPs: the Dalai Lama offered to come to our 100th anniversary celebrations, but some dolts in the administration refused to change the date of the celebrations to fit his schedule...
Looks like he's photoshopped in.
Dont show your ignorance. He is well known scientist and former president of India
If you are referring to the third from left guy at the back, I presume he is the body guard of ex President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (fourth from left)
@ zevdawg
India's current President is a woman (Pratibha Patil), and India had a female Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) way back in 1966 and 1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi)