A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , full name - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam , (born October 15, 1931, Rameswaram, India—died July 27, 2015, Shillong), Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in the development of india's missile and nuclear weapons programs. He was President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He soon moved to the Indian Space Reasearch Organisation (ISRO), where he was project director of the SLV -3, India’s first indigenously designed and produced satellite launch vehicle. Rejoining DRDO in 1982, Kalam planned the program that produced a number of successful missiles, which helped earned him the nickname “Missile Man.” From 1992 to 1997 Kalam was scientific adviser to the defense minister, and he later served as principal scientific adv...
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