A P J Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam is famously known as A P J Abdul Kalam. A P J Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 in Tamil Nadu, India. A P J Abdul Kalam was conferred Bharat Ratna in 1997, India’s highest civil award. He was also conferred Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan in 1981 and 1990 respectively for his distinguished services to the nation. A P J Abdul Kalam was India’s 11th President from the period 2002 to 2007.

A P J Abdul Kalam is a distinguished engineer and eminent scientist, full of ideas and clear vision and wanted to see India a developed country by 2020. Many a times he is being referred to as Missile Man of India. A P J Abdul Kalam is loved by all, be it small children, youth or elderly people. Children used to call him Kaka Kalam and because of his immense popularity during his presidency he was known as People’s President in India.

Many books like ‘India 2020’, ‘Wings of Fire’, ‘Ignited Minds’ and ‘Indomitable Mind’ were penned by A P J Abdul Kalam. A P J Abdul Kalam is the man behind idea of leaving India’s imprint on moon because of which ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) landed MIP (Moon Impact Probe) on moon’s surface during India’s ambitious plan of sending Chandrayaan space craft circling around moon.

A P J Abdul Kalam started his career has aeronautical engineer in DRDO and ISRO. He was an eminent figure behind India’s successful work for ballistic missile and space rocket technology. A P J Abdul Kalam played a crucial organizational, technical and political role in India’s Pokhran – II nuclear test in 1998 after 1974 nuclear testing by India.

A P J Abdul Kalam is a physics graduate. He has done his graduation from St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli. Then he did diploma in Aeronautical Engineering in the mid 1950 from the Madras Institute of Technology.

Presently, he is spending his life as a visiting faculty to various college across world and may God give him a long life.

Surya Prakash Arya

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