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APJ Abdul kalam was a scientist and engineer who served as the president of India from (2002 to 2007). He was the known as the missile man and the people president too. Abdul Kalam was born ON 15th October 1931. In Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. He was the youngest in his simbling. He was the son of a Muslim boat owner. He was from a muslim family. His mother’s name was ashimma and his father’s name was jainulabdeen. He was a Bright little boy blessed with a thrist of knowledge and was always eager to learn new thing. He remind active until the last day of his life delevring a lecture at the instiutr of management shilling on “27 july 2015” when he collapsed and was rushed to the bentheny hospital where he was confirmed death of sudden cardiac aarest.



In this early school year, Kalam was a average student but was curious to learn. He evolved his interests in mathematics and physics. He completed his primary and secondary education in Schwartz higher Secondary School, Ramanathpuram, Tamil Nadu, India. For his further education, he moved to St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli , Tamil Nadu where he graduated in physics in 1954. In 1955 he enrolled at Madras Institute of Technology to study aerospace engineering.



After receiving education in madras Institute of Technology, Kalam joined laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), named Aeronautical Development Establishment. Initially, he designed a small hovercraft. Kalam was a part of Indian National committee For Space Research (INCOSPAR) Committee under the renowned the Indian space scientist, Vikram Sarabhai. In 1963 and 1964, Kalam visited NASA’s Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Virginia; Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland; and Wallops Flight Facility. In 1969, he was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was appointed the project director of first

satellite launch vehicle of India, SLV- III , which successfully deployed ROHINI satellite in near earth orbit July 1980. From the 1970s to 1990s, Kalam strived hard to develop the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV- III projects, both of which were successful. In 1974 during the first nuclear test of India, Kalam was invited Raja Ramanna. During 1970s, two projects Project Devi and Project Valiant were directed by Kalam to develop ballistic missiles through SLV programs. At that time, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi allotted secret fund to these programs. From July 1992 to December 1999, Kalam was a chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister and the secretary of DRDO. During the Pokhran- II nuclear test in 1999, he served as the chief project coordinator, along with Rajagopala Chidambaram.

During the 2002 Presidential Election, he was nominated as president of India by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and backed by Samajwadi party and the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP). He received the majority of the voted bagging 89% of the votes overall defeating his rival, Lakshmi Sahgal (A revolutionary during Indian Independence Movement and a former Army officer). On 25th July 2002, Kalam became the 11th President of India.



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