He has breathed life into ballastic missles like the Agni and Prithvi, which put China and Pakistan well under India's missile range.
It is too exhausting to track Dr Abdul Kalam's achievements to date.
In the '60s and '70s he was a trail blazer in the space department.
In the '80s he transformed the moribund Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad into a highly motivated team.
By the '90s Kalam emerged as the czar of Indian science and technology and was awarded the Bharat Ratna. His life and mission is a vindication of what a determined person can achieve against extraordinary odds.
Introduction
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007.[1]. He is also popularly known as the People's President. For his distinguished contribution in launching the missiles project in India, he is popularly known as the Missile Man of India and is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary in India.
A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM, was born on October 15, 1931 in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. His schooling was from Schwartz High School, Ramanathapuram. After graduating in science from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi, he took a diploma in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in the mid-1950s.
Before his term as President, he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[1]Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.[2]
He led a missile program. Kalam's codenames for the programme's five components were: Prithvi, a surface-to-surface battlefield missile; Nag, an anti-tank missile (ATM); Akash, a swift, medium-range