Dr. Abdul Kalam, a great aero-space
scientist was appointed as the eleventh President of India in 2002. He is known
as the 'missile man of India'.
He was born on 15 October 1931 at
Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. He was one of the many children of a
middle class Tamil Muslim family. He inherited honesty, self-discipline and
deep kindness from his parents.
Dr. Kalam completed his schooling in
Rameshwaram and then attended St.Joseph's college in Tiruchirapalli. In 1958 he
passed his engineering in aeronautics from Madras Institute of Technology.
He joined Defense Research and Development
Organization (DRDO). Then he moved to Indian Space Research Organization in
1962. Along with his team he successfully launched many satellites. He was instrumental
in developing India's first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV lll), which launched
Satellite Rohini in 1980.
Later Dr. Kalam returned to DRDO as in
charge of India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. He designed
and developed India's two guided missiles... Agni and Prithvi.
In 1992 he was appointed Principal
Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister. During this period Pokhran ll
nuclear tests were conducted in 1998.
Dr. Abdul Kalam was elected the President
of India on 18 July 2002. He is a great visionary and has chalked out many
development plans for our country. He is most informal person, so people easily
identify with him. He is very fond of small children and gives them a lot of
importance as well as pays attention to their problems. Dr. Kalam pays equal
respect to all the religions.
Dr. Kalam has penned many books and his
autobiography 'Wings of fire' is a best seller. He plays Rudra Veena and also
composes poems for all occasions. Besides innumerable scientific awards, he has
been also honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan in 1990, and
Bharat Ratna in 1997.
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