DR. A.P.

J ABDUL KALAM
MISSILE MAN OF
INDIA

ABOUT THE LEGEND

Full name :Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

Born on:15th Oct 1931,at Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram District,

Tamil Nadu

Father: Jainulabdeen Marakayar,

Mother:Ashiamma

Has three siblings

EDUCATION

Primary education was from Rameshwaram elementary school.

Later he settled in schwartz, Ramanathapuram

In 1950 he joined St Joseph college at Tiruchirapalli to do B.Sc.

He joined DMIT in Aeronautical Engineering at MIT [Madras Institute of Technology] ,Madras

(1954-1957)

In 1958,after passing as a graduate, aeronautical engineer,

He joined Hindustan Aeronautical Limited(HAL),Bangalore as a trainee.

CAREER

After

graduating from MIT, Kalam took up the position

Aeronautical

of chief

scientist

at the

Development Establishment of Defense Research.

Shifted to

the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) where he was the project director

of India's

first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle and Development Organization (DRDO).

From

1992 until 1999, Kalam was appointed as the Chief Scientific

Minister and the Secretary of

during this time that

Defence

Kalam served as

nuclear tests, after which

Adviser to the Prime

Research and Development

the Chief Project

he wasfondly called

Organisation.It was

Coordinator for Pokhran

the Missile

Man

of India.

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