Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Biography.

 Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in full Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, (conceived October 15, 1931, Rameswaram, India—passed on July 27, 2015, Shillong), Indian researcher and government official who assumed a main part in the improvement of India's rocket and atomic weapons programs. He was leader of India from 2002 to 2007. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

Fast FACTS 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

Conceived 

October 15, 1931 

Rameswaram, India 

Kicked the bucket July 27, 2015 (matured 83) 

Shillong, India 

TITLE/OFFICE 

President, India (2002-2007) 

Kalam acquired a degree in aeronautical designing from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). In 1969 he moved to the Indian Space Research Organization, where he was project overseer of the SLV-III, the primary satellite dispatch vehicle that was both planned and created in India. Rejoining DRDO in 1982, Kalam arranged the program that created various effective rockets, which procured him the epithet "Rocket Man." Among those victories was Agni, India's first moderate reach long range rocket, which joined parts of the SLV-III and was dispatched in 1989. 

From 1992 to 1997 Kalam was logical guide to the safeguard clergyman, and he later filled in as head logical counsel (1999–2001) to the public authority with the position of bureau serve. His conspicuous part in the country's 1998 atomic weapons tests cemented India as an atomic force and set up Kalam as a public saint, albeit the tests caused extraordinary worry in the global local area. In 1998 Kalam set forward a countrywide arrangement called Technology Vision 2020, which he depicted as a guide for changing India from a less-created to a created society in 20 years. The arrangement called for, among different measures, expanding rural usefulness, underscoring innovation as a vehicle for monetary development, and augmenting admittance to medical services and schooling. 

In 2002 India's decision National Democratic Alliance (NDA) set forward Kalam to succeed active President Kocheril Raman Narayanan. Kalam was selected by the Hindu patriot (Hindutva) NDA despite the fact that he was Muslim, and his height and well known allure were to such an extent that even the primary resistance, the Indian National Congress, likewise proposed his application. Kalam handily won the political decision and was confirmed as India's eleventh president, a to a great extent formal post, in July 2002. He left office toward the finish of his term in 2007 and was prevailed by Pratibha Patil, the country's first lady president. 

After getting back to regular citizen life, Kalam stayed focused on utilizing science and innovation to change India into a created country and filled in as an instructor at a few colleges. On July 27, 2015, he fell while conveying a talk at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong and was articulated dead from heart failure soon a short time later. 

Kalam composed a few books, including a personal history, Wings of Fire (1999). Among his various honors were two of the country's most noteworthy distinctions, the Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the Bharat Ratna (1997).