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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India. He was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. Before becoming President, he worked for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), helping develop ballistic missiles and launch vehicles. He played a key role in India's nuclear tests in 1998. Kalam was elected President in 2002 with support from major political parties. He has authored several books and given motivational speeches to students. His autobiography "Wings of Fire" has been translated into multiple languages.

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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India. He was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. Before becoming President, he worked for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), helping develop ballistic missiles and launch vehicles. He played a key role in India's nuclear tests in 1998. Kalam was elected President in 2002 with support from major political parties. He has authored several books and given motivational speeches to students. His autobiography "Wings of Fire" has been translated into multiple languages.

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Dr. A. P. J.

Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (  pronunciation (help·info); born


15 October 1931) usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an
Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of
India. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied
physics at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace
engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai.
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
ofballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.[2] He played a pivotal
organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear
tests in 1998, the first since theoriginal nuclear test by India in 1974.
Some scientific experts have however called Kalam a man with no
authority over nuclear physics but who just carried on the works of Homi J.
Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.[3]
Kalam was elected the President of India in 2002, defeating Lakshmi
Sahgal and was supported by both the Indian National Congress and
the Bharatiya Janata Party, the major political parties of India. He is
currently a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management Indore, Chancellor of
theIndian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram, a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna
1
University (Chennai), JSS University (Mysore) and an adjunct/visiting
faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.

Kalam advocated plans to develop India into a developed nation by 2020


in his book India 2020. Books authored by him have received
considerable demands in South Korea for the translated versions.[4] He
has received several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna,
India's highest civilian honour. Kalam is known for his motivational
speeches and interaction with the student community in India. [5] He
launched his mission for the youth of the nation in 2011 called the What
Can I Give Movement with a central theme to defeat corruption in India.
Kalam was also criticized for inaction as a president on the pending mercy
plea petitions, that delayed prosecution of the convicts.
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam (1999) is
an autobiography of A P J Abdul Kalam,[1] former President of India. It was
written by Dr. Kalam[2] and Arun Tiwari.

Translations
The autobiography first published in English, has so far been translated
and published in 13 languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada Telugu,
Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Marathi apart from Braille. A Chinese edition of
`Wings of Fire', titled `Huo Yi' and translated by Ji Peng is also present. It
translated in French also.

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