What is the full form of APJ Abdul Kalam
What is the full form of APJ Abdul Kalam
APJ Abdul Kalam: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
APJ Abdul Kalam was a former Indian scientist who is popularly known as Missile Man of India. He played a leading role in the development of India’s missile and nuclear weapons programs. He was president of India from 2002 to 2007.
He was born on October 15, 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.
Kalam earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He soon moved to the Indian Space Research Organisation, where he was project director of the SLV-III, India’s first indigenously designed and produced satellite launch vehicle.
Rejoining DRDO in 1982, Kalam planned the program that produced a number of successful missiles, which helped earned him the nickname “Missile Man.”
From 1992 to 1997 Kalam was scientific adviser to the defense minister, and he later served as principal scientific adviser (1999–2001) to the government with the rank of cabinet minister.
His prominent role in the country’s 1998 nuclear weapons tests established Kalam as a national hero, although the tests caused great concern in the international community.
In 1998 Kalam put forward a countrywide plan called Technology Vision 2020, which he described as a road map for transforming India from a less-developed to a developed society in 20 years.