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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
(15 October 1931 - 27 July
2015) was an Indian scientist who served as
the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Dr. Kalam collapsed during a lecture at IIM
Shillong and died of massive cardiac arrest on
27 July 2015.
Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram ,
Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace
engineering. He spent the next four decades as
a scientist and science administrator, mainly at
the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) and was
intimately involved in the India's civilian space
program and military missile development
efforts .He thus came to be known as the
Missile Man of India for his work on the
development of ballistic missile and launch
vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal
organizational, technical and political role in
India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the
first since the original nuclear test by India in
1974.
Kalam was elected the President of
India in 2002 with the support of both the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the
opposition Indian National Congress. After
serving a term of 5 years, he returned to
civilian life of education, writing, and public
service. He has received several prestigious
awards, including the Bharat Ratna , India's
highest civilian honor.
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a
sun," APJ Abdul Kalam had said in one of his
inspirational speeches. He certainly did.
Today that sun has set.
RIP
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Sir
(15 October 1931 - 27 July
2015) was an Indian scientist who served as
the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Dr. Kalam collapsed during a lecture at IIM
Shillong and died of massive cardiac arrest on
27 July 2015.
Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram ,
Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace
engineering. He spent the next four decades as
a scientist and science administrator, mainly at
the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) and was
intimately involved in the India's civilian space
program and military missile development
efforts .He thus came to be known as the
Missile Man of India for his work on the
development of ballistic missile and launch
vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal
organizational, technical and political role in
India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the
first since the original nuclear test by India in
1974.
Kalam was elected the President of
India in 2002 with the support of both the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the
opposition Indian National Congress. After
serving a term of 5 years, he returned to
civilian life of education, writing, and public
service. He has received several prestigious
awards, including the Bharat Ratna , India's
highest civilian honor.
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a
sun," APJ Abdul Kalam had said in one of his
inspirational speeches. He certainly did.
Today that sun has set.
RIP
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