ജി.യു.പി.എസ് ക്ലാരി/ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് /മികവുകൾ
THE MISSILE MAN OF INDIA
Dr: A.P.J Abdulkalam was born on 15 October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.His father is Mr Jainulabdin and his mother is Mrs Assiamma. He specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras institute of Technology.Dr Kalam made significant contribution as project director to develop India's first satellite launch vehicle-(SLV111) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of space club.He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme,particularly the PSLV configuration. Dr A.P.J. Abdulkalam was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITVI.Missiles. Kalam was the scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and secretary, Department of Defence Research&Development from July 1992 to December 1999.During this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic missile systems and the POKHRAN-2 nuclear tests in collabor ation with Department of Atomic Energy,which made India a naclear weapon state. He also gave thrust to self-reliance in defence systems by progressing multiple development tasks and mission projects such as Light combat Aircraft Dr A.P.J Abdulkalam's Autobiography is “The Wings o
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</gallery>f Fire”.He awarded Padma Bhushan in 1981,Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and the highest civillian award Bharat Ratna in 1997. He is recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institu tions. He became the 12 President of india on 25 July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.
