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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is a renowned aerospace engineer,??professor??(of Aerospace engineering), and first??chancellor??of the??Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram??(IIST), who served as the??11th??President of India??from 2002 to 2007. [1]??During his term as President, he was popularly known as the??People’s President. [2][3]??He was awarded the??Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor in 1997. Before his term as India’s president, he worked as an??aeronautical engineer??with??DRDO??and??ISRO. He is popularly known as the??Missile Man of India??for his work on development of??ballistic missile??and space rocket technology. 4]??Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India’s??Pokhran-II??nuclear test in 1998, the first since the??original nuclear test by India??in 1974. [5] He is currently the a visiting professor at??Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad,chancellor??of??Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, a professor at??Anna University??(Chennai), a visiting professor at??Indian Institute of Management Indore, and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.
In May 2011, Dr. Kalam launched his mission for the youth of the nation called the??What Can I Give Movement. [6]??Dr. Kalam better known as a scientist, also has special interest in the field of arts like writingTamil??poems, and also playing the music instrument??Veena. [7] Abdul Kalam was born in??Rameshwaram, presently??Tamil Nadu, in India in 1931. He spent most of his childhood in financial problems and started working at an early age to supplement his family’s income.
His awards: 1997| Bharat Ratna| Government of India| 1990| Padma Vibhushan| Government of India| 1981| Padma Bhushan| Government of India| Kalam’s writings * Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam??by A. P. J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari; by K. Bhushan, G. Katyal; A. P. J. Pub. Corp, 2002. * Scientist to President??by Abdul A. P. J. Kalam; Gyan Publishing House, 2003. * Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Y. S. RajanIndia-my-dream??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. * Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Arun K Tiwari; Ocean Books, 2005. * Children Ask Kalam??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; * Indomitable Spirit??by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 2006 * The Scientific Indian: A Twenty-first Century Guide to the World around Us??by APJ Abdul Kalam and YS Rajan * My Journey??by APJ Abdul Kalam,