Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam  Scientist APJ Abdul Kalam  Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன்
அப்துல் கலாம்) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually
referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam^, was the eleventh
President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007.[2] During his
term as The President, he was popularly known as the People's
President.[3][4] Before his term as India's president, he worked
as an engineer with DRDO and ISRO and was awarded India's
highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with
ISRO and DRDO and his role as a scientific advisor to the Indian
government. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India
for his work on development of ballistic missile and space
rocket technology.[5]. In India he is highly respected as a
scientist and as an engineer.  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.[6] He is a professor at An