The Missile Man

Tentang kehidupan dari rudal pria India - APJ Abdul Kalam

The application gives a brief of the life of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, who was also known as the missile man of India.

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen A. P. J Abdul Kalam ( 15 October 1931 till 27 July 2015) was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned politician, 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 Indias 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 Indias Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.