The Missile Man

"DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam"

 Full Name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

Commonly referred : A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Born on : 15th October 1931

Place of birth : Rameshwaram

Father : Jainulabdeen marakayar,

a boat owner
Mother : Ashiamma
Born in Middle class family.

* Mother tongue is Tamil.

* Family relates to Muslim religion.

* Favourite past times: Reading Hindu holly books,

writing poems in Tamil, playing Veena.
Financial position of his family was not strong to
support..

* Completed his secondary education at Schwartz

School.

* Completed his B.Sc. Degree at St Josephs College.

* Diploma with a specialization of Aeronautical

engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology.
 After completing diploma, he joined in
(HAL).

He puts his entire efforts for the

development of Indias space rocket
technology.

He is popularly known as the Missile Man of

India.

In India he is highly respected as a scientist

and as an engineer.
 He took oath as president of India on
July, 25th 2002.
He is the 11th President of India.

He was popularly known as the People's

President.
He gracefully turned away from his offices on
24th July 2007.
U.N.O declared Abdul kalams birthday as
world students day
* Well versatile person.

* Well recognized by the world.

* Role model, Mentor.

* Follows: strict personal discipline,

Vegetarianism,
Teetotalism,
Celibacy.
 Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram, in Tamil Nadu.

Father-Jainulabdeen, Mother-Ashiamma.

Specialized in Aero Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology.

He initially worked in DRDO in 1958 and then joined ISRO in 1963.

Dr Kalam has made significant contribution to Indian satellite and launch vehicles of ISRO and also
in the missile programmer of DRDO.

As project Director, SLV-III, India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle, he helped inject
Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit.

He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicles programmer and configurations.

He rejoined DRDO in 1982 and conceived the Integrated Guided Missile Development
Programmer (IGMDP) for indigenous missiles.
Lets all join our hands together to achieve
kalams dream towards nation.