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EARLY LIFE - Biography of A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam | Educational


Qualification of APJ Abdul Kalam.

Dr. Kalam was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu on 15 October 1931 into a Muslim
family. His father Jainulabudeen was a ship owner while his mother Ashiamma
Even though his ancestors had been wealthy traders, the family had lost most of its
fortunes by the 1920s and was poverty-stricken by the time Kalam was born. As a
young boy he had to sell newspapers to support his family’s income.

Even though the family wasn’t financially well-off, the youngsters were raised in an
environment stuffed with love. In one in every of the books which Kalam wrote decades
later, he fondly remembered how his mother would lovingly feed her own quota of food
to the kids and go hungry herself.

Kalam was an honest student and always curious to find out more about how things
happened. When he was ten years old, one in every of his teachers, Siva Subramania
Iyer, took the scholars to the seashore and asked them to watch the birds on the wing.
Then the teacher gave the kids a theoretical explanation, which plus the live practical
example, cast a deep influence on young Kalam’s mind. That very day the boy realised
that his life’s calling had something to try to to with flight.
After completing his studies at Schwartz Higher middle school, he enrolled at Saint
Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, graduating in science in 1954. Pursuing his childhood
dream, he travelled to Madras to review aerospace engineering in Madras Institute of
Technology.

During his third year, he was assigned a project to style a low-level airplane along with
some other students. The project was a difficult one and on top of it, their guide gave
them a really tight deadline. The young men worked hard under immense pressure, and
eventually managed to complete target within the deadline. The guide was thoroughly
impressed by Kalam’s dedication. At this juncture, Kalam aspired to become a combat
pilot. However he couldn’t realize this dream.

KALAM AS SCIENTIST & PRESIDENT OF INDIA | APJ Abdul Kalam


Educational Qualification

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam earned his degree in 1957 and joined the Aeronautical
Development Establishment of the DRDO as a scientist in 1958.

In the early 1960’s, he has worked with the Indian National Committee for Space
Research (INCOSPAR) under the renowned space scientist Vikram Sarabhai. He also
designed a little hovercraft for DRDO India.
Dr. Kalam visited to NASA’s Langley Center in Hampton. He has also visited Virginia;
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland & Wallops Flight Facility in 1963-
64.

Inspired by this visit, he began acting on an expandable rocket project independently at


DRDO in 1965.

However, he wasn’t much satisfied together with his work on DRDO and was happy to
be transferred to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1969.

Dr. Kalam served as the project director of the SLV-III and successfully designed and
indigenously produced India’s first satellite launching vehicle.

In the 1970s, he began making efforts to develop the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV). Developed to permit India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites
into Sun-synchronous orbits, the nation’s PSLV project was an eventual success; it
absolutely was first launched on 20 September 1993.

A.P.J. Kalam also directed several other projects, including Project Devil, within the
1970s. Project Devil was an early liquid-fueled missile project aimed toward producing a
short-range guided missile. The project wasn’t a hit within the long-term and was
discontinued within the 1980s. However it led to the later development of the Prithvi
missile within the 1980s.
He was also attached the Project Valiant which aimed toward the event of
intercontinental missile. Like Project Devil, this project too wasn’t successful in itself but
played a job within the development of the Prithvi missile shortly.

In the early 1980s, the integrated missile Development Programme (IGMDP), an Indian
Ministry of Defence programme managed by the DRDO in partnership with other
government organisations was launched. He was requested to rejoin DRDO India as
the Chief Executive of the IGMDP in 1983.
The programme, which received tremendous political support, aimed toward the
concurrent development of 4 projects: Short range surface-to-surface missile (code-
named Prithvi), Short range low-level guided missile (code-named Trishul), Medium
range guided missile (code-named Akash) and Third-generation anti-tank missile (code-
named Nag).

The IGMDP, under the able leadership of Kalam proved to be a convincing success and
produced variety of successful missiles including the primary Prithvi missile in 1988, and
therefore the Agni missile in 1989. because of his achievements because the director of
the IGMDP, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam earned the nickname of “Missile Man.”
His increasing involvement with governmental agencies led to his appointment because
the Scientific Adviser to the Defense Minister in 1992. In 1999, he was appointed
because the Principal Scientific Adviser to the govt of India with the rank of cabinet
minister.

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