Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu,Dr.Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, graduated in Science from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy in 1954 and specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1957.
Dr. Kalam is a pioneer in fibre glass technology and led a young team to initiate this effort in ISRO. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-3) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite
He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO’s launch vehicle programme,particularly the PSLV configuration. After working for two decades in ISRO and mastering launch vehicle technologies, Dr. Kalam took up the responsibility of developing Indigenous Guided Missiles at Defence Research and Development Organisation as the Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). He was responsible for the development of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles
He was the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from July 1992 to December 1999. During this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic missile systems and the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy, which made India a nuclear weapon State.
In the bio-medical area, Dr. Kalam along with his team collaborated with medical specialists in the development of Kalam-Raju stent during 1994 –1996. orthosis calipers which has reduced the weight of the caliper to 1/10th of the original weight during 1995 – 1996. Over 50,000 children have been fitted with these calipers.
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