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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. [1] Born in Rameswaram in Southern India, Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and ...
My Days With Mahatma Abdul Kalam by Fr A K George; Novel Corporation, 2009. [176] A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: A Life by Arun Tiwari; Harper Collins, 2015. [177] The People's President: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam by S M Khan; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. [178] Film and media. In 2008, a documentary film A Little Dream directed by P. Dhanapal was released in ...
On 31 July 2015, Then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa announced after the death of Kalam (27 July 2015) [3] that an award will be given annually in his name. The award prize will be five hundred thousand Indian rupees (about US$7,700), a certificate and a gold medal weighing eight grams. [4]
Kalam felt overjoyed to see an Indian glorified in NASA as a hero of rocketry warfare. His association with the Satellite Launch Vehicle and related projects are vividly presented in the section 'Creation'. During the period covered under 'Creation', Kalam, in the year 1976, lost his father who lived up to 102 years of age.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) Tamil Nadu: Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of India: 25 July 2002 25 July 2007 5 years Bhupinder Nath Kirpal: 2002:
Abdul Kalam in 2007. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. [1] Born in Rameswaram in Southern India, Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation and was intimately involved in India's ...
United States: United States President Barack Obama extended "deepest condolences to the people of India on the passing of former Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam", and highlighted his achievements as a scientist and as a statesman, notably his role in strengthening US–India relations and increasing space co-operation between the two ...
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. [1] Born in Rameswaram in Southern India, Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and ...