A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM
Born
on 15 October 1931, at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
Abdul Kalam
specialized in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute of
Technology. Dr. Kalam is one of the most
distinguished scientists of India and
has received honorary doctorates from forty-five universities and
institutions in India and
abroad. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan (1981), the Padma Vibhushan
(1990) and India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna (1997). He has also
received the King Charles
Il medal (2007), the Woodrow Wilson Award (2008), the
Hoover Award (2008) and the International Von
Karman Wings Award (2009) among other international accolades.
Dr. Kalam became the eleventh
President of India on 25 July 2002. His focus and greatest ambition
remains to find ways to transform India into a developed nation.
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