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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