| Full Name |
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam |
| Date of Birth |
15 October 1931 |
| Place of Birth |
Rameswaram, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Date of Death |
27 July 2015 |
| Place of Death |
Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
Indian |
| Education |
Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli; Madras Institute of Technology |
| Profession |
Scientist, Engineer, Author, Professor, Politician |
| Years of Activity |
1958 - 2015 |
| Brief Information |
APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was widely referred to as the "Missile Man of India" for his work on the development of ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. Kalam played a pivotal organizational and technical role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, which established him as a national hero. |