<P> Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam better known as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ( / ˈæbdʊl kəˈlɑːm / ( listen ) ; 15 October 1931 -- 27 July 2015 ) , was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007 . A career scientist turned statesman , Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram , Tamil Nadu , and studied physics and aerospace engineering . He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator , mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) and was intimately involved in India 's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts . He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology . He also played a pivotal organisational , technical , and political role in India 's Pokhran - II nuclear tests in 1998 , the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974 . </P>
<P> Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam better known as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ( / ˈæbdʊl kəˈlɑːm / ( listen ) ; 15 October 1931 -- 27 July 2015 ) , was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007 . A career scientist turned statesman , Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram , Tamil Nadu , and studied physics and aerospace engineering . He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator , mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) and was intimately involved in India 's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts . He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology . He also played a pivotal organisational , technical , and political role in India 's Pokhran - II nuclear tests in 1998 , the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974 . </P>
who is called the missile man of india
who is called the missile man of india
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam