| Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam,born on 15th October 1931,is One of INDIA's most distinguished Scientists.He was responsible for the Development of INDIA's first Satellite launch vehicle,the SLV-3,development and operationalization of strategic missiles and their weaponization and for building indigenous capability in critical technologies.As Chairman of Technology Information,Forecasting and Assessment Council,he guided a number of Technology projects and missions to take INDIA into the twenty-first Century.The document on Technology vision 2020 is a BluePrint to make INDIA a developed Country.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam held various positions in ISRO and DRDO and became Principal Scientific Advisor to GOVERMENT OF INDIA holding the rank of a Cabinet Minister.He has the Unique honour of receiving honorary Doctrates from thirty Universities and the Country's three highest civilian honours - Padma Bhushan (1981),Padma Vibhushan (1990) and Bharat Rathna (1997).He has done a short stint as profeesor of Technology and Societal Transformation at Anna University,Chennai and is at the halfway mark in meeting 100,000 high school students through out the Country. |
