Careers of Abdul Kalam
ISRO - Project Director
o 20yrs A.P.J.Abdul Kalam worked here as project director.
o India’s first satellite launch vehicle, SLV-3 (launched Rohini).
o SLVIII injected the Rohini satellite in July 1980.
o These years are very important role in his life of Scientist.
o He played a crucial role in developing satellite launch vehicle technology and expertise in control, propulsion and aerodynamics
DRDO - Director
o In 1982 he joined here as Director of DRDO.
o Chief Executive in I.G.M.D.P (Integrated Guided Missile Development Program)
o He get a chance to be the part of India’s missile program (Agni and Prithvi.)
o Agni met its mission requirements in 1994.
DRDO - Chief Scientific Adviser
o Chief Scientific Adviser for Prime Minister and the Secretary of Defence Research and development Organisation
o Pokhran-II nuclear tests taken during the period of July 1992 - December 1999).
Govt of India – Principal Scientific Adviser
o In November 1999
Govt of India – President
o Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th President of India
o During the period of 2002 to 2007.
o He was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government, under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
o He was popularly known as the People's President.
JSS University – Professor
o The University is in Mysore.
o He has agreed to deliver a minimum of four lectures every year.
IIM-A - Professor
o Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, one of the architects of the country's space programme and ex-President, will take sessions for students of Post Graduate Programme (PGP), Post Graduate Programme - Agri Business Management (PGP-ABM ), Public Management and Policy (PMP) and Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) from September 13.
