A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is a renowned aerospace engineer, professor (of Aerospace engineering), and first chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram (IIST), who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. [1] During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People’s President. [2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor in 1997. Before his term as India’s president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. 4] Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. [5] He is currently the a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad,chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, a professor at Anna University (Chennai), a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Indore, and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.

In May 2011, Dr. Kalam launched his mission for the youth of the nation called the What Can I Give Movement. [6] Dr. Kalam better known as a scientist, also has special interest in the field of arts like writingTamil poems, and also playing the music instrument Veena. [7] Abdul Kalam was born in Rameshwaram, presently Tamil Nadu, in India in 1931. He spent most of his childhood in financial problems and started working at an early age to supplement his family’s income.

His awards: 1997| Bharat Ratna| Government of India| 1990| Padma Vibhushan| Government of India| 1981| Padma Bhushan| Government of India| Kalam’s writings * Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam by A. P. J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari; by K. Bhushan, G. Katyal; A. P. J. Pub. Corp, 2002. * Scientist to President by Abdul A. P. J. Kalam; Gyan Publishing House, 2003. * Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Y. S. RajanIndia-my-dream by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. * Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Arun K Tiwari; Ocean Books, 2005. * Children Ask Kalam by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; * Indomitable Spirit by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 2006 * The Scientific Indian: A Twenty-first Century Guide to the World around Us by APJ Abdul Kalam and YS Rajan * My Journey by APJ Abdul Kalam,