Bottle 1208 - Missile Man of India

This project by Artist S. Ram sai is dedicated to Dr. A.P.J ABDUL KALAM, the Missle Man of India, and the People's President. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen was born 15 October 1931 and died 27 July 2015. He was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned reluctant politician, 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 program and military missile development efforts. He became known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.