CAREER AS A SCIENTIST

AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE MIT IN 1960, KALAM JOINED THE DRDO AS A SCIENTIST. HE STARTED HIS CAREER  BY DESIGNING A SMALL HELICOPETR FOR INDIAN ARMY, BUT REMAINED UNCONVINCED BY HIS CHOICE OF JOB AT DRDO. KALAM WAS ALSO PART OF THE INCOSPAR COMITTEWORKING UNDER VIKRAM SARABHAI, THE RENOWNED SPACE SCIENTIST. IN 1969, KALAM WAS TRANSFERRED TO ISRO  AS A PROJECT DIRECTOR OF SLV III.

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