Multiple choice

Architect of India’s missile programme, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was denied professorship at which of the following premier institutes in India?

  1. IIM, Kolkata

  2. IIT, Chennai

  3. IISc, Bangalore

  4. None of these

  5. All of these
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Explanation

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, then the DRDO chief and architect of India's missile programme, was reportedly denied professorship at IISc Bangalore in the early 1980s. The faculty reportedly felt his background in engineering and defence research was not suitable for an academic institution. This incident became famous later when Kalam became President and a national icon.

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