Your long passage about Kalam is not about what he has done, but what he is not.
Being part of the Pokhran team, you must understand, Dr Kalam was the scientific advisor to the Govt.
He was not a nuclear scientist. He was part of DRDO team on integrated missile system.
So Pokhran Nuclear Test and Missile Programme are not same.
As for academic is concerned, he was declined Professorship at IIS for iadequacy in the academic credentials.
Moreover, Presidential Post is highest possible post for all Political worker to aspire. For example Shri Shekhawat who dedicated his whole life to Politics, he surely should aspire for Presidential Post. When we offer the Presidentship of the country to anybodyelse on a platter, then we deny the highest possible aspiration level to the political worker.
Coming back to Dr Kalam's contribution to the Presidentship, I would prefer if you can answer pointwise "what Dr Kalam did" and "not what Dr Kalam was".
