No, as a matter of fact Kalam is a great scintist but not at all a good president!! I am a Kalam fan from as far as I can remember and was one of the first people wanting to see him in this role, a long time before he actually got there!!
But going by his record in the office, it is indeed sensible to have someone with a political background as President than a man of science who is also a great 'teacher'!!
Its like an MBA from an Ivy League is a means of getting in the arena not a ticket to victory!! Being a great business leader is much beyond academic competence and in the same way leading a country and managing all the complexity that comes with it is not the same as taking India into the Ballistic Missile Club!! There is lot to politics than what our eyes can see as 'good citizens'!
