Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
President of India from 2002 to 2007
Missile Man of India
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- 1931: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in Rameswaram.
- 1954: Graduates in Physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli.
- 1960: Graduated from Madras Institute of Technology and joined Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a scientist.
- 1963: Visited NASA.
- 1969: Kalam was transferred to ISRO.
- 1980: His research convinced Union Cabinet to disburse funds for 'Advance Mkissile Program'
- 1980s-1990s: As the chief of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, he was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles.
- 1981: Awarded with 'Padma Bhushan'
- 1990: Awarded with 'Padma Vibhushan'
- 1997: Awarded with 'Bharat Ratna'
- 1998: India conducts the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May with Dr. Kalam as the chief project coordinator.
- 2002: 11th President of India succedding R.K. Narayanan
- 2012: Kalam launched a programme for the youth of India called the What Can I Give Movement, with a central theme of defeating corruption.
- 2015: passed away in IIT-Shilong delivering a lecture on "Creating a Livable Planet Earth".