Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
The Missile Man of India.
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam delivering speech at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Here's a time line of Dr. Abdul Kalam's life:
- 1931 - Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on October 15, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
- 1954 - Graduates in Physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, in 1954.
- 1960 - Gains degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology.
- 1969 - Transferred to ISRO from the DRDO.
- 1980 - India enters the space club by putting the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit with the first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III), developed under the stewardship of Dr. Kalam.
- 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.
- 1992-1999 - works as Chief Scientific Advisor to the PM and Secretary of the DRDO.
- 1998 - India conducts the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May with Dr. Kalam as the chief project coordinator.
- 1999-2001 -Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
- 2002-2007 - President of India.
- 2015 - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India and a pioneer of the country's space and missile programmes, passed away on July 27, 2015.
End is not the end, in fact END means "Effort Never Dies" - If you get No as an answer, remember NO means "Next Opportunity". So Let's be positive."