FEW FACTS ON BHARAT RATNA SHRI DR A P J ABDUL KALAM

A P J ABDUL KALAM ( AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM) 

BORN ON - 15TH OCTOBER 1931 

PASSED AWAY ON - 27TH JULY  2015 

* KNOWN AS MISSILE MAN OF INDIA 

SERVED AS - 

* 25/07/2002 - 25/07/2007 - PRESIDENT OF INDIA 

* NOV 1999 - NOV 2001 - PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO GOI 

* 1992- 1999 - DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DRDO 

PIVOTAL CONTRIBUTION - 

* He Took Pivotal Organisational Technical And Political Role In POKHRAN -2 Nuclear Test in 1998 

* 1960 - Member Of Defense Research & Development Service 

* DRDO Scientist 

* He Joined The INDIA National Committee For Space Research 

* IN 1969 He JOINED ISRO ( PROJECT DIRECTOR OF SLV ROHINI) 

* IN 1970 KALAM DIRECTED TWO PROJECTS - PROJECT DEVIL & PROJECT VALIANT 

* KALAM WORKED With METALLURGIST V S R Arunachalam, Scientific Adviser To DEFENCE Minister 

* KALAM Played a Vital Role In AGNI & PRITHVI Ballistic Missile. 

* in 1998 KALAM Worked With Cardiologist Bhupathiraju Somaraju And Developed a Low Cost CORONARY STENT. - Named ( KALAM-RAJU STENT) 

* IN 2012 This Duo Designed a Tablet Computer Named - KALAM-RAJU Tablet. 

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NOTABLE BOOKS - 

* WINGS OF FIRE 

* INDIA 2020 

* IGNITED MINDS 

* INDOMITABLE SPIRIT 

* TRANSCENDENCE: MY Spiritual Experience With Pramukh Swamiji 

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HONOURS  - 

* 1981 - PADMA BHUSAN 

* 1990 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* 1997 - BHARAT RATNA 

* 1997 - INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION 

* 1998 - SAVARKAR AWARD 

* 2000 - RAMANUJAN AWARD 

* 2008 - HOOVER MEDAL 

* 2013 - VON BRAUN AWARD ( National Space Society) 

* 2007 - KING CHARLES MEDAL 

* 2007 - HONORARY DOCTORATE IN SCIENCE ( UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON UK) 

* 2007 - INTERNATIONAL VON KARMAN WINGS AWARD ( USA)