The Missile Man of India

The Missile Man of India

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A brief timeline of A.P.J. Abdul kalam.

  • 1931 - Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu
  • 1954 - Graduates in Physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchi
  • 1960 - Gains degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology
  • 1960 - He joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Five years later he joined the Indian Space Research Organisation
  • 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
  • 1981 - Receives Padma Bhushan Award

  • 1982 - He joined the Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad as director after his stint with the Vikram Sarabbai Space Centre

  • 1987 - receives Om Prakash Bhasin awards for science and technology

  • 1989 - Indian Scientists of the DRDO successfully test fired the Agni missile into the waters of the Indian Ocean. He was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI

  • 1990 - Padma Vibhushan for Dr. Kalam

  • 1992 - Government announced the appointment of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam as Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, Secretary to the Department of Defence Research and Development and Director-General, Defence Research and Development Organization

  • 1993 - The medium range surface-to-surface missile 'Prithvi' was launched from the interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-Sea. Dr. Kalam was the Prithvi Project Director.

  • 1998 -Kalam conferred the Bharat Ratna Award

  • 1999 - Pokhran II Nuclear tests. DR. Kalam led Pokhran-II nuclear tests in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy, which made India a nuclear weapon State

  • 2000 - THE VISVA BHARTI conferred its highest award Deshikottam on 10 luminaries, including ace nuclear scientist AP J Abdul Kalam

  • 2001 - Quits as the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister

  • 2002 - A.P.J. ABDUL Kalam sworn in as the India's 12th President

  • 2012 - He declared that he had decided not to contest a second term in the country’s highest constitutional office

  • 2015 - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam dies in shillong at 83