Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

Author Professor

Engineer

Scientist

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

President

• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam father, Jainulabudeen was a boat owner and imam of a local mosque and his mother Ashiamma was a housewife.

• Kalam was the youngest of four brothers and one sister in his family

Early Life

Birth Place

TAMIL NADURAMESWARAM

Birth Place

TAMIL NADURAMESWARAM

He completed his education at the Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram.

He graduated in physics in 1954 from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli.

In 1955 to study aerospace engineering in Madras Institute of Technology.

Education

• Indian space research organization (I.S.R.O)•Defense research and development organization ( D.R.D.O. )

Work At

• Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III)• Project Devil and Project Valiant• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV-III projects• Agni and Prithvi

Invention

Presidency

• 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007• Kalam served as the 11th President of India. • Won an electoral vote of 922,884,. • He known as People's President.• He was also the first scientist and the first

bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhawan.Kalam along with Vladimir Putin and Manmohan Singh during his presidency

Adwards

Year Name of award Awarding organization

1981 Padma Bhushan Government of India1990 Padma Vibhushan Government of India1994 Distinguished Fellow Institute of Directors (India)1997 Bharat Ratna Government of India1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Indian National Congress1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India2000 Ramanujan Award Alwars Research Centre, Chennai2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, UK2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science and Technology Carnegie Mellon University2007 King Charles II Medal Royal Society, UK2008 Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore2008 Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh2009 Honorary Doctorate Oakland University2009 Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA2009 International von Kármán Wings Award California Institute of Technology, USA2010 Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo2011 IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE2012 Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) Simon Fraser University2013 Von Braun Award National Space Society2014 Doctor of Science Edinburgh University,UK

Receiving Bharat Ratna

Receiving Doctor of Engineering

Receiving Hoover Medal

Kalam's writings

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Thank You..!

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