A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the ‘Missile Man of India’ was an Indian scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
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Date of Birth
October 15, 1931
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Died
July 27, 2015
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Nationality
Indian
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Age (2015)
83 Years
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Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Profession
Scientist, Inventor
Awards & Achievements
- 1981, Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, for his work with ISRO and DRDO
- 1990, Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, for his work with ISRO and DRDO
- 1997, Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, for his contribution to the scientific research and modernization of defense technology in India.
- 2007, King Charles II Medal by Royal Society, UK
- 2009, Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation, USA
- 2009, International von Kármán Wings Award by California Institute of Technology, USA
- 2011, IEEE Honorary Membership
- 2013, Von Braun Award from the National Space Society “to recognize excellence in the management and leadership of a space-related project”.
- 2014, Doctor of Science by Edinburgh University, UK
- 2017, Researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), had discovered a new bacterium on the filters of the International Space Station (ISS) and named it ‘Solibacillus kalamii’ to honor Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- 2018, scientists from the Botanical Survey of India named a newly found plant species as ‘Drypetes kalamii’, to honor Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.