Dr Apj Abdul Kalam

Man with a VISION Missile Man of India

Agenda Birth and Education Service to the Nation Kalam as President Vision 2020 Awards Summary

Birth & Education Born on 15 October, 1931 at

Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu.

Primary –Ramaeswaram Secondary - Schwartz School –

Ramanthapur

B.Sc from St Joseph's College at

Tiruchirrapalli

Aeronautical Engineering at the

Madras Institute of Technology.

Service to the Nation First Phase (1963-82) Project Director of the Mission

for SLV-3. Rohini, a scientific satellite, into orbit in July 1980. Second Phase(1982) Director of DRDO Developed strategic missiles  Nag,

Prithvi , Akash ,  Trishul, Agni

Contd.. Third Phase Chairman of the Technology

Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) Pokhran-II Nuclear tests 1998 Creation of Technology Vision 2020, IMM 2020 Appointed as Principal Scientific Adviser to the Defence Ministry. Fourth Phase Professor at Anna University Ignite the minds of the young

Kalam as President  11th President, on 25th July 2002  First Scientist  Met millions of people

Learning Learning gives Creativity Creativity Leads to Thinking Thinking provides Knowledge Knowledge makes you Great

Vision 2020 A developed India PURA Agriculture Education Health Connectivity Strategic industries Composite rural development

Awards Doctorates from as many as thirty universities Padmabhushan in 1981 Padma Vibhushan in 1990 HK Firodia Award for Excellence in Science and

Technology in 1996 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 1997 He was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1998