10 significant events from Abdul Kalam's life. by 32 - KRITVI KHARE https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2 Made with an open mind en-us 2022-05-30 12:50:17 UTC 2022-05-30 13:36:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Birth of the Missile Man of India kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204644158 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam born on October 15, 1931, Rameswaram]]> 2022-05-30 12:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204644158 Education kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204648837
  • He completed his education at the Schwartz Higher Secondary School in Ramanathapuram and graduated in Physics in 1954 from Saint Joseph's College in Tiruchirappalli.
    • ]]>     2022-05-30 13:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204648837     Joing the DRDO kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204654544 Abdul Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development organization (DRDO) as a scientist in 1960]]> 2022-05-30 13:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204654544 Transferred to the IRSO kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204662893 Abdul Kalam was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organization in 1969, where he was the project director of India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle.
    Which successfully executed " the Rohini satellite in near-earth orbit in July 1980!]]>     2022-05-30 13:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204662893     From July 1992 to December 1999 kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204664413 Served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of the DRDO from July 1992 to December 1999!]]> 2022-05-30 13:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204664413 The Missle Man of India kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204670859 His contribution to the launch vehicle technology and
    the ballistic missile earned him the name of the “Missile Man of India“.]]>     2022-05-30 13:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204670859     Awards He Earned kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204674101 Dr Abdul Kalam was awarded India’s highest civil honors and many other awards.
    Some of them are -
    • Padma Bhushan in 1981
    • Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1997
    • Ramanujan Award in 2000
    • Honorary Doctorate of Science by University of Wolverhampton, UK in 2007

    ]]>     2022-05-30 13:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204674101     Being the president kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204677316
  • Kalam was the third President of India to have been honored with a Bharat Ratna which is India’s highest civilian honor, before becoming the President!
  • He served as the 11th president of India and his term lasted from 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007.

    • ]]>     2022-05-30 13:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204677316     Science day and World Students’ Day! kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204679786 In 2005, Switzerland declared May 26 as ‘Science Day’ to honour and remember Dr Kalam’s visit to the European country.
    In 2010, United Nations decided to honor this great scientist on his 79th birth anniversary and declared his birthday on October 15 as the ‘World Students’ Day’.]]>     2022-05-30 13:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204679786     Death kritvikhare https://padlet.com/kritvikhare/63s0f5opo4ue0dv2/wish/2204685853
  • Abdul Kalam died on 27 July 2015 while delivering a wonderful lecture on “Creating a Livable Planet Earth” at the Indian Institute of Management of Management Shillong.

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