https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim A Timeline on the Life of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam en-us 2021-07-18 06:53:52 UTC 2021-07-23 18:44:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ee-1f1f3.png adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653619318 Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born to Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma. They lived in a humble house. His father was a boat owner and imam of a local mosque. His mother, a housewife. Kalam was the youngest of a total of four brothers and one sister in his family. He went to Ramanathapuram Schwartz Matriculation School and had to work from a really early age to help supply his family income.]]> 2021-07-18 06:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653619318 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653624420 Kalam graduates in physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli. He decides to move to Madras to pursue further education after graduation and to become a part of the IAF (Indian Air Force). Although that dream failed, many more successes were waiting for him. ]]> 2021-07-18 07:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653624420 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653625325 After completing his degree in aeronautical engineering from MIT (Madras Institute of Technology) he decides to join the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) as scientist.

]]> 2021-07-18 07:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653625325 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653626897 Kalam joins the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where he helms India's first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III)]]> 2021-07-18 07:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653626897 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653628371 Kalam leads India to enter the space club by putting the Rohini satellite in Earth's orbit with the first indigenously produced SLV-III.]]> 2021-07-18 07:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653628371 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653629124 As the chief of the IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme), he is credited with the development and operationalisation of Agni and Prithvi missiles which boosted India's military might.

]]> 2021-07-18 07:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653629124 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653629866 Kalam is awarded the Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna India’s second highest and highest civilian honours.]]> 2021-07-18 07:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653629866 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653630495 Kalam is appointed as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of the DRDO for 9 years.]]> 2021-07-18 07:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653630495 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653631162 India conducts the Pokhran II nuclear tests with Kalam being one of the, if not the force behind its success.]]> 2021-07-18 07:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653631162 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653631815 Kalam is elected as the 11th President of India succeeding KR Narayanan. He won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote landslide of 922,884. During his five years in office, he was fondly called ‘The People’s President' as the admiration he bestowed upon people was immense.]]> 2021-07-18 07:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653631815 adityapandya1 https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653632429 Kalam passes away at age 83, after collapsing because of a cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong, Meghalaya.]]> 2021-07-18 07:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adityapandya1/6lufppyb971duwim/wish/1653632429