milestones achieved in 'Missile Man's' Life by Aanya Kulshrestha https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8 "A man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success." - APJ Abdul Kalam en-us 2021-07-24 05:04:37 UTC 2025-10-02 17:24:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Popularly called the ‘Missile Man’ of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam born on October 15, 1931, Rameswaram. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659820920 2021-07-24 05:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659820920 In 1960, Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a scientist. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659823328

]]> 2021-07-24 05:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659823328 In 1969, Kalam was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where he was the project director of India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully deployed the Rohini satellite in near-earth orbit in July 1980. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659824920 2021-07-24 05:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659824920 His contribution to the ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology earned him the household name of the “Missile Man of India“. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825200 2021-07-24 05:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825200 India owes its development as a nuclear nation to Kalam’s organizational and technical support for Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first such tests after a gap of 24 years. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825272 2021-07-24 05:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825272 1) Padma Bhushan in 1981 2)Padma Vibhushan in 1990 3)Bharat Ratna in 1997 4)Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1997 5)Veer Savarkar Award in 1998 6)Ramanujan Award in 2000 ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825412 2021-07-24 05:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659825412 In 2005, Switzerland also declared May 26 as ‘Science Day’ to commemorate Dr Kalam’s visit to the European country. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826168 2021-07-24 05:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826168 It was in the year 2010, when the 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 ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826269 2021-07-24 05:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826269 His autobiography Wings of Fire: An Autobiography, first published in English, has been translated into 13 languages including French and Chinese. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826637 2021-07-24 05:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826637 Kalam died on 27 July 2015 while delivering a lecture on “Creating a Livable Planet Earth” at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826811 2021-07-24 05:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659826811 Aerospace Engineering in 1955 from Madras Institute of Technology. ajayaanya2007 https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659831608 2021-07-24 05:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ajayaanya2007/gllrb2bvhi48kgo8/wish/1659831608