More about Dr Kalam
Date of birth:October 15, 1931 Born at Rameswaram.

1950: Kalam joined St. Joseph College, Trichi for BSc degree.

1954: Joined Madras Institute of Technology (MIT).

1958: Employed at DTD & P (Air) as Senior Scientific Assistant.

1962 INCOSPAR: took the decision to set up the Equatorial Rocket Launching Station at Thumba.

November 21, 1963: India’s 1st rocket Nike – Apache launched.

November 20, 1967: Rohini – 75 rocket was launched from TERLS.

1968: Formed the Indian Rocket Society.

October 8, 1972: Successful testing of the RATO system Sukhoi-16 jet aircraft performed.

1976: His father Jainulabdeen passed away at the age of 102. Soon afterwards his mother also passed away.

July 18, 1980: India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle, SLV-3 lifted off from SHAR.

January 25, 1981: Padma Bhushan award announced.

May 31, 1981: Next SLV-3-D, took off.

February 1982: Appointed Director of DRDL.

July 27, 1983: IGHDP launched.

June 26, 1984:Devil missile was fired to flight test the first indigenous Strap-down Inertial Guidance System.

August 3, 1985:Foundation stone of the Research Center. Imarat (RCI) was laid down.

September 1988: Second flight of Prithvi.

May 22, 1989: Agni missile launched.

January 26, 1990: Conferred the Padma Vibhushan.

1990: Jadavpur University conferred him the honor of Doctor of Science.

1991: Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from IIT, Mumbai.

1997: APJ Kalam awarded the highest civilian honor of India:the BHARATRATANA

On July 18, 2002: Kalam was elected as President of India.

Quotations:


Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

To live only for some unknown future is superficial.

I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.

There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance ?

The Earth is the most powerful and energetic planet.

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