Man with a VISION

Missile Man of India

AgendaBirth and Education

Service to the Nation

Kalam as President

Vision 2020

Awards

Summary

Birth & EducationBorn 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 NationFirst 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 DRDODeveloped strategic missiles

Nag, Prithvi , Akash , Trishul, Agni

Contd..Third Phase

Chairman of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Pokhran-II Nuclear tests 1998Creation of Technology Vision 2020,

IMM 2020Appointed as Principal Scientific

Adviser to the Defence Ministry.Fourth Phase

Professor at Anna UniversityIgnite the minds of the young

Kalam as President11th President, on 25th July 2002

First Scientist

Met millions of people

Learning

Learning gives CreativityCreativity Leads to Thinking

Thinking provides KnowledgeKnowledge makes you Great

Vision 2020A developed IndiaPURA

Agriculture Education Health Connectivity Strategic industries Composite rural development

AwardsDoctorates 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