The name of a prominent road in New Delhi was changed from Aurangzeb Road to Dr. In September 2015, the name of Wheeler Island, a national missile test site in Odisha was changed to Abdul Kalam Island in his honour. Abdul Kalam Technological University after his death. The name of Kerala Technological University was changed to A. In his honour, the UP government changed Uttar Pradesh Technical University’s name to A.P.J. In 2013, National Space Society, USA bestowed him upon Von Braun Award. In 2009, he was given Hoover Medal by ASME Foundation, USA. Abdul Kalam receiving King Charles II Medal from Lord Martin Rees, then President of the Royal Society

Within three days, Kalam completed the project and impressed the Dean who later praised him, “I was putting you under stress and asking you to meet a difficult deadline.” Kalam narrowly missed out on achieving a dream of becoming a fighter pilot as he was placed on the ninth spot but, only eight positions were taken in the Indian Air Force.ĭr. In Madras Institute of Technology, while working on a project, Dean was very dissatisfied with the lack of the progress of the project and threatened Kalam to revoke his scholarship. In 1955, he enrolled at Madras Institute of Technology to study Aerospace engineering. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu where he graduated in Physics in 1954. For his further education, he moved to St. He completed his primary and secondary education in Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India. He evolved his interests in Mathematics and Physics. In his early school year, Kalam was an average student but was curious to learn. When Kalam was a child, his family was poor and Kalam used to sell the newspapers in his hometown to support his family financially.

When Pamban bridge was constructed and came into operation in 1914, his family business failed and property got lost over the time. Therefore, the family earned the title of “ Mara Kalam Iyakkivar” (Wooden boat-steerers).

Moreover, they used to ferry pilgrims between mainland Tamil Nadu and Pamban Island. His forefathers had a good business of trading grocery back and forth between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. His father took Hindu pilgrims from Dhanushkodi (Now, uninhabited) to Rameshwaram or vice-versa. His father, Jainulabdeen was the Imam of a mosque and owned a boat. Kalam was the youngest of his five siblings. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Madras Presidency, British India.

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