Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The People's President

Here's a time line of Dr. Abdul Kalam's life:

1931 - Born Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on October 15, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
1954 - Graduates in Physics from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, in 1954.
1960 - Gains degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology.
1969 - Transferred to ISRO from the DRDO.
1980 - India enters the space club by putting the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit with the first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III), developed under the stewardship of Dr. Kalam.
1980s-1990s - As the chief of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, he was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles.
1992-1999 - works as Chief Scientific Advisor to the PM and Secretary of the DRDO.
1997 - Was awarded the Bharat Ratna
1998 - India conducts the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May with Dr. Kalam as the chief project coordinator.
1999-2001 - Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
2002-2007 - President of India
2015 - passed away after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong

Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep

-- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam