Awards and honours to The Missile Man of India - “ Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam”

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 to a Tamil Muslim family in Rameswaram in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. His father's name was Jainulabudeen, a boat owner, and his mother Ashiamma, a housewife.

Awards and honours to The Missile Man of India

S.No.	Year	Award or Honor	Awarding organisation
01	1981	Padma Bhushan	Government of India
02	1990	Padma Vibhushan	Government of India
03	1994	Distinguished Fellow	Institute of Directors (India)
04	1997	Bharat Ratna	Government of India
05	1997	Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.	Indian National Congress
06	1998	Veer Savarkar Award	Government of India
07	2000	Ramanujan Award	Alwars Research Centre, Chennai
08	2007	Honorary Doctorate of Science	University of Wolverhampton, UK
09	2007	King Charles II Medal	Royal Society, UK
10	2007	Honorary Doctorate of Science and Technology	Carnegie Mellon University
11	2008	Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)	Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
12	2008	Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa)	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
13	2009	International von Kármán Wings Award	California Institute of Technology, USA[
14	2009	Hoover Medal	ASME Foundation, USA
15	2009	Honorary Doctorate	Oakland University
16	2010	Doctor of Engineering	University of Waterloo
17	2011	IEEE Honorary Membership	IEEE Honorary Membership
18	2012	Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa)	Simon Fraser University
19	2014	Doctor of Science	Edinburgh University,UK

Former President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam passes away on 27^th July 2015 at 07: 45 pm. The whole team of Pratibha Preparation Classes pay our sincere tribute to the Divine Soul to the Missile Man of India “ Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam”.