Abdul Kalam

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.
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: The 11th President of India, widely acclaimed as the "people's President", passed away on July 27, 2015 after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong.