ON THE EVENING OF 27 JULY 2015, KALAM COLLAPSED AT AROUND 6:30 P.M. WHILE DELIVERING A LECTURE ON 'THE LIVABLE PLANET EARTH' AT IIM SHILLONG.THEN HE WAS RUSHED TO BETHANIA HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.
POST-PRESIDENCY
AFTER LEAVING OFFICE KALAM SERVED AS A VISITING PROFFESSOR AT THE IIM SHILLONG, IIM AHEMDABAD, IIM INDORE, AN HONORARY FELLOW AT THE IIS BANGALORE.AND HE TAUGHT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT IIIT HYDERABAD AND TECHNOLOGY AT BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY AND ANNA UNIVERSITY.
ANNA UNIVERSITY
BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY
IIM AHEMDABAD
IIM SHILLONG
IIM INDORE
IISC BANGALORE
IIIT HYDERABAD
CAREER AS A SCIENTIST
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE MIT IN 1960, KALAM JOINED THE DRDO AS A SCIENTIST. HE STARTED HIS CAREER BY DESIGNING A SMALL HELICOPETR FOR INDIAN ARMY, BUT REMAINED UNCONVINCED BY HIS CHOICE OF JOB AT DRDO. KALAM WAS ALSO PART OF THE INCOSPAR COMITTEWORKING UNDER VIKRAM SARABHAI, THE RENOWNED SPACE SCIENTIST. IN 1969, KALAM WAS TRANSFERRED TO ISRO AS A PROJECT DIRECTOR OF SLV III.
DRDO
ISRO
MIT
Friday, 7 August 2015
AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM WAS BORN ON 15TH OCTOBER 1931 TO A TAMIL MUSLIM FAMILY IN RAMESHWARAM.HE WENT TO THE RAMANATHAPURAM SCHWARTZ MATRICULATION SCHOOL.THEN HE WENT TO THE ST.JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.HE WENT TO THE MADRAS UNIVERSITY WHERE HE GRADUATED IN PHYSICS IN 1954.HE MOVED TO MADRAS TO STUDY AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IN MADRAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.