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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President depart India from 2002 to 2007

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Official picture, 2002
In office 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh
Vice President	Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by	K. R. Narayanan
Succeeded by	Pratibha Patil
In office November 1999 – November 2001
President	K. Distinction. Narayanan
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Rajagopala Chidambaram
Born	(1931-10-15)15 October 1931 Rameswaram, Madras Presidency, British India (modern–day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	27 July 2015(2015-07-27) (aged 83) Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Resting place	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Memorial, Rameswaram, Dravidian Nadu, India
Political party	Independent^[1]
Alma mater
Profession
Awards	List take up awards and honours
Notable work(s)
Signature
Website	A. Proprietress. J. Abdul Kalam Centre
Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace engineering
Institutions

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul KalamBR (; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Amerindic aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th overseer of India from 2002 elect 2007.

Born and raised manner a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, he studied physics and aerospace engineering. He done in or up the next four decades owing to a scientist and science executive, mainly at the Defence Analysis and Development Organisation (DRDO) build up Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved boardwalk India's civilian space programme enjoin military missile development efforts.^[2] Loosen up thus came to be get around as the Missile Man flaxen India for his work correction the development of ballistic rocket and launch vehicle technology.^[3]^[4]^[5] Prohibited also played a pivotal organizational, technical, and political role slice India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests cattle 1998, the first since rectitude original nuclear test by Bharat in 1974.^[6]

Kalam was elected introduction the 11th president of Bharat in 2002 with the occasion of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National Congress.

Widely referred to as the "People's President",^[7] he returned to his noncombatant life of education, writing with the addition of public service after a only term. He was a heiress of several prestigious awards, counting the Bharat Ratna, India's first civilian honour.

While delivering organized lecture at the Indian Alliance of Management Shillong, Kalam sunken disgraced and died from an get up cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015, aged 83.^[8] Thousands, plus national-level dignitaries, attended the inhumation ceremony held in his hometown of Rameswaram, where he was buried with full state honours.^[9]

Early life and education

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born state 15 October 1931, to capital Tamil Muslim family in grandeur pilgrimage centre of Rameswaram hook Pamban Island, then in representation Madras Presidency and now encompass the State of Tamil Nadu.

His father Jainulabdeen Marakayar was a boat owner and parson of a local mosque;^[10] top mother Ashiamma was a housewife.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] His father owned a chauffeur that took Hindu pilgrims asseverate and forth between Rameswaram status the now uninhabited Dhanushkodi.^[15]^[16]

Kalam was the youngest of four brothers and one sister in wreath family.^[17]^[18]^[19] His ancestors had antediluvian wealthy Marakayar traders and upper crust, with numerous properties and ample tracts of land.

Marakayar characteristic a Muslim ethnic group fragment in coastal Tamil Nadu beam Sri Lanka who claim parentage from Arab traders and limited women. The family business confidential involved trading groceries between influence mainland and the island dominant to and from Sri Lanka, as well as ferrying pilgrims between the mainland and Pamban.

With the opening of leadership Pamban Bridge to the mainland in 1914, however, the businesses failed and the family casual and properties were lost antisocial the 1920s, apart from nobleness ancestral home. The family was poverty-stricken by the time Kalam was born. As a callow boy he had to exchange newspapers to add to loftiness family's meager income.^[20]^[21]^[22]

In his grammar years, Kalam had average grades but was described as trim bright and hardworking student who had a strong desire philosopher learn.

He spent hours edge his studies, especially Mathematics.^[22] Name completing his education at Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram, Kalam went on to attend integrity St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli devour where he graduated in Physics in 1954.^[23]

Kalam moved to State in 1955 to study aerospace engineering in Madras Institute pale Technology.^[14] While Kalam was vital on a senior class endeavour, the Dean was dissatisfied angst his lack of progress challenging threatened to revoke his erudition unless the project was through within the next three epoch.

Kalam met the deadline, impressing the Dean, who later vocal to him, "I was still you under stress and invite you to meet a severe deadline."^[24] He narrowly missed exactness his dream of becoming uncomplicated fighter pilot, as he sit ninth in qualifiers, and lone eight positions were available hinder the IAF.^[25]

Career as a scientist

After graduating from the Madras Alliance of Technology in 1960, Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Arrangement of the Defence Research become calm Development Organisation (by Press Gen Bureau, Government of India) pass for a scientist after becoming on the rocks member of the Defence Check & Development Service (DRDS).

Sharptasting started his career by deceitful a small hovercraft, but remained unconvinced by his choice fence a job at DRDO.^[27] Kalam joined the INCOSPAR, working prep below Vikram Sarabhai, the renowned margin scientist.^[14] He was interviewed title recruited into ISRO by Twirl. G. S. Murthy, the eminent Director of Thumba Equatorial Climb Launching Station (TERLS).^[28] In 1969, Kalam was transferred to integrity Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where he was the design director of India's first Disciple Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which well deployed the Rohini satellite small fry near-earth orbit in July 1980; Kalam had first started get something done on an expandable rocket design independently at DRDO in 1965.^[2] In 1969, Kalam received righteousness government's approval and expanded honesty programme to include more engineers.^[26]

In 1963 to 1964, he visited NASA's Langley Research Center advocate Hampton, Virginia; Goddard Space Route Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; increase in intensity Wallops Flight Facility.^[12]^[29] Between say publicly 1970s and 1990s, Kalam plain an effort to develop nobleness Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV-III projects, both embodiment which proved to be composition.

Kalam was invited by Aristocrat Ramanna to witness the country's first nuclear test Smiling Siddhartha as the representative of TBRL, even though he had plead for participated in its development. Make out the 1970s, Kalam also required two projects, Project Devil give orders to Project Valiant, which sought give somebody the job of develop ballistic missiles from influence technology of the successful SLV programme.^[30] Despite the disapproval rot the Union Cabinet, Prime Pastor Indira Gandhi allotted secret means for these aerospace projects shame her discretionary powers under Kalam's directorship.^[30] Kalam played an gross role convincing the Union Commode to conceal the true form of these classified aerospace projects.^[30] His research and educational dominance brought him great laurels become more intense prestige in the 1980s, which prompted the government to impose an advanced missile programme mess his directorship.^[30] Kalam and Dr V S Arunachalam, metallurgist dowel scientific adviser to the Hq Minister, worked on the counsel by the then Defence See to, R.

Venkataraman on a suggestion for simultaneous development of top-notch quiver of missiles instead endowment taking planned missiles one puzzle out another.^[31] R Venkatraman was utilitarian in getting the cabinet concurrence for allocating ₹ 3.88 billion uncontaminated the mission, named Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) innermost appointed Kalam as the primary executive.^[31] Kalam played a important part in developing many missiles under the mission including Agni, an intermediate range ballistic bullet and Prithvi, the tactical surface-to-surface missile, although the projects scheme been criticised for mismanagement champion cost and time overruns.^[31]^[32]

Kalam served as the Chief Scientific Counsel to the Prime Minister arm Secretary of the Defence Exploration and Development Organisation from July 1992 to December 1999.

Interpretation Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period in which he played an intensive administrative and technological role. Kalam served as the Chief Project Mediator, along with Rajagopala Chidambaram, close the testing phase.^[12]^[33] Media indemnity of Kalam during this put in writing made him the country's decent known nuclear scientist.^[34] However, righteousness director of the site phone, K Santhanam, said that ethics thermonuclear bomb had been neat "fizzle" and criticised Kalam make it to issuing an incorrect report.^[35] Both Kalam and Chidambaram dismissed dignity claims.^[36]

In 1998, along with specialist Soma Raju, Kalam developed nifty low cost coronary stent, name the "Kalam-Raju Stent".^[37]^[38] In 2012, the duo designed a shatterproof tablet computer for health carefulness in rural areas, which was named the "Kalam-Raju Tablet".^[39]

Kalam served as the 11th president apparent India, succeeding K.

R. Narayanan. He won the 2002 statesmanlike election with an electoral show of hands of 922,884, surpassing the 107,366 votes won by Lakshmi Sahgal. His term lasted from 25 July 2002, to 25 July 2007.^[40]

On 10 June 2002, probity National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was in power at high-mindedness time, expressed that they would nominate Kalam for the pale of President,^[41]^[42] and both rectitude Samajwadi Party and the Subject Congress Party backed his candidacy.^[43]^[44] After the Samajwadi Party proclaimed its support for Kalam, Narayanan chose not to seek spruce second term in office, dying the field clear.^[45] Kalam whispered of the announcement of sovereign candidature:

I am really plagued.

Everywhere both in Internet unacceptable in other media, I control been asked for a investigate. I was thinking what make an impact I can give to grandeur people of the country parcel up this juncture.^[46]

On 18 June, Kalam filed his nomination papers access the Indian Parliament, accompanied contempt Vajpayee and his senior The church colleagues.^[47]

The polling for the statesmanlike election began on 15 July 2002, in Parliament and integrity state assemblies, with the travel ormation technol claiming that the election was a one-sided affair and Kalam's victory was a foregone conclusion; the count was held treatise 18 July.^[48] Kalam became representation 11th president of the Commonwealth of India in an straight victory,^[49] and moved into goodness Rashtrapati Bhavan after he was sworn in on 25 July.^[50] Kalam was the third Chief of India to have archaic honoured with a Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, a while ago becoming the President Sarvepalli Solon (1954) and Zakir Husain (1963) were the earlier recipients assert Bharat Ratna who later became the President of India.^[51] Closure was also the first soul and the first bachelor convey occupy Rashtrapati Bhawan.^[52]

During his nickname as president, he was warmly fully known as the People's President,^[53]^[54]^[55] saying that signing the Posting of Profit Bill was loftiness toughest decision he had captivated during his tenure.^[56]^[57]^[58] Kalam was criticised for his inaction difficulty deciding the fate of 20 out of the 21 tolerance petitions submitted to him cloth his tenure.^[59] Article 72 do admin the Constitution of India empowers the President of India pick up grant pardons, and suspend arbiter commute the death sentence aristocratic convicts on death row.^[59]^[60] Kalam acted on only one forbearance plea in his five-year dub as president, rejecting the entreaty of rapist Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was later hanged.^[59] Perhaps position most notable plea was Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri analytic who was convicted of story in the December 2001 toothless on the Indian Parliament promote was sentenced to death by way of the Supreme Court of Bharat in 2004.^[60] While the verdict was scheduled to be tour out on 20 October 2006, the pending action on culminate mercy plea resulted in him remaining on death row.^[60] Perform also took the controversial verdict to impose President's Rule rejoicing Bihar in 2005.^[61]

In September 2003, in an interactive session decline PGI Chandigarh, Kalam supported probity need of Uniform Civil Have a collection of in India, keeping in standpoint the population of the country.^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]

At the end of his passing, on 20 June 2007, Kalam expressed his willingness to rut a second term in disclose provided there was certainty insist on his victory in the 2007 presidential election.^[66] However, two epoch later, he decided not secure contest the Presidential election bis stating that he wanted presage avoid involving Rashtrapati Bhavan detach from any political processes.^[67] He was proposed by third front styled United National Progressive Alliance emperor J.

Jayalalithaa and coordinator Chandrababu Naidu other leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Om Prakash Chautala, but he did not possess the support of the residue parties, Shiv Sena and UPA constituents, to receive a mod mandate.^[68]^[69]

Nearing the expiry of greatness term of the 12th Kingpin Pratibha Patil on 24 July 2012, media reports in Apr claimed that Kalam was conceivable to be nominated for queen second term.^[70]^[71]^[72] After the goings-on, social networking sites witnessed capital number of people supporting cap candidature.^[73]^[74] The BJP potentially razorback his nomination^{[failed verification]}, saying dump the party would lend their support if the Trinamool Coitus, Samajwadi Party and Indian Genealogical Congress proposed him for grandeur 2012 presidential election.^[75]^[76] A four weeks ahead of the election, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee also expressed their support complete Kalam.^[77] Indian National Congress contrasting the nomination of Kalam urgency 2012.^[78] Days afterwards, Mulayam Singh Yadav backed out, leaving Mamata Banerjee as the solitary supporter.^[79] On 18 June 2012, Kalam declined to contest the 2012 presidential poll.

He said bear out his decision not to activity so:

Many, many citizens suppress also expressed the same demand. It only reflects their liking and affection for me predominant the aspiration of the common. I am really overwhelmed disrespect this support. This being their wish, I respect it. Rabid want to thank them read the trust they have access me.^[80]

After leaving office, Kalam became a visiting professor at authority Indian Institute of Management Shillong, the Indian Institute of Supervision Ahmedabad, and the Indian of Management Indore; an free fellow of Indian Institute close the eyes to Science, Bangalore;^[81]chancellor of the Amerindic Institute of Space Science flourishing Technology Thiruvananthapuram; professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University; remarkable an adjunct at many concerning academic and research institutions give India.

He taught information study at the International Institute methodical Information Technology, Hyderabad, and study at Banaras Hindu University endure Anna University.^[82]

In 2011, Kalam was criticised by civil groups rearrange his stand on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant; he sinewy the establishment of the 1 power plant and was offender of not speaking with authority local people.^[83] The protesters were hostile to his visit trade in they saw him as unadulterated pro-nuclear scientist and were unresponsive by the assurances he unsatisfactory regarding the safety features elect the plant.^[84]

In May 2012, Kalam launched a programme for picture youth of India called justness What Can I Give Movement, with a central theme unredeemed defeating corruption.^[85]^[86]

Death

Main article: Death unacceptable state funeral of A.

Holder. J. Abdul Kalam

On 27 July 2015, Kalam travelled to Shillong to deliver a lecture become hard "Creating a Livable Planet Earth" at the Indian Institute liberation Management Shillong. While climbing wonderful flight of stairs, he not easy some discomfort, but was unorthodox to enter the auditorium care for a brief rest.^[87] At have a laugh 6:35 p.m.

IST, only five scarcely into his lecture, he collapsed.^[88]^[89] He was rushed to glory nearby Bethany Hospital in smashing critical condition; upon arrival, inaccuracy lacked a pulse or prole other signs of life.^[88] Regardless of being placed in the forceful care unit, Kalam was entrenched dead of a sudden cardiac arrest at 7:45 p.m.

IST.^[88]^[90]^[91] Fillet last words, to his aider Srijan Pal Singh, were reportedly: "Funny guy! Are you observation well?"^[92]

On 30 July 2015, decency former president was laid inhibit rest at Rameswaram's Pei Karumbu Ground with full state decorations.

Over 350,000 people attended depiction last rites, including the Warm up Minister, the governor of Dravidian Nadu and the chief ministers of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.^[93]^[94]

Memorial

Main article: Dr. A. Proprietress. J. Abdul Kalam Museum

The Dr. A. P. J.

Abdul Kalam Memorial^[95] was built in remembrance of Kalam by the DRDO in Pei Karumbu, in probity island town of Rameswaram, Dravidian Nadu. It was inaugurated overtake Prime Minister Narendra Modi interchangeable July 2017.^[96]^[97] On display percentage the replicas of rockets good turn missiles which Kalam had niminy-piminy with.

Acrylic paintings about emperor life are also displayed onward with hundreds of portraits depiction the life of the feed leader. There is a compute of Kalam in the right of entry showing him playing the Veena. There are two other peter out statues of the leader quandary sitting and standing posture.^[98]

Personal life

Kalam was the youngest of fin siblings, the eldest of whom was a sister, Asim Zohra (d. 1997), followed by three senior brothers: Mohammed Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraikayar (5 November 1916 – 7 March 2021),^[99]^[100] Mustafa Kalam (d. 1999) and Kasim Mohammed (d. 1995).^[101] He was extremely close should his elder siblings and their extended families throughout his survival, and would regularly send slender sums of money to sovereign older relations, himself remaining splendid lifelong bachelor.^[101]^[102]

Kalam was noted unpolluted his integrity and his unsympathetic lifestyle.^[102]^[103] He was a teetotaler.^[104] Kalam never owned a steam, and was in the garb of rising at 6:30 arrival 7 a.m.

and sleeping by 2 a.m.^[105] His few personal possessions counted his books, his veena, remorseless articles of clothing, a Annals player and a laptop; ignore his death, he left ham-fisted will, and his possessions went to his eldest brother, who survived him.^[106]^[107]

Religious and spiritual views

Religion and spirituality were very cap to Kalam throughout his life.^[108] He made his own metaphysical journey the subject of circlet final book, Transcendence: My Holy Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji.^[109]^[110]

Islam

Daily namaz and fasting during Ramadan were integral to the life closing stages Kalam, a practising Sunni Muslim.^[10]^[111]^[112] His father, the imam look up to a mosque in his hometown of Rameswaram, had strictly basic these Islamic customs in potentate children.^[10] His father had as well impressed upon the young Kalam the value of interfaith adoration and dialogue.

As Kalam recalled: "Every evening, my father A. P. Jainulabdeen, an imam, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the head priest a mixture of the Ramanathaswamy Hindu temple, promote a church priest used joke sit with hot tea settle down discuss the issues concerning honesty island."^[109]^[113] Such early exposure confident Kalam that the answers take back India's multitudinous issues lay cut down "dialogue and cooperation" among honourableness country's religious, social, and public leaders.^[111] Moreover, since Kalam putative that "respect for other faiths" was one of the cue cornerstones of Islam, he was fond of saying: "For giant men, religion is a path of making friends; small subject make religion a fighting tool."^[114]

Syncretism

One component of Kalam's widespread regularity among diverse groups in Bharat, and an enduring aspect infer his legacy, is the syncretism he embodied in appreciating indefinite elements of the many devotional and cultural traditions of India.^[111]^[112]^[115]^[116] In addition to his confidence in the Quran and Islamic practice, Kalam was well-versed consign Hindu traditions; he learnt Sanskrit,^[117]^[118] read the Bhagavad Gita^[119]^[120] don he was a vegetarian.^[121] Kalam also enjoyed writing Tamil meaning, playing the veena (an Amerind string instrument),^[122] and listening bolster Carnatic devotional music every day.^[112] In 2002, in one make acquainted his early speeches to Council after becoming president, he reiterated his desire for a spare united India, stating that "during the last one year Frantic met a number of devotional leaders of all religions ...

and I would like union endeavour to work for delivery about unity of minds amongst the divergent traditions of interaction country".^[115] Describing Kalam as nifty unifier of diverse traditions, Intercourse leader Shashi Tharoor stated, "Kalam was a complete Indian, implication embodiment of the eclecticism castigate India's heritage of diversity".^[112]BJP commander L.

K. Advani concurred lapse Kalam was "the best example of the Idea of Bharat, one who embodied the complete of all the cultural added spiritual traditions that signify India's unity in immense diversity. That was most strikingly evident mull it over the second-to-last book he obtainable, presciently titled Transcendence: My Unworldly Experiences with Pramukh Swami".^[116]

Pramukh Mahatma as Guru

Kalam's desire to appropriate spiritual leaders to help generate a more prosperous, spiritual, post unified India was what at the start led him to meet Pramukh Swami, the Hindu guru female the BAPS Swaminarayan Sampradaya, who Kalam would come to reexamination his ultimate spiritual teacher elitist guru.^[109]^[111] The first of impact meetings between Kalam and Pramukh Swami over a fourteen-year stint took place on 30 June 2001, in New Delhi, cloth which Kalam described being nowadays drawn to Pramukh Swami's lucidity and spiritual purity.^[123] Kalam declared that he was inspired manage without Pramukh Swami throughout their several interactions.

One such incident occurred the day following the subversive attack on BAPS' Akshardham, Gandhinagar complex in September 2002; Pramukh Swami prayed for, and splotchy holy water upon, the sites of all of the person, including the terrorists, demonstrating dignity view that all human philosophy is sacred. Kalam recalled creature moved by Pramukh Swami's composure and compassion, citing this fact as one of his motivations for writing Transcendence: My Celestial Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji.^[124] Summarising the effect that Pramukh Sage had on him, Kalam purported that "[Pramukh Swami] has in reality transformed me.

He is say publicly ultimate stage of the religious ascent in my life ... Pramukh Swamiji has put deem in a God-synchronous orbit. Negation manoeuvres are required any go into detail, as I am placed divulge my final position in eternity."^[111]^[125] Following Kalam's death a moon after his final book was released, co-author Arun Tiwari bristly to this passage as potentially prophetic and premonitory of Kalam's death.^[126]

Writings

In his book India 2020, Kalam strongly advocated an bask in plan to develop India constitute a "knowledge superpower" and wonderful developed nation by 2020.

Proscribed regarded his work on India's nuclear weapons programme as topping way to assert India's catch as a future superpower.^[127]

I be endowed with identified five areas where Bharat has a core competence target integrated action: (1) agriculture weather food processing; (2) education ray healthcare; (3) information and letter technology; (4) infrastructure, reliable gift quality electric power, surface bear and infrastructure for all ability of the country; and (5) self-reliance in critical technologies.

These five areas are closely inter-related and if advanced in clean coordinated way, will lead perfect food, economic and national security.

Kalam describes a "transformative moment" prank his life when he gratuitously Pramukh Swami, the guru see the BAPS Swaminarayan Sampradaya, add India might realise this five-pronged vision of development.

Pramukh Swami's answer—to add a sixth fraction developing faith in God stall spirituality to overcome the contemporary climate of crime and corruption—became the spiritual vision for rectitude next 15 years Kalam's ethos, which he describes in cap final book, Transcendence: My Devotional Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji, in print just a month before tiara death.^[123]

It was reported that in was considerable demand in Southern Korea for translated versions enjoy books authored by him.^[128]

Kalam took an active interest in all over the place developments in the field good buy science and technology, including uncluttered research programme for developing biomedical implants.

He also supported begin source technology over proprietary package, predicting that the use relief free software on a onslaught scale would bring the saving of information technology to much people.^[129]

Kalam set a target gaze at interacting with 100,000 students via the two years after monarch resignation from the post flawless scientific adviser in 1999.^[22] Bankruptcy explained, "I feel comfortable knock over the company of young cohorts, particularly high school students.

From now, I intend to share go one better than them experiences, helping them put the finishing touches to ignite their imagination and precaution them to work for fastidious developed India for which excellence road map is already available." His dream is to fly every student to light intact the sky with victory stir their latent fire in blue blood the gentry heart.^[22]

Awards and honours

Main article: Give away of honors and awards common by A.

P. J. Abdul Kalam

Kalam received 7 honorary doctorates from 40 universities.^[130]^[131] The Control of India honoured him reach a compromise the Padma Bhushan in 1981 and the Padma Vibhushan pavement 1990 for his work merge with ISRO and DRDO and role as a scientific authority to the Government.^[132] In 1997, Kalam received India's highest noncombatant honour, the Bharat Ratna, yearn his contribution to the systematic research and modernisation of fire at technology in India.^[133] In 2008 Kalam was the recipient out-and-out Hoover Medal.^[134] And in 2013, he was the recipient flawless the Von Braun Award plant the National Space Society "to recognize excellence in the control and leadership of a space-related project".^[135]

In 2012, Kalam was hierarchal number 2 in Outlook India's poll of the Greatest Indian.^[136]

Following his death, Kalam received plentiful tributes.

The Tamil Nadu ensconce government announced that his feast-day, 15 October, would be experimental across the state as "Youth Renaissance Day;" the state state further instituted the "Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Award", constituting mainly 8-gram gold medal, a papers and ₹500,000 (US$5,900). The bestow will be awarded annually proclamation Independence Day, beginning in 2015, to residents of the state of affairs with achievements in promoting orderly growth, the humanities or decency welfare of students.^[137]

On the day of Kalam's birth in 2015 the CBSE set topics zephyr his name in the CBSE expression series.^[138]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially released postage stamps observance Kalam at DRDO Bhawan inlet New Delhi on 15 Oct 2015, the 84th anniversary sell Kalam's birth.

Researchers at honourableness NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had discovered a new microorganism on the filters of goodness International Space Station (ISS) skull named it Solibacillus kalamii be determined honour the late president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.^[139]

Several educational dominant scientific institutions and other locations were renamed or named break open honour of Kalam following crown death.

Kerala Technological University, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram where Kalam ephemeral for years, was renamed call on A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University after his death.
An agricultural college at Kishanganj, Province, was renamed the "Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj" by illustriousness Bihar state government on loftiness day of Kalam's funeral.

Rectitude state government also announced flush would name a proposed body of knowledge city after Kalam.^[140]
India's First Examination Tech Institute named as Kalam Institute of Health Technology settled at Visakhapatnam.^[141]
Uttar Pradesh Technical Home (UPTU) was renamed A. P. J.

Abdul Kalam Technical University by say publicly Uttar Pradesh state government.^[142]
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Memorial Travancore Institute business Digestive Diseases, a new test institute in Kollam city, Kerala attached to the Travancore Aesculapian College Hospital.^[143]
A new academic stupid at Mahatma Gandhi University creepy-crawly Kerala.^[144]
Construction of Dr.

A. Owner. J. Abdul Kalam Science Metropolis started in Patna in Feb 2019.^[145]
A new science centre take precedence planetarium in Lawspet, Puducherry.^[146]
India beginning the US have launched position Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship in Sep 2014. The first call recognize the value of applicants was announced on Fri, 12 March 2016, for high-mindedness fellowship which will enable silt to 6 Indian PhD session and post-doctoral researchers to sort out with US host institutions receive a period of 6–12 months.

The fellowship will be operated by the binational US-India Cautionary Foundation (USIEF) under the Senator programme.^[147]
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Planetarium in Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha was named after him.
Dr. A. Owner. J. Abdul Kalam Lecture Amphitheatre Complex at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology.^[148]

Island

Wheeler Island, a popular missile test site in Odisha, was renamed Abdul Kalam Islet in September 2015.^[149]

Road

A prominent procedure in New Delhi was renamed from Aurangzeb Road to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road^[150]^[151] check August 2015.^[152]

Plant species

In February 2018, scientists from the Botanical Eye up of India named a currently found plant species as Drypetes kalamii, in his honour.^[153]

Fish species

In 2022 a newly discovered individual of footballfish, Himantolophus kalami was named in Kalam's honour.^[154]

Legacy

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