1931 1951St. Joseph’s College

1951 1954GraduatedB.Sc. Physics

1954 1955Madras Institute of technology

1955

Rameshwaram Madras

1960Graduated:Aerospace Engineering

1960

Tiruchirappalli

1961Aeronautical Development Establishment

Designed a Helicopter: Indian army

Graduated:Aerospace Engineering

Aeronautical Development Establishment

1965INCOSPAR committee,DRDO

Project Director:Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

1969

Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III)

Rohini-I launched

Project Director:Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

NASA-Hampton

Maryland, Eastern Shore of Virginia

1964 19671972

Polar SLVSmiling buddha

Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III)

Rohini-I launched

1974Director: Project Devil , Project Valiant

1980Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (I.G.M.D.P)

Thrishul

1985 1988

Prithvi AgniPrithvi

1989Research Centre Imarat (RCI)

1981

Padma Bhushan

1990

Padma Vibhushan

1997

Bharat Ratna

Chief Scientific Adviser

1992Secretary of Defence Research and Development Organisation, Coronary Stent

Pokhran-IINuclear tests

Secretary of Defence Research and Development Organisation, Coronary Stent

1998 200211th president of India

1994“The journey”Published

Veer Savarkar Award

2000

Ramanujan Award

2007

Honorary Doctorate of Science

2006Praful BidwaiProject Devil

2012"Kalam-Raju Tablet"

Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa)

20082009

International von Kármán Wings Award

2011

Honorary DoctorateIEEE Honorary Membership

Doctor of LawsDoctor of Science

2014

The Missile Man

1999Ignited Minds

2003You Are Born To Blossom: Take My Journey Beyond

A Manifesto for Change

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