# List of awards and honours received by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born in Rameswaram in Southern India, Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. He was known as the "Missile Man of India" for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998.
He was elected as the president of India in 2002 and was widely referred to as the "People's President". He engaged in teaching, writing and public service after his presidency.
Kalam was a recipient of several awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

## State honours

| Decoration | Country | Date | Note |
| Padma Bhushan | India | 1981 | The third-highest civilian honour of India. |
| Padma Vibhushan | India | 1990 | The second-highest civilian honour of India. |
| Bharat Ratna | India | 1997 | The highest civilian honour of India. |

## Scholastic
### Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

| Year | Fellowship | Institution | Country |
| 1994 | Distinguished Fellow | Institute of Directors | India |
| 1995 | Honorary Fellow | National Academy of Medical Sciences | India |
| 2007 | Chancellor | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology | India |
| 2011 | Honorary Member | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | United States |
| 2014 | Honorary Professor | Peking University | China |

### Honorary degrees

| Year | Degree | University | Country |
| 2007 | Doctor of Science and Technology | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
| 2007 | Doctor of Science | University of Wolverhampton | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Doctor of Science | Aligarh Muslim University | India |
| 2008 | Doctor of Science | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 2008 | Doctor of Engineering | Nanyang Technological University | China |
| 2009 | Honorary Doctorate | Oakland University | United States |
| 2010 | Doctor of Engineering | University of Waterloo | Canada |
| 2012 | Doctor of Law | Simon Fraser University | Canada |
| 2014 | Doctor of Science | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |

## Other awards

| Year | Award | Country/Organisation |
| 1996 | H. K. Firodia Award | H. K. Firodia Foundation |
| 1997 | Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Swatantryaveer Savarkar Award | Government of Maharashtra |
| 2000 | Ramanujan Award | Alvars Research Centre |
| 2007 | King Charles II Medal | Royal Society |
| 2009 | Hoover Medal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 2009 | International von Kármán Wings Award | California Institute of Technology |
| 2013 | Von Braun Award | National Space Society |

## Other recognition

* In 2004, Kalam's wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Delhi
* In 2012, Kalam was ranked second in the Greatest Indian poll conducted by Outlook.
* Kalam's birthday (15 October) is celebrated as World Students' Day in India.
* In 2015, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced that Kalam's birthday, 15 October, would be observed as "Youth Renaissance Day".
* On the anniversary of Kalam's birth in 2015, India Post released postage stamps commemorating the 84th anniversary of Kalam's birth.