<Li> India and the US have launched the Fulbright - Kalam Climate Fellowship In September 2014 . The first call for applicants was announced on Friday 12 March 2016, for the fellowship which will enable up to 6 Indian PhD students and post-doctoral researchers to work with US host institutions for a period of 6--12 months . The fellowship will be operated by the binational US - India Educational Foundation (USIEF) under the Fulbright programme . </Li> <Li> Kerala Technological University, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram where Kalam lived for years, was renamed to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University after his death . </Li> <P> Wheeler Island, a national missile test site in Odisha, was renamed Abdul Kalam Island in September 2015 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year of award or honour </Th> <Th> Name of award or honour </Th> <Th> Awarding organisation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Doctor of Science </Td> <Td> Edinburgh University, UK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Von Braun Award </Td> <Td> National Space Society </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) </Td> <Td> Simon Fraser University </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> IEEE Honorary Membership </Td> <Td> IEEE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Doctor of Engineering </Td> <Td> University of Waterloo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Honorary Doctorate </Td> <Td> Oakland University </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Hoover Medal </Td> <Td> ASME Foundation, USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> International von Kármán Wings Award </Td> <Td> California Institute of Technology, USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) </Td> <Td> Nanyang Technological University, Singapore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) </Td> <Td> Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Honorary Doctorate of Science and Technology </Td> <Td> Carnegie Mellon University </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> King Charles II Medal </Td> <Td> Royal Society, UK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Honorary Doctorate of Science </Td> <Td> University of Wolverhampton, UK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Ramanujan Award </Td> <Td> Alwars Research Centre, Chennai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Veer Savarkar Award </Td> <Td> Government of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Bharat Ratna </Td> <Td> Government of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Honorary Fellow </Td> <Td> National Academy of Medical Sciences, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> Distinguished Fellow </Td> <Td> Institute of Directors (India) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Padma Vibhushan </Td> <Td> Government of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Padma Bhushan </Td> <Td> Government of India </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Short biography of apj abdul kalam in urdu