People's President and popularly known as India's Missile Man, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam died on 27 July 2015 at IIM Shillong. He died due to a heart attack. United Nations declared 15 October as World Students' Day on the occasion of his birthday.
| Year | Award |
| 2014 | Doctor of Science, Edinburgh University,UK
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| 2012 | Doctor of Laws, Simon Fraser University |
| 2011 | IEEE Honorary Membership |
| 2010 | Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo |
| 2009 | Honorary Doctorate, Oakland University |
| 2009 | Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA |
| 2009 | International von Karman Wings Award, California Institute of Technology, USA |
| 2008 | Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 2007 | King Charles II Medal, Royal Society, U.K |
| 2007 | Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Wolverhampton, U.K |
| 2000 | Ramanujan Award (Alwars Research Centre, Chennai) |
| 1998 | Veer Savarkar Award (Government of India) |
| 1997 | Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration |
| 1997 | Bharat Ratna (Government of India) |
| 1990 | Padma Vibhushan (Government of India) |
| 1981 | Padma Bhushan (Government of India) |
