| Language | English |
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| ISBN-10 | 9789351361725 |
| ISBN-13 | 9789351361725 |
| No of pages | 255 |
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| Book Publisher | Harper Collins |
| Published Date | 06 Jul 2014 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 9789351361725 |
| ISBN-13 | 9789351361725 |
| No of pages | 255 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Harper Collins |
| Published Date | 06 Jul 2014 |
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred to as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was one of India's most distinguished scientists.
He was an Aerospace engineer, professor, and chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST),
who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People's President.
Before his term as India's president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).
He was responsible for the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle, the SLV-3 He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology.
Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.
He has the unique honor of receiving honorary doctorates from thirty universities and the country's three highest civilian honors - Padma Bhushan (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1990) and Bharat Ratnam (1997).
Former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who became popular as ‘People’s President’, passed away on July 27th, 2015 at the age of 83 in Shelling, India.
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In 1998, a book was published that was surprisingly ahead of its times. It was called India 2020 and proposed that India could soon be one of the top five economies of the world. The nation had set off a series of nuclear tests and was facing worldwide sanctions. A new government had taken charge, and the economy was facing a tough time. It was not the best of times to predict that India had it in her to get on the fast track to development.
The vision presented in the book would go on to inspire, directly or indirectly, many sectors of the economy to work for and achieve high growth. The book has since sold hundreds of thousands of copies. In A Manifesto for Change, its author A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, writing with co-author V. Ponraj, offers a sequel.
As focused then as now on his dream of a developed India by 2020, the eleventh President of India examines what we need to get right to accomplish that essential goal: harnessing the stupendous energy of our youth to contribute to growth, a united Parliament that makes full use of its time for constructive debate and rises above petty party politics to achieve the larger national vision, and a plan of action that looks at development from the grassroots to giant strides in infrastructure and bridging the urban-rural disparity.
It is time to leave behind the politics of antagonism and disruption behind, he suggests. As reward: a developed India as befits this beautiful land.