WINGS OF FIRE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF APJ ABDUL KALAM
ANMOL DHAR 022 NAVEEN DANG 017
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
APJ Abdul Abdul Kalam Kalam born born 15 October October 1931 1931 in Rameshwaram, Rameshwaram, Madras
He was was the 11th President President of India, India, serving serving from from 2002 to 2007 2007
He worke worked d as an aero aerona naut utica icall engi engine neer er with with DRDO DRDO and and ISRO. ISRO. He is popularl popularly y known known as the the Missile Man of India India for his work on development development of ballistic ballistic missile missile and space space rocket rocket technol technology. ogy.
The Government Government of India India has honored honored him with with some of the the country's highest civilian awards: Padma Bhushan in 1981 Padma Vi Vibhushan in 19 1990 Bharat Ratna in 1997
ABOUT THE BOOK
This is the saga of independent India¶s struggle for technological self sufficiency & defensive autonomy
The book covers authors struggles , his success , his failures , his triumph
This book shows the determination of India and it¶s scientists in achieving achieving excellence excellence in space and missile technology technology
The book tells us about the upbringing of author and various people that made impact on his life
This book tells us to have the vision , create team , have self belief bel ief and make it possible
This book also tells us about other great scientists like vikram sarabhai who acted as a mentor to the author
The book is neatly divided into four sections Orientation Creation Propitiation Contemplation
1) Orie Orien ntat tation ion:
The first section section covers covers the early early life of Avul Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. The way he remembers remem bers his relatives, teachers who influenced him makes one wonder. This Thi s section covers all his education and early travels.
2) Creation: The next section deals deals with Kalam¶s further further trainings trainings and his association with defense and space projects, mainly the SLV3. This section has too much scientific details and introduces you to a list of defense and space research research establishments. here you find him thanking the stalwarts stalwarts of Indian science like Prof Vikram sarabhai, sarabhai, Dr Brahm prakash, Prof Satish Dhawan
3) Prop Propit itia iati tion on :
The third section covers the years 80-91 when Kalam moves moves from ISRO to defence defence Labs. The book book covers the story story behind the names we have all heard, the SLV3, PSLV, Akaash, Naga, Agni, Trishul and what not.
4) Contemplation: The last section deals with later years where Kalam is conferred with a list of awards, his contemplations, his visions for the country. The section along with epilogue also mentions mentions of Kalams vision vision 2020 ± of self reliance reliance vision vision & technology vision.
LEARNINGS
Every effort in the right direction matters, even if it is miniscule. m iniscule.
Don¶t give up but believe in yourself and just do it
Never underestimate the strength of your team, team , capitalize on each member¶s strength.
A right vision and a strong inspiration is very important to make mak e any team shine
Don¶t just show your team that you¶ve faith in them but also inspire inspi re and empower them to deliver.
³Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is here to fulfill a particular role. We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness. - Wings of Fire: Fire : An Autobiography of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (1999)
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