ISBN: 9788173711466    Publisher: Universities Press Year of publishing: 2015     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 180        Language: English

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna. As chief of the country's defence research and development programme, Kalam demonstrated the great potential for dynamism and innovation that existed in seemingly moribund research establishments. This is the story of Kalam's rise from obscurity and his personal and professional struggles, as well as the story of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag-missiles that have become household names in India and that have raised the nation to the level of a missile power of international reckoning. This is also the saga of independent India's struggle for technological self-sufficiency and defensive autonomy-a story as much about politics, domestic and international, as it is about science.

Autobiography of former President of India late APJ Abdul Kalam.

Covers aspects of his life from his humble childhood to being instrumental in making India a missile Superpower.

Sheds light upon India’s missile programme and the making of of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag-missiles.

A story about Indian politics , defence and science.

An alltime Bestseller which has been translated into more than 13 different languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Marathi, and Braille.
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Arun Tiwari rose to fame as an author with his book Wings of Fire, which he co-authored with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He's a missile scientist who worked under the guidance of Kalam. Tiwari contributed to the design of the missiles, Akash and Trishul and is the first Indian who designed a titanium bottle to power missiles. Apart from this, Tiwari has been the director at the Cardiovascular Technology Institute in Hyderabad. He received the Defense Technology Spin-Off Award for developing the Kalam-Raju stent.
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