Biography of abdul kalam book

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 and died on 27 July 2015. He was the eleventh President of India (2002-2007), and also knows as “THE MISSILE MAN OF INDIA” within and outside India.

Dr. Kalam’s books have always been inspirational. He once said, “Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.”

Here are 3 must-read books of Dr. Kalam that every leader should read in their lifetime.

1. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

If you have not read any books written by Dr. Kalam, then Wings of Fire is the best one to start. As said in its title, Wings of Fire is the autobiography of Dr. Kalam, who from a humble background, went on to become a renowned scientist in Indian space research programs and the president of India. Although some of the chapters of this book are already available in the school textbooks, a cover-to-cover re

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Wings of Fire (autobiography)

1999 book by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari

Wings of Fire ( 1999), is the autobiography of the Missile Man of India and the former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It was written by him and Arun Tiwari.^[1]

In the autobiography, Kalam examines his early life, effort, hardship, fortitude, luck and chance that eventually led him to lead Indian space research, nuclear and missile programs. Kalam started his career, after graduating from Aerospace engineering at Madras Institute of Technology, at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and was assigned to build a hovercraft prototype. Later he moved to ISRO and helped establish the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and pioneered the first space launch-vehicle program. During the 1990s and early 2000, Kalam moved to the DRDO to lead the Indian nuclear weapons program, with particular successes in thermonuclear weapons development culminating in the operation Smiling Buddha and an ICBM

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A.P.J Abdul Kalam, A Life

Dr. Kalam was laid to rest in Rameswaram on July 30, 2015, with full state . inom his mortal remains in the gigantic C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Indian Air Force and returned to Delhi around midnight. The next day, inom decided to go to Meerut and spent days with my mother. When I was near Noida, P.M. Sukumar, the CEO of HarperCollins, called me and asked me to stop bygd at his office. Their Chief Editor, V.M. Karthika, was also there. We had all worked very closely in the gods few months to publish ‘Transcendence’. 

Sukumar convinced me to drop all my other work and write an authentic biography of Dr. Kalam for posterity. inom consented and for the next ninety days, worked about 16 hours every day to write this book. In the process, I was introduced, over the telephone, to Carl Harte, an Australian living in Pondicherry with his Indian wife, and working as a freelance editor for publishing houses. We would talk every day, and he indeed raised my writing to