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Price 159, Save Rs. Buy Turning P oints online at BookAdda, free home delivery. ISBN:, 478 Key Features A memoir by the most popular president of India; a sequel to the million-copy-selling Wings of Fire Reflects on Kalam's presidency and key national events and discloses for the first time his stand on some controversies An enduring book that will find a vast readership About the Book: Turning Points It was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. I had delivered a lecture 'Vision to Mission' and the session got extended from one hour to two. I had lunch with a group of resear ch students and went back to class. As I was returning to my rooms in the evening the vicechancellor, Prof. Kalanidhi, fell in step with me.

Someone had been frantically trying to get in touch with me through the day, he said. Indeed, the phone was ringing when I entered the room. Adobe photoshop cs5 64 bit amtlib dll crack download. When I answered, a voice at the other end said, 'The prime minister wants to talk with you?' Some months earlier, I had left my post as principal scientific adviser to the government of India, a Cabinet-level post, to return to teaching. Now, as I spoke to the PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, my life was set for an unexpected change. Turning Points takes up the incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off.

It brings together details from his career and presidency that are not generally known as he speaks out for the first time on certain points of controversy. It offers insight not only into an ex traordinary personality but also a vision of how a country with a great heritage can become great in accomplishment, skills and abilities through effort, perseverance and confidence. It is a continuing saga, above all, of a journey, individual and collective, that will take India to 2020 and beyond as a developed nation. He was born and brought up at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, being born in a poor family he had to work his way through average grades and financial hard ships, completing his studies in aerospace engineering at Madras Institute of Technology (MIT – Chennai). He joined A eronautical Development Establishment of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), India and is known for his many contributions to Aeronautical and Missile technology of India. Abdul Kalam was elected president of India in 2002, defeating Lakshmi Sahgal, and was supported by National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and BJP, then major political party of India. After serving office as a president till 2007 he is now a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University (Chennai), JSS University (Mysore), and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India and is involved in philanthropic work as on 2012.