A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Making of a Scientist and the President of India is about the life and work of Bharat Ratna Award Winning Scientist and the eleventh President of India (2002-2007). It analyses his autobiography Wings of Fire and other well known books such as India 2020, Ignited Minds, Turning Points, My Journey and Governance for Growth in India. It states about Kalam's love and devotion to his parents. It highlights his relationship with other notable scientists such as Dr Vikram Sarabhai, Prof. R.K.Dhawan, Dr Brahm Prakash and Prof. M. G. K. Menon. Kalam's interaction with the Prime Ministers of India such as P. V. Narasimha Rao and Atal Behari Vajpayee is the redeeming feature of the book. Aboveall, the book underlines two important traits in Kalam's life, secularism and humanism and establishes him as a nationalist par excellence.