The Book “Turning Points– A Journey Through Challenges“ 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 controversies

1. PRESENTED By
Shashank shekhar
MBA 1ST YEAR
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2. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
 Title : Turning Point
 Author : APJ Abdul Kalam
 Genre : Autobiography
 ISBN : 978-93-5029-
347-8
 Price : Rs. 225
 Publisher : Harper
Collins
 Year : 2012
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3. SCOPE OF PRESENTATION
 INTRODUCTION
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 PURPOSE OF THE BOOK
 ABOUT THE BOOK
 PERSONAL OPINION
 CONCLUSION
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4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM was
born in 1931 in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu .
 A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM was the 11th President of
India from 2002 to 2007
 He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1981,
the Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and the nation’s
highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1997
 Dr. KALAM studies aeronautical engineering at
the Madras Institute of Technology
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5. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 From 1992 to 2012 Kalam served the nation in
various capacities – he was adviser to defence
minister, head of some of defence research
institutes, national scientific adviser to the Prime
Minister and then the President of India
 He was popularly known as ‘Missile Man’
 He died on 27 july 2015(aged 83) at shillong in
Meghalaya
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6. OTHER BOOKS BY AUTHOR
 Wings of Fire - 1999
 Ignited Minds - 2002
 Inspiring Thoughts - 2012
 India 20-20 - 1998
 Target 3 Billion - 2011
 Indomitable Spirit- 2012
 Agnich Chiragugal- 2008
 Thoughts for Change - 2012
 Forge your Future - 2014
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7. PURPOSE OF THE BOOK
 The Book “Turning Points– A Journey Through
Challenges“ 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
controversies
 It offers insight not only into an extraordinary
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
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8. Purpose of The Book
 Mr. Kalam gives us insight about why he chose to
become the President of India in 2002
 The reason he chose to say yes when Vajpayee
asked him to become President was to realize his
‘India 2020’ dream by putting forward his vision
before the nation and the Parliament. Vision 2020
– that grand vision for India to make it a
developed nation by 2020 – is what Kalam
breathes and tries to inspire youth to strive
towards achieving this goal
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9. ABOUT THE BOOK
 ‘Turning Points’ is a more of a blueprint for
making India a developed country by 2020
 Suggesting measures to make Judiciary,
Parliament, and Executive more efficient in their
functioning and all suggestions are in ‘points’
 The book have been divided in to 14 chapters
 As his book named , “Turning Points– A Journey
Through Challenges“ he has discussed about
seven turning points of his life in the 3rd chapter
of the book.
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10. ABOUT THE BOOK
 1st turning point(T.P.) :When kalam was
appointed as a Rocket Engineer at the newly
formed ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organisation) in 1962
 2nd T.P. : When Kalam appointed as The
Director, DRDL(Defence Research And
Development Laboratory) in 1982
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11. ABOUT THE BOOK
 3rd T.P.: When Kalam appointed as The Scientific
Advisor to the Defence Minister in 1992
 4th T.P.: The Nuclear Tests in 1998
 5th T.P. : When appointed as Principal Scientific
Advisor (PSA) to GOI
 6th T.P.: Appointed as Professor of Technology in
Anna University
 7th T.P. : Not to be candidate of presidency for
second term in 2012
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12. ABOUT THE BOOK
 To illustrate how he tries to make his point
about use of technology(one of pillars of
development) in speeding up decisions, he talks
about dissolution of Bihar assembly in 2005 which
he did from Moscow at the insistence of PM Dr
Manmohan Singh through an e-mail!
 “Very few people in the country are using e-
governance, which I consider a tool for a
borderless world. It is a facility I use liberally in
India and abroad….” !
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13. PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT
THE BOOK
 He calls Indira Gandhi ‘great stateswoman’; Dr
Singh, ‘architect of economic reforms’ with an
‘impeccable image’ and in this way tries to be nice
to every political leader he has met in his life
 ‘Turning Points’ dwells less on turning points, but
more on other ‘points’. His humility is evident
throughout the book and he has made every
effort to avoid any controversy that might arise
from any revelations. Nonetheless, book is
simple and very ‘inspirational’
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14. PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT THE
BOOK
 Kalam hopes that his book would be
inspirational to its readers. But, the book would
have been more inspirational if it had revealed
more about his life rather than his vision which is
already known to those who have read his earlier
books
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15. CONCLUSION
 POEM BY DR. KALAM-
Where there is righteousness in the heart
There is beauty in the character.
When there is beauty in the character,
There is harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home,
There is an order in the nation.
When there is an order in the nation.
There is peace in the world.
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