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Contents
Kalam on Progress
India 2020
Penguin Books
Praise for the Book
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1: Can India Become a Developed Country ?
Chapter 2: What Other Countries Envision for Themselves
Chapter 3: Evolution of Technology Vision 2020
Chapter 4: Food, Agriculture and Processing
Chapter 5: Materials and the Future
Chapter 6: Chemical Industries and Our Biological Wealth
Chapter 7: Manufacturing for the Future
Chapter 8: Services As People s Wealth
Chapter 9: Strategic Industries
Chapter 10: Health Care for All
Chapter 11: The Enabling Infrastructure
Chapter 12: Realizing the Vision
Afterword
Appendix
References and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Beyond 2020
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Introduction by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
1. India @ 2014
2. Learning from Missed Opportunities
3. Accelerating Agricultural Growth
4. Manufacturing: Mega Possibilities
5. Mining: Adding Value to Our Natural Resources
6. Infrastructure: The Blood, Bones and Muscles of the Economy
7. Biodiversity: Balancing Commerce and Conservation
8. The Chemistry of Life
9. The Neural Networks of the Knowledge Economy
10. From Waste to Wealth
11. Health Care for All
12. National Security: Strength, Intelligence and Eternal Vigilance
13. Education for Every Indian
14. Emerging Technologies: Catching Up and Forging Forward
15. Can India Do It?
The Mission
Notes
Acknowledgements
What can I Give?
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Introduction
1. First Impressions
2. Medals Come with Responsibilities
3. Criticism Comes with a Heavy Debt
4. Hard Work Deserves the Greatest Respect
5. What Will I Be Remembered For?
6. Critical Stakes Awaken Your Hidden Potential
7. The Old General with Bright Ideas
8. Think Solution-Even if It Is Compact
9. Greatest Bliss
10. April Bloomers
11. Water Is a Life-Giver
12. There Is a Fellow in There!
13. Make Your Mother Smile
14. Science and Spirituality
15. If You Consume from the Past, You Owe a Debt to the Future
16. Heed the Voice of the Grass Roots
17. The Presidential Elections, 2012
18. Intelligence Is beyond Education
19. Freedom Chai
20. Why Did You Not Get Married?
21. If You Cannot Control Fear, Ignore It
22. My Only Regret
23. Centenary Celebrations
24. I Learnt a Life Lesson in Giving
25. Respecting and Celebrating Differences
26. Picture-Perfect!
27. When You Trust Your Ability, You Should Not Fear Taking Risks
28. These Are My People
29. Live to Give
30. Goodness Is in the Colours of Compassion and Empathy
31. From Missile Man to Smile Man!
32. The Appropriate Inheritance
33. Humility Is the Path to Greatness
34. The Warrior of Love
35. True Religion Is Service in Oblivion
36. I Want to Hear Him Speak Beautifully Again . . .
37. The External Teacher
38. The Last Eight Hours-A Teacher Forever
Illustrations
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
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INDIA 2020
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Y.S. Rajan

INDIA 2020
A Vision for a New Millennium

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Contents
Penguin Books
Praise for the Book
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1: Can India Become a Developed Country ?
Chapter 2: What Other Countries Envision for Themselves
Chapter 3: Evolution of Technology Vision 2020
Chapter 4: Food, Agriculture and Processing
Chapter 5: Materials and the Future
Chapter 6: Chemical Industries and Our Biological Wealth
Chapter 7: Manufacturing for the Future
Chapter 8: Services As People s Wealth
Chapter 9: Strategic Industries
Chapter 10: Health Care for All
Chapter 11: The Enabling Infrastructure
Chapter 12: Realizing the Vision
Afterword
Appendix
References and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
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INDIA 2020
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) was one of India s most distinguished scientists. He was responsible for the development of India s first satellite launch vehicle, the SLV-3, and the development and operationalization of strategic missiles. As chairman of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, he pioneered India Vision 2020, a road map for transforming India into an economically developed nation by 2020, focusing on PURA (Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) as a development system for countrywide implementation.
Kalam held various positions in the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Defence Research and Development Organisation and became principal scientific adviser to the Government of India, holding the rank of a cabinet minister.
The President of India between 2002 and 2007, Kalam was awarded honorary doctorates from thirty-eight universities and the country s three highest civilian honours-Padma Bhushan (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1990) and Bharat Ratna (1997).
Kalam authored fifteen books on a variety of topics that have been translated into many languages across the world. His most significant works are Wings of Fire, India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium, Target 3 Billion and Beyond 2020: A Vision for Tomorrow s India .
Praise for the Book
‘Seldom does one, in these troubled times, see such a lucid marshalling of facts and figures to bolster the thesis that India is a mere two decades away from super power status’— Times of India
‘Logical thought, a simple and clear style and a healthy dose of optimism characterize this book’— Telegraph
‘A book of revelation in a plain wrapper’— Statesman
‘A straightforward account’— Deccan Herald
‘Kalam, with Rajan, seeks to inspire the nation to think big and pursue ambitious plans’— Pioneer
‘There is considerable passion and conviction behind every statement in the book, and also faith in the immense capabilities of India and Indians’— Indian Review of Books
‘A thought-provoking book’— Third Millennium
After one of the talks delivered by Dr Kalam, a ten-year-old girl came up to him for his autograph. What is your ambition? he asked her. I want to live in a developed India, she replied without hesitation. This book is dedicated to her and the millions of Indians who share her aspiration.
If those who think to achieve, Have a firm and focussed mind, They will realize what they thought of, And even as they have thought of.
-Thirukkural
Preface
Both of us were born when India was still struggling for her independence. One was in the final year of school when Jawaharlal Nehru made his famous speech about India waking up to make her tryst with destiny; the other was a child speaking a first few words. Our families were not known for riches or power. Destiny in the form of the progressive measures taken by independent India to harness science and technology in order to develop a modern nation brought us together.
It was the vision of the great Vikram Sarabhai, supported by Nehru and Homi Bhabha, which gave us the opportunity to work on the space programme. The programme was aimed at carrying developmental messages into homes all over the country, especially in the 6 lakh villages, by leap-frogging many traditional routes. The programme also aimed at surveying the natural resources of the country so that they could be harnessed to benefit our people. Many in India must have considered these objectives an unattainable dream in the early 60s when the space programme was born. We, however, along with many of our colleagues, saw these aims as a vision real and attainable. What followed was a shared mission. Every person in ISRO believed that they were born to realize all that space technology can bring to the country and its people.
For us, then, there was no going back. There were days and nights of work. Many failures and a few hard-won successes. The systems which were designed, developed, fabricated and tested were directed towards a common goal-a strong India, a developed and proud India with the benefits available all over the country. It is gratifying to note the vision, in relation to space technology, has come true now especially in terms of reaching out to the people; providing communication through networks in remote areas; disaster warning systems; quick resource surveys to target ground water, save our forest cover and so on. And, of course, in areas of certain strategic strengths, vital to India in a world which respects only strength.
We are also proud and happy that the dreams of many Indians in the agricultural, scientific, artistic, cultural and social fields have also come true. However, the vision of a prosperous India without poverty, an India strong in trade and commerce, an India strong in many fields of science and technology, an India with innovative industry and with health and education for all, has remained just partially realized. In some areas, in fact, pessimism has taken deep roots.
We have completed the fiftieth year of our independence, with a large majority born after independence. Every year about twenty million Indians are being added to the nation. What vision can they have? Should we, like some, question the very concept of development and leave our people to the same condition of stagnation which existed for centuries? Or think only of the upper strata of society and leave the rest to their fate, employing such nice sounding phrases as market driven strategies and competitiveness ? Or leave the initiative to various globalizing forces? Where should we see India (and its people) going in the next two decades? In the next five decades? And more?
The authors were fortunate to have been associated with a large number of persons who were interested in posing these questions and finding some answers. These came substantially through a novel organization, the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAG), which launched a major exercise called Technology Vision for India up to 2020.
About 500 experts with unique experience in industry, academia, laboratories and government administration were deep