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Vijayi Bhav is the Hindi translation of You are Born to Blossom by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Kumar Tiwari. It is an account of how Dr. Kalam visualizes a new, developed India that can be built by using facilities like education and technology. Summary of the Book In this title, Dr. Kalam presents his dream of schools in India, by 2020, as symbiotic nerve centres connecting teachers, students and different communities, and personifying knowledge that exists in the world. He also makes a clarion call to quicken the process of societal transformation – raising the standards of political governance and preserving the sacredness of public institutions. The book uses the metaphor of a tree to explain the process of knowledge bearing fruits of prosperity in the modern globalized world. It refers to a contextual involvement of a large number of Indian scientists and artists and proves that age has never been a yardstick to blossom in life. He asserts that creation of conditions that support growth of diverse individual talents is similar to that of creating a garden. He earnestly calls for a scientific mindset directed by conscience, accord and by actions that take our social and ethical principles into account in building our own progressive systems. About the Authors Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was the eleventh president of India. He is honoured with the highest civilian awards, including the Bharat Ratna. He is unarguably one of the most inspiring personalities of our country, who is fondly referred to as The Missile Man of India. He has authored several best-selling books like Ignited Minds, Wings of Fire, India 2020, Indomitable Spirit, and Target 3 Billion. Dr. Kalam has worked with esteemed institutions across India, contributing to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Also known for his contributions towards ballistics and launch vehicle technology, he was a main part of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. A graduate of Aerospace Engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, Dr. Kalam is currently a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management Indore, honorary fellow of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University, JSS University, Mysore, and also frequents several universities and colleges across the country contributing his vast engineering and management knowledge base to the youth of India. Arun Kumar Tiwari is an author and scientist. He is a missile scientist who worked on the design of the Akash and Trishul missiles with Dr. Kalam. He is the first to design a titanium bottle for powering missiles in India. Tiwari has also been the director of the Cardiovascular Technology Institute, Hyderabad.