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India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium is a book, writ t en by t he 11t h President of India A P
J Abdul Kalam and Y. S. Rajan. The book was writ t en by t he duo in t he year 1998, before Kalam's
t enure as President .[1] It t alks about Kalam's ideas for India's fut ure and for developing India.
 India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium

Book cover of India 2020

Author A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Y. S. Rajan

Country India

Language English

Genre Non-fiction

Published 1998

Media type Paper

Pages 344

ISBN 9780143423683 ISBN13

Followed by Ignited Minds 

Overview
The book examines in dept h t he weaknesses and st rengt hs of India, and offers a vision of how
India can emerge t o be among t he world's t op four economic powers by t he year 2020. The
Vision is dedicat ed t o a t en-year-old girl whom Kalam met during one of his t alks and asked her
about her ambit ions, t o which t he young girl replied, "I want t o live in a developed India."[2]

In his book India 2020, Kalam st rongly advocat es an act ion plan t o develop India int o a st rong
nat ion by t he year 2020. He regards his nat ion as a knowledge superpower and developed nat ion.
The book describes t he present and fut ure scenario in India and developed count ries. It
compares t he various st at ist ical dat a and explains how India can improve it . Kalam explains t he
import ance of science and t echnology for t he development of India.

In chapt er 1 of t he book t he aut hors st ress t he import ance of a vision for India, using nat ions like
US, China, Malaysia, and Israel as examples.[3] However, t hey also point out t hat t his vision should
be original, rat her t han imit at ing ot her nat ions.

In t he book, Kalam had also said t hat it should be t he dream of all t he cit izens t o see India as a
developed count ry.

Reception

According t o The Times of India, "Seldom does one, in t hese t roubled t imes, see such a lucid
marshaling of fact s and figures t o bolst er t he t hesis t hat India is mere t wo decades away from
super-power st at us". The Statesman reviewed t he book as, "A book of revelat ion in a plain
wrapper".

The book has been t ranslat ed int o mult iple languages.

Chapters

The book has about 300 pages which are divided int o 13 chapt ers.[4]

1. Can India Become a Developed Count ry?

2. What ot her count ries Envision for Themselves

 3. Evolut ion of Technology Vision 2020

4. Food, Agricult ure and Processing

5. Mat erials and t he Fut ure

6. Chemicals Indust ries and Our Biological Wealt h

7. Manufact uring for t he Fut ure

8. Services as People's Wealt h

9. St rat egic Indust ries

10. Healt h Care for All

11. The Enabling Infrast ruct ure

12. Realizing t he Vision

13. Response t owards India

See also

Ignit ed Minds: Unleashing t he Power Wit hin India, a follow-up by Kalam writ t en in 2002

Target 3 Billion, book about rural development by Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh

References

1. "India 2020" (https://penguin.co.in/book/non-fiction/india-2020/) . Penguin India. Retrieved

10 August 2018.

2. Kalam & Rajan 1998, Dedication.

3. "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium - Book Summary" (https://www.seeken.org/india-2020-vi
sion-new-millennium-book-summary/) . SeeKen. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

4. Kalam & Rajan 1998, Contents.

Kalam, A.P.J. Abdul; Rajan, Y.S. (1998). India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium. India:
Penguin Publishers. ISBN 9780143423683.
 External links

Official websit e (ht t ps://penguin.co.in/book/india-2020/)

2020- A Vision for t he New Millennium (ht t p://www.abdulkalam.nic.in/2020.ht ml) ,

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