Management concepts in Agni Siragugal

INTRODUCTION:

The book ‘AGNI SIRAGUGAL’ is the translated version of the book ‘WINGS OF FIRE’ written by our formePresident and former scientific advisor to Government of India. Dr.Avul Pakhir Jainulabudin Abdul Kalam, The man behind the success of Indian Space Science, Defence Research & Atomic Development.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This book is an autobiography of Dr.Kalam, Dr.Arun Tiwari who worked with Kalam assisted him and now he is working as the Director of Cardiovascular Technology Institute.

This book explains about the development of Space Science & Defence Research in India. There are number of management concepts in it. Some of such interesting events are as follows.

LEARNING:

Dr.Kalam- a B.E. degree holder applied for the job of Pilot Officer. But he failed in the interview, he felt so bad about it and learned the mistake made by him and corrected it and Joined as a ‘Scientific Assistant’ at DTDPP (Air).

QUALITY MANAGEMENT:

In the year 1967 when Dr.Kalam was working for ‘ROHINI’ mission in which a satellite is to be placed in TCE orbit using a sounding rocket. Due to poor quality of the timer in the rocket TCE, mission failed. So he stressed the importance of Quality Management.

STAFFING:

1. When Kalam was working for SLV mission & Diamond mission – he started concentrating on delightedly working subordinates and gave them jobs of their interest. So Staffing is there.

2. When Vikram Sarabhai was to select a person for inventing Tele Command System for PSLV mission, he has two choices. One is Mr.V.R.Rao and another is Mr.Madhavan Nair. He selected Mr.Nair because he was more interested in doing new things. So it is a good Staffing.

STRESS MANAGEMENT:

When SLV-3 mission was going on he was in stress, because various parts of rocket has to be brought and assembled at this time. He was pushed to a great stress, but he overcame it with good Stress Management plans.

INNOVATION:

In 1960’s India was a developing country in Space Science, it imported rockets and missiles for its use, for that it spent huge amount. So India decided to innovate new Defence Technologies & Rockets, by this huge money spended on this import was reduced which in turn lead to more development.

GOAL SETTING:

In the year 1965 ISRO decided to launch its own Satellite Launch Vehicle, which is not an easy thing for a developing country to do it. But, Dr.Kalam Set his Goal to achieve the SLV mission by 1978 worked hard and made it possible.

LEADERSHIP:

When Dr.Kalam was the project head of Rocket Propulsion Team, he and his team members explained the work done by them, at a time when one of the scientist questioned Kalam that,” What is your role in it?”For that Dr.Vikram Sarabhai replied,” He is the Leader. His job is to co-ordinate the employees. He did his job perfectly”.

MOTIVATION:

The ‘ROHINI MISSION’ failed and India’s first SLV failed to accomplish its mission. At this time the team worked for the mission face a set back. By this time Dr.Sarabhai told them,” Don’t worry for the failure of SLV & Rohini, we had succeeded in developing the infrastructure to build a rocket in our own country”. It is the motivation style of Dr. Sarabhai.

CO-ORDINATION:

Dr.Kalam was appointed as the Programme Director of ‘SLV-3 MISSION’. For that he had to co-ordinate 44 Main Components Manufacturing Units, 250 Sub Components Manufacturing Units, more than 5000 workers and two big organizations. He made it possible by good Co-ordination among the groups.

TIME MANAGEMENT:

In ‘SLV-3 MISSION’ he had to spend more time on various aspects. So he plans his day in a perfect way and manages his time to make his work more productive.

SYNERGY:

In the year 1976 the Pre-Launch work was going on. Mr.Madhavan Nair & Mr.Moorty, two young scientists finished the Telemetry and Tele-Command System, which need ten persons to do. But they two did it. When they asked about it, they told that Team Work Works.

DECISION MAKING:

Dr.Kalam being the Mission Director of ‘SLV-3 & ASLV’ mission, Programme Head of ‘IGMPD & DEVILS’ mission of DRDO & Programmed Director of ‘BUDDHA SMILES’ of AEC he had taken various decisions, which made India a Global Super Power.

HANDWORK:

Now Dr.Kalam is a well Known Scientist & President of India. But he is not from a high-class society, he is from a small fisherman family and by now he is the first citizen of India. This development is because of his Handwork at all the stages of his life.

I conclude by saying this,” By his Handwork, he and our country develop together”.

JAI-HIND