What Can I Give?: Learnings from My Teacher, Dr Kalam

The book goes beyond the public image of Dr Kalam to offer glimpses of the teacher and mentor behind the celebrated scientist and President. Singh recalls Kalam's routines, travels, reflections on national and international issues, humour, values and messages to young people. The book also features little-known stories and photographs.

Srijan Pal Singh is an engineer and management graduate from IIM Ahmedabad. He worked closely with Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as his technology and policy adviser and draws on that experience to share the lessons he learned from his mentor.

Through personal memories and intimate anecdotes, Srijan Pal Singh presents the principles he learned from Dr Kalam—integrity, simplicity, perseverance, creativity, service and a strong commitment to the nation's youth.

Rather than being a conventional biography, the book is a personal portrait of Kalam as a teacher, mentor and human being. It preserves his words, humour, habits and ideas while encouraging readers to reflect on a central question: what can each of us give to society?