 In his book "India 2020", Kalam strongly advocated an action plan to develop India into a "knowledge superpower" and a developed nation by the year 2020.He regarded his work on India's nuclear weapons programme as a way to assert India's place as a future superpower.Kalam describes a "transformative moment" in his life when he asked Pramukh Swami, the guru of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sampradaya, how India might realise this five-pronged vision of development.