ISBN10: 9381904855, ISBN13: 9789381904855, [publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi] Hardcover Hardcover. The Ladder of his Life is about Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif and his varied experiences as a fighter pilot, as Chief of the Indian Air Force, Governor of Maharashtra and Ambassador to France He is a scion of a family from which several members left eminent positions to devote their lives to follow Mahatma Gandhi. Always a topper during his education and as a flyer as recorded in his log book, he was just 18 years old when he joined the Air Force on 1st September 1941. After his training, he was sent to the UK during World War 11 for a year where he updated his skills on the latest fighters. In 1978, he became Chief of his beloved Indian Air Force. The book gives insights into these years, particularly his assessment of challenges faced their priorities and his approach and actions in their resolution. The book includes accounts of interesting interactions with leading personalities such as Prime Ministers Smt Indira Gandhi, Shri Morarji Desai, Shri Rajiv Gandhi some Ministers and respected national personalities such as Mr. B. K. Nehru and some of our own Air Chiefs. There are highlights when later as Governor of Maharashtra he was in a totally different environment and the problems that confronted him were also very different. However, the success that he achieved, particularly as chancellor of the University of (then) Bombay, were no less meaningful. As ...

ISBN10: 9381904855, ISBN13: 9789381904855, [publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd 2013-12-01, New Delhi] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 9381904855, ISBN13: 9789381904855, [publisher: Knowledge World] Hardcover pp. 384 + x
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]