Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India.
Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and industrialist who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India. He established the Indian National Committee for Space Research (later the Indian Space Research Organization) in 1962.
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, (VSSC), a research institute specialising in solid and liquid propellants for rockets located in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), capital of Kerala state, is named in his memory.
Vikram Sarabhai passed away on , leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire the nation’s scientific community. His vision and efforts laid the foundation for India’s space exploration program, making him a pivotal figure in the country’s scientific history.
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Vikram Sarabhai was born on at Ahmedabad in an affluent family of progressive industrialists. He was one of the eight children of Ambalal and Sarla Devi. He had his early education in a private school, 'Retreat', run by his parents on Montessori lines.
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Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the "Father of India's Space Program," was an exceptional physicist and institution-builder whose legacy we honour on his birth anniversary.
Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme, died on , in Kovalam, Kerala, at the age of 52. During his lifetime, Sarabhai had 38 institutions that are now leaders in space research, physics, management, and performing arts.
With a belief that space technology could play a meaningful role in national development and solving the problems of common man, Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai shaped the Indian Space Programme in 1960. He saw tremendous potential of using modern science to help in the process of development.