Vikram Sarabhai

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Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and visionary space scientist widely regarded as the father of the Indian space program.

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Vikram Sarabhai canonical 7
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai 1

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instanceOf educationist
human
industrialist
physicist
scientific administrator
space scientist
academicDegree PhD in cosmic ray physics
awardReceived Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal (often cited among his recognitions)
birthDate 1919-08-12
birthPlace Ahmedabad
Bombay Presidency
British India
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Kartikeya Sarabhai
Mrinalini Sarabhai
surface form: Mallika Sarabhai
commemoratedBy Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad
surface form: Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre

Vikram Sarabhai Library
surface form: Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIM Ahmedabad

Vikram Sarabhai Planetarium (various institutions named after him)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
countryOfCitizenship India
deathDate 1971-12-30
doctoralThesisTitle Cosmic Ray Investigations in Tropical Latitudes
educatedAt Guindy campus
surface form: Guindy engineering college (early studies, often cited as preparatory)

St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

Gujarat University
surface form: University of Gujarat
familyName Sarabhai
fieldOfWork astrophysics
cosmic ray research
physics
science policy
space science
founded Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts (with Mrinalini Sarabhai)
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Indian Space Research Organisation
surface form: Indian National Committee for Space Research

Operations Research Group
Physical Research Laboratory
fullName Vikram Sarabhai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
givenName Vikram
hasHonorificTitle Father of the Indian space program
inspired establishment of ISRO’s satellite launch vehicle program
inspiredBy Homi Jehangir Bhabha
knownFor being the father of the Indian space program
establishing a strong institutional base for Indian science and technology
pioneering space applications for communication and education in India
memberOf Sarabhai family
nationality Indian
notableWork development of India’s first satellite program
establishment of the Indian National Committee for Space Research
founding of the Indian space program
promotion of space applications for national development
padmaBhushanYear 1966
padmaVibhushanYear posthumously in 1972
parent Ambalal Sarabhai
Sarladevi Sarabhai
placeOfDeath Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
positionHeld Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India
Chairman of the Indian National Committee for Space Research
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
President of the Physics section, Indian Science Congress
Vice-President of the Fourth UN Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
religion Jainism
spouse Mrinalini Sarabhai
workInstitution Atomic Energy Commission of India
Indian Space Research Organisation
Physical Research Laboratory

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University of Madras hasNotableAlumni Vikram Sarabhai
Vikram Sarabhai fullName Vikram Sarabhai self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
lander Vikram namedAfter Vikram Sarabhai
subject surface form: Vikram
Vikram namedAfter Vikram Sarabhai
subject surface form: Vikram (Chandrayaan-3 lander)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre namedAfter Vikram Sarabhai
Indian civilian space programme founder Vikram Sarabhai
Vikram Sarabhai Library namedAfter Vikram Sarabhai