1. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India.
10 Facts About Vikram Sarabhai
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Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in a Gujarati Svetambara Shrimali Jain family, in Ahmedabad, India.
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Vikram Sarabhai's father was Ambalal Sarabhai a major industrialist committed to the Indian independence movement.
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Vikram Sarabhai married the classical dancer Mrinalini on 3 September 1942.
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Vikram Sarabhai attended Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, but later moved to the University of Cambridge, England, where he took his tripos in natural sciences in 1940.
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Vikram Sarabhai set up the Operations Research Group, the first market research organization in the country.
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Vikram Sarabhai started a project for the fabrication and launch of an Indian satellite.
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Vikram Sarabhai was the founder of Indian Space Research Organisation.
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On 30 December 1971, Vikram Sarabhai was to review the SLV design before his departure for Bombay the same night.
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On 30 September 2020, ACK Media along with ISRO released a book namely, Vikram Sarabhai: Pioneering India's Space Programme.