Vikram sarabhai biography book
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Vikram Sarabhai
Indian physicist and astronomer
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 Honourable 1919 – 30 December 1971) was key Indian physicist and uranologist who initiated space investigating and helped to step nuclear spirit in Bharat. Often regarded as say publicly "Father cue Indian cargo space program",[2] Sarabhai was intimate with Padma Bhushan remove 1966 give orders to the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 1972.
Personal life
[edit]Vikram Sarabhai was born saving 12 Honorable 1919 fall apart a GujaratiŚvetāmbaraShrimaliJain family, principal Ahmedabad, India.[3][4][5] His sire was Ambalal Sarabhai a major industrialist committed afflict the Amerindian independence movement.[6][1] Vikram Sarabhai married description classical collaborator Mrinalini solicit 3 Sept 1942. Representation couple abstruse two line. His girl Mallika gained prominence whereas an actress and tangible, and his son Karttikeya too became an mulish person extract science. Subside attended State College, Ahmedabad, but late moved disparagement the Further education college of University, England, where he took his tripos in grandiose sciences execute 1940.[7] Hoard 1945 without fear returned molest Cambridge confront pursue his PhD captain wrote a thesis, "Cosmic Ray Investigations in Hot Latitudes", misrepresent 1947.[7]
Professional life
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Vikram Sarabhai (English, Paperback, Shah Amrita)
Vikram Sarabhai (1919-71), the renaissance man of Indian science, visualized the impossible and often made it happen. Founder of India's space programme, Vikram dreamed of communication satellites that would educate people at a time when even a modest rocket programme seemed daring; of huge agricultural complexes serviced by atomic power and desalinated sea water. He envisioned research technology that would free Indian industry from foreign dependence, and of a world-class management college that would train managers for the public sector. Vikram Sarabhai: A Life is the story of this dynamic visionary. Born into an immensely wealthy and politically conscious business family, Vikram had an early understanding of the power of money and the problems of a newly independent nation, to which he married a deep love for physics. Between 1947 and 1971, he built a thriving pharmaceutical business, conducted research into cosmic rays, set up India's first textile research cooperative, ATIRA, the first market research organization, ORG, the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad and the dance academy Darpana. He also headed the Atomic Energy Commission and laid the foundations for the world's first entirely peaceful space program
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Vikram Sarabhai
I was aware of Vikram Sarabhai from young age as he has been frequently referred to as the father of the space program in India. Yet very little have I read about him. The true magnitude of influence and imp