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Vikram Sarabhai

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Personal information
Birth date12 August 1919
Birth placeAhmedabad, India
Death date30 December 1971(age 52)
Death placeHalcyon Castle, Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
ResidenceIndia
NationalityIndian
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIndian Space Research Organisation
Physical Research Laboratory
Alma materGujarat College
St. John's College, Cambridge University
Doctoral advisorSir C. V. Raman
Known forIndian space program
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan (1966)
Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) (1972)

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Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (August 12, 1919 � December 31, 1971) was an Indian physicist. He is considered to be the father of the Indian space program.

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Students building their own satellites - Fantastic emerging trend in India! - India Business Blog (blog) Tweet this news
India Business Blog (blog)---Vikram Sarabhai- and Homi Bhabha are regarded as the two pioneers of space research in India. A large number of satellite vehicles have been launched by the ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:20:13 GMT+00:00
IIM Ahmedabad Fresh Recruits Are Placed Into Top Notch Companies - Bulletinblips (blog) Tweet this news
Bulletinblips (blog)--Dr -Vikram Sarabhai- was one of the persons instrumental in setting up of IIM Ahmedabad. The institute had initial collaboration with Harvard Business School, ... - Date : Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:53:43 GMT+00:00
2 burial sites dating back to 3500 years located - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--She presented her work at the "remote sensing day' programme organised by MRSAC to mark -Vikram Sarabhai's- birth anniversary.--- - Date : Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:37:06 GMT+00:00
Dreaming of a museum of crazy creativity & innovations - Daily News & Analysis Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis--Don't complain that I am dreaming too much, Dr -Vikram Sarabhai- and Kastur Bhai Lalbhai had created so many outstanding institutions, with each one of them ... - Date : Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:06:37 GMT+00:00
Gujarat Science City organizes seminar to mark Birth Anniversary of Vikram ... - India Education Diary Tweet this news
India Education Diary--Let our younger generation inspire by the works and dedication of Dr. -Vikram- A -Sarabhai-. In a world where the technology landscape changes everyday, ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:50:03 GMT+00:00
A life beyond pure science - Livemint Tweet this news
Livemint--While -Vikram Sarabhai-: A Life, an earlier book written by Amrita Shah, was a critical exposition of the space scientist, A Masterful Spirit deflects its ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:41 GMT+00:00
Sparring over EFL - Express Buzz Tweet this news
Express Buzz--The case is that Southern Ventures Limited owned by Xavi Mano Mathew had sold 80 acres of land to the -Vikram Sarabhai- Space Centre (VSSC) for setting up the ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:58:08 GMT+00:00
ISRO to launch GSLV with cryo engine within an year - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--Radhakrishnan, who arrived here after the successful launch of PSLV 16, was given a reception by the scientists and officials of -Vikram Sarabhai- Space ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:03:47 GMT+00:00
'Science must serve the aam aadmi': Chairman, ISRO - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--The founding father of Indian Space programme, Dr -Vikram Sarabhai-, envisioned a meaningful role for space science and technology in finding solutions to the ... - Date : Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:44:33 GMT+00:00
Nano satellite: Students put a lightbug into orbit - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--The students worked with members of the -Vikram Sarabhai- Space Center of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to develop part of the payload that ... - Date : Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:17:25 GMT+00:00

Government offices
Preceded by
Position created
ISRO Chairman
1963 - 1972
Succeeded by
M G K Menon


Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science

K.S. Krishnan (1958) * M.G.K. Menon (1960) * G.N. Ramachandran (1961) * Vikram Sarabhai (1962) * Raja Ramanna (1963) * A.R. Verma (1964) * R.B. Ramachandra (1965) * S.C.Jain & S. Rameshan (1966) * Devendra Lal (1967) * A.P. Mitra (1968) * Asoke Nath Mitra (1969) * Vainu Bappu (1970) * P.K. Iyengar (1971) * S. Chandrasekhar & S.K. Joshi (1972) * Virendra Singh (1973) * K.P.Sinha & M.S. Sodha (1974) * K.L.Chopra & B.R. Nag (1975) * C.K. Majumdar & Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan (1976) * Jayant Narlikar & E.S.Rajagopal (1978) * A.K. Ghatak & S.S.Jha (1979) * N. Mukunda & N.S. Satyamurthy (1980) * S.M.Roy & Ramanujan Srinivasan (1981) * Girish Saran Agarwal & T.V. Ramakrishnan(1982) * S.S. Kapoor & Ramamurti Rajaraman (1983) * Ramanath Cowsik & Ranganathan Shashidhar (1984) * Narendra Kumar & K. Singh (1985) * P.K. Kaw (1986) * Vijay Kumar Kapahi & Probir Roy (1987) * Deepak Kumar & O.N. Srivastava (1988) * M.Lakshmanan & N.V.Madhusudhana (1989) * G. Baskaran & A.K. Sood (1990) * Deepak Dhar & Deepak Mathur (1991) * Vikram Kumar & S.R.Shenoy (1992) * Krishna Gopal & Rajiah Simon (1993) * A.K. Raychaudhuri & Ashoke Sen (1994) * Mustansir Barma (1995) * Thanu Padmanabhan (1996) * B.K.Chakrabarti & A.Raychaudhuri (1997) * S.R.Das & A.M. Jayannavar (1998) * Sunil Mukhi & E.V. Sampathkumaran (1999) * Sriram Ramaswamy & Varun Sahni (2000) * Rahul Pandit (2001) * Avinash Anant Deshpande & Mohit Randeria (2002) * G. Ravindra Kumar & Biswarup Mukhopadhyay (2003) * Madan Rao (2004) * Sandip Trivedi (2005) * Atish Dabholkar & Sanjay Puri (2006) * Yashwant Gupta & Pinaki Majumdar (2007) * Raghunathan Srianand & Srikanth Sastry (2008) * Rajesh Gopakumar & Abhishek Dhar (2009)
All the branchesBiological Science * Chemical Science * Engineering Science * Mathematical Science * Medical Science * Physical Science * Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Satellites
Earth observationBhaskara Satellite series * IRS * Cartosat 1 * Cartosat 2 * Cartosat 2A * Cartosat 3 * Oceansat-2
CommunicationIndian National Satellite System * GSAT-1 * GSAT-2 * GSAT-3 * GSAT-4 * KALPANA-1
Space observatoryAryabhata * Astrosat
Global positioningIndian Regional Navigational Satellite System
Extraterrestrial explorationAditya * Chandrayaan-1 * Chandrayaan-2 * Mars mission
Launch vehicle
fleet
Expendable launch systemSLV * ASLV * PSLV * GSLV * GSLV-Mk III
Reusable launch systemAVATAR RLV
Human spaceflight
programme
Technology demonstrationSRE-1 * SRE-2
Crew vehicleOrbital Vehicle * Indian Space Shuttle Program
Launch vehicleGSLV-IIH
Astronomy and
planetary sciences
ObservatoriesIndian Astronomical Observatory * Ooty Radio Telescope
InstitutionsNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory
Associated
organizations
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research * Raman Research Institute * Indian Institute of Astrophysics * Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics * Department of Space * Antrix Corporation * Aerospace Command * Defence Research and Development Organisation * IIST
People
AstronautsRakesh Sharma * Ravish Malhotra
ScientistsHomi Jehangir Bhabha * Vikram Sarabhai * Satish Dhawan * Raja Ramanna * Abdul Kalam * Udipi Ramachandra Rao * K. Kasturirangan * G. Madhavan Nair * Mylswamy Annadurai * B. N. Suresh * K. Radhakrishnan
Other
Bhuvan



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