Vikram Sarabhai
1. Born on 12th August 1919, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. Born into a rich family, father owned many textile mills in Gujarat
3. Many leaders of the Indian freedom struggle used to frequent his house like Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore.
4. He went to England for higher studies at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge
5. Due to WWII he came back to India and joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore along with C V Raman.
6. Once the war was over, he went back to England and completed his PhD in 1947
7. Vikram Sarabhai married Mrinalini Sarabhai. He got married in Chennai. His daughter Mallika Sarabhai is a renowned dancer.
8. He founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad on November 11, 1947.
9. ISRO was established by him and he was supported Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha who is regarded as the father of India’s nuclear science programme.
10. ISRO was set up near Thumba in Kerala, Trivandrum
11. The inaugural flight was launched on November 21, 1963 - Sodium Vapour payload.
12. With the help of NASA, he set up the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) which brought education in 2,400 Indian villages.
13. He was the force behind the first Indian Satellite Aryabhata in 1975.
14. He was interested in the study of Cosmic Rays
15. He was instrumental in establishing the IIM’s - world-class centre for management studies
16. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
17. Padma Bhushan
18. Padma Vibhushan
19. VSSC - Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Trivandrum is named after his memory
20. He died on 30th December 1971 at Kovalam, Trivandrum due to ill-health
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