Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 august 1919 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Vikram Sarabhai's family was into the textile industry. After he completed his intermediate examinations in Gujarat, he then went to England for higher studies. When he came back to India, he joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore to research on cosmic rays.
In 1945, he went back to Cambridge to research on cosmic rays. He earned his Ph.D. for his thesis "Cosmic Ray investigations in tropical latitudes" Later, in 1961, he returned to India and started the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad along with businessman Kasturghai Lalbhai. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was the first Chairman of the Space Research Center (INCOSPAR). In 1969, INCOSPAR was renamed as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was the first person to bring cable TV to India in 1975. He contacts NASA for the establishment of the Satellite instructional television Experiment (SITE). With the governments' support, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai invented the first rocket launch station in India. The center was established in Thumba near Thiruvanathapuram of the Arabian Sea, mainly due to its proximity to the equator. He began a project for the manufacture and launch of an Indian satellite. In 1975, as a result, the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was put into orbit from a Russian Cosmodrome.
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was interested in science education and founded a Community Science Center in Ahmedabad in 1966. Currently, the Center is called Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Center. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai came from the famous Sarabhai family of India, to the Indian independence movement. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is known as the cradle of space science in India, and the Physical Research Laboratory was founded in 1947 by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 august 1919 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Vikram Sarabhai's family was into the textile industry. After he completed his intermediate examinations in Gujarat, he then went to England for higher studies. When he came back to India, he joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore to research on cosmic rays.
In 1945, he went back to Cambridge to research on cosmic rays. He earned his Ph.D. for his thesis "Cosmic Ray investigations in tropical latitudes" Later, in 1961, he returned to India and started the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad along with businessman Kasturghai Lalbhai. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was the first Chairman of the Space Research Center (INCOSPAR). In 1969, INCOSPAR was renamed as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was the first person to bring cable TV to India in 1975. He contacts NASA for the establishment of the Satellite instructional television Experiment (SITE). With the governments' support, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai invented the first rocket launch station in India. The center was established in Thumba near Thiruvanathapuram of the Arabian Sea, mainly due to its proximity to the equator. He began a project for the manufacture and launch of an Indian satellite. In 1975, as a result, the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was put into orbit from a Russian Cosmodrome.
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was interested in science education and founded a Community Science Center in Ahmedabad in 1966. Currently, the Center is called Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Center. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai came from the famous Sarabhai family of India, to the Indian independence movement. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is known as the cradle of space science in India, and the Physical Research Laboratory was founded in 1947 by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
