Remembering the Father of India’s Space Research Program, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, on his birth anniversary. His visionary leadership laid the foundation for ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation remarkable achievements in space exploration and scientific research, inspiring generations to reach for the stars.
Vikram Sarabhai (born August 12, 1919, Ahmadabad, India—died December 30, 1971, Kovalam) was an Indian physicist and industrialist who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India.
Sarabhai was born into a family of industrialists. He attended Gujarat College, Ahmadabad, but later shifted to the University of Cambridge, England, where he took his tripos in natural sciences in 1940. World War II forced him to return to India, where he undertook research in cosmic rays under physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Bengaluru). In 1945 he returned to Cambridge to pursue a doctorate and wrote a thesis, “Cosmic Ray Investigations in Tropical Latitudes,” in 1947. He founded the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmadabad on his return to India. What an inspiration! His legacy continues to reach for the stars .
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