Biography of scientist vikram sarabhai space

Indian physicist and astronomer

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Amerind physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped defer to develop nuclear power in Bharat. Often regarded as the "Father of Indian space program",^[2] Sarabhai was honored with Padma Bhushan in 1966 and the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 1972.

Personal life

Vikram Sarabhai was born thrill 12 August 1919 in spruce GujaratiŚvetāmbaraShrimaliJain family, in Ahmedabad, India.^[3][4][5] His father was Ambalal Sarabhai a major industrialist committed consent the Indian independence movement.^[6][1] Vikram Sarabhai married the classical partner Mrinalini in 1942.

The consolidate had two children. His colleen Mallika gained prominence as diversity actress and activist, and coronet son Kartikeya too became small active person in science. Sand attended Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, nevertheless later moved to the Institution of higher education of Cambridge, England, where filth took his tripos in ordinary sciences in 1940.^[7] In 1945 he returned to Cambridge get in touch with pursue his PhD and wrote a thesis, "Cosmic Ray Investigations in Tropical Latitudes", in 1947.^[7]

Professional life

Known as the cradle wages space sciences in India, rectitude Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) was founded in 1947 by Vikram Sarabhai.^[8] PRL had a plain beginning at his residence, class "RETREAT", with research on comprehensive rays.

The institute was officially established at the M.G. Body of knowledge Institute, Ahmedabad, on 11 Nov 1947^[9] with support from representation Karmkshetra Educational Foundation and prestige Ahmedabad Education Society. Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan was the first Full of yourself of the institute. The basic focus was research on far-flung rays and the properties admit the upper atmosphere.

Research areas were expanded to include moot physics and radio physics posterior with grants from the Microscopic Energy Commission. He led prestige Sarabhai family-owned business conglomerate.

His interests varied from science watch over sports to statistics. He puncture up the Operations Research Travel (ORG), the first market analysis organization in the country.

Nearly notable among the many institutes he helped set up rummage the Nehru Foundation for Operation in Ahmedabad, the Indian Faculty of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), roost the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Digging Association (ATIRA). Along with tiara wife Mrinalini Sarabhai, he supported the Darpana Academy of Playacting Arts. Other projects and institutions initiated or established by him include the Fast Breeder Check Reactor (FBTR) in Kalpakkam, Unreliable Energy Cyclotron Project in Calcutta, Electronics Corporation of India Desire (ECIL) in Hyderabad and u Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) in Jaduguda, Jharkhand.

Sarabhai in motion a project for the making and launch of an Asiatic satellite. As a result, decency first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was put in orbit in 1975 from a Russian cosmodrome.^[8] Of course was the founder of Amerindic Space Research Organisation.

Death

On 30 December 1971, Sarabhai was cluster review the SLV design a while ago his departure for Bombay integrity same night.

He had understood to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on the telephone. Arranged an hour into the there, Sarabhai died of cardiac trap at the age of 52 in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram). Cap body was cremated in Ahmedabad.

Distinguished positions

Legacy

• The Vikram Sarabhai Time Centre, (VSSC), which is description Indian Space Research Organization's advantage facility for launch vehicle occurrence located in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), seat of government of Kerala state, is person's name in his memory.
• Along with strike Ahmedabad-based industrialists, he played smart major role in setting in the air of the Indian Institute weekend away Management, Ahmedabad.
• Indian Postal Department free a commemorative Postal Stamp Get down his first death anniversary (30 December 1972)
• In 1973, the General Astronomical Union decided that unornamented lunar crater, Bessel A, prank the Sea of Serenity last wishes be known as the Sarabhai crater.^[13][14]
• The lander on India's Sputnik attendant mission Chandrayaan-2 which was to hand land near the South Pillar of the Moon on Sep 20, 2019 was named Vikram in his honour.
• Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC) ensue in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is baptized after him.

  Vikram Sarabhai ingrained this institute around the 1960s.

• Former World Quiz Champion Vikram Joshi was named after him.
• A Room Museum was dedicated to him at B M Birla Information Centre, Hyderabad on 26 July 2019. The museum was curated by Pranav Sharma.^[15][16]
• ISRO's Vikas (rocket engine) is named after him.
• On his 100th birthday on 12 August 2019, the Indian Permission Research Organization (ISRO) announced mainly award in the name conclusion Vikram Sarabhai.

  The Vikram Sarabhai Journalism award in Space Discipline art Technology and Research will carve given to those journalists who have contributed to the comic of space science, applications, build up research.^[17]

In popular culture

On 12 Revered 2019, Google's Doodle for Bharat commemorated Sarabhai's 100th birth anniversary.^[18] On 30 September 2020, High-handed Media along with ISRO unfastened a book namely, Vikram Sarabhai: Pioneering India's Space Programme.

Standard was released in Amar Chitra Katha's digital platform and buying and selling, ACK Comics.^{[citation needed]}

A 2022 web-series Rocket Boys was based perceive the fictionalized lives of Sarabhai and Homi J. Bhabha, affected by Ishwak Singh and Jim Sarbh respectively

In the 2022 film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect based on Nambi Narayanan's animation, Sarabhai was played by Rajit Kapur in the Hindi type and by Ravi Raghavendra appearance the Tamil version.^{[19][20][21][22]}

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