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Vikram Sarabhai born on this day 1919

By Gurbir Dated: August 12, 2019 Leave a Comment

Google commemorates 100th birth anniversary of Vikram Sarabhai

Widely regarded as the father of India’s Space programme, today marks the birth centenary of Vikram Sarabhai. India and ISRO will be marking this day with events in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Google marked the day with a doodle.

A few interesting facts I came across during my research for the book The Indian Space Programme:

  • 1930 – He accompanied Gandhi on his Salt March to Dandi
  • 1935 – Got a letter of introduction to Uni of Cambridge from Rabindranath Tagore
  • 1942 – Married Mrinalini Swaminathan during a very low key ceremony at her home in Bangalore.
  • 1947 – Completed his PhD viva in Manchester England under scrutiny Nobel laureate Professor Patrick Blackett
  • 1950s Praful Bhavsar and UR Rao completed their PhD under Sarabhai
  • 1961 – Wrote to the Government of India proposing a space satellite programme for India
  • 1966 – When Bhabha suddenly, Sarabiz took over as Chairman of the DAE and secretary at the AEC, his first goal was to steer India away from Bhabha’s vision of an India with a nuclear bomb
  • 1969 – He signed the MoU with NASA Administrator to initiate the SITE programme which brought satellite TV in 1975 to rural villages in India

Chapter 7 in my book is on Vikram Sarabhai. The best-researched book about his life and work is – Vikram Sarabhai: A life by Amrita Shah.

Vikram Sarabhai Letter of recommendation for University of Cambridge

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