Google celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of scientist and innovator Vikram Sarabhai, with a doodle.
About:
Born in Ahmedabad in 1919, Dr. Sarabhai earned his doctorate at Cambridge.
He founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad in 1947.
He is considered as the father of India's space program.
After Russia's Sputnik launch, he managed to convince the Indian government on the need for India, a developing country, to have its own space program.
He established the Indian National Committee for Space Research in 1962, which was later renamed the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
He helped set up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, with its inaugural flight in 1963.
He had worked on India's first satellite, Aryabhata, but he never lived to see its launch in 1975, which happened four years after his death.
Other institutions founded: Apart from ISRO and PRL, he pioneered the setting up of several institutions, such as the –
Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad,
Community Science Centre, and
Darpan Academy for Performing Arts (which he set up with his wife Mrinalini, a renowned dancer).
Awards and honours:
He received the Padma Bhushan in 1966 and was conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 1972.
In 1973, a crater on the moon was named after him.
Dear Student,
You have still not entered your mailing address. Please enter the address where all the study materials will be sent to you. (If applicable).
