1. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Dr. vikram sarabhai Biodata
Awards and Honours
Dr. Sarabhai was considered
As the Father of the Indian space
program; he was a great institution
builder and established or helped of
institutions in diverse fields.
2. He was also Chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission. He along with other Ahmedabad
based industrialists played a major role in the
creation of the Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad.
Some of the most well known institutions
established by Dr. Sarabhai are:
3. 1. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Physical
Research Laboratory (PRL) Ahmedabad
2. Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Ahmedabad
3. Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad
4. Darpan Academy for performing Arts, Ahmedabad
(This with his wife )
5. Vikram Sarabhai Space centre, Thiruvanthapuram
6. Space Applications centre, Ahmedabad (This
institution came into existence after merging six
institutions /centre established by sarabhai)
4. Dr. Sarabhai stated a project for the
fabrication and launch of an Indian Satellite.
As a result. The first Indian satellite,
Aryabhata, was put in orbit in 1975 from a
Russian Cosmodrome.
Dr. Sarabhai was very interested
in science education and founded a
community science Centre at Ahmadabad in
1966. today, the centre is called the Vikram A
Sarabhai Community Science Centre
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