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Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India. 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.
The Sarabhai family is a prominent Indian family active in several fields. The patriarch, Ambalal Sarabhai, was a leading industrialist.While he created significant wealth, his children interested themselves in a wide variety of other endeavours, and the family is better known for those activities, rather than for their industrial enterprise.
Sarabhai vs Sarabhai portrays the lives of the Sarabhais, a quintessential upper-class Gujarati family living in the upmarket neighbourhood of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai. The matriarch of the family is Maya, a snobbish woman who always tries to maintain her high-society status. Her husband, Indravadan, is an indolent, insensitive and ...
Ambalal Sarabhai (23 February 1890 – 13 July 1967) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder, and supporter of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born in a Śvetāmbara Jain and Shrimali family. [ 1 ]
Sarabhai is a surname, and may refer to: Ambalal Sarabhai (1890–1967), Indian industrialist; Anasuya Sarabhai (1885–1972), Indian women's labour movement pioneer; Gautam Sarabhai (1917–1995), industrialist and businessman; Gira Sarabhai (1923–2021), Indian architect and designer; Gita Sarabhai (1922–2011), Indian musician
Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts , an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad . [ 2 ]
The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was founded in 1962 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairperson which in 1969 became ISRO. [3] In 1972, government of India had set up a space commission and DOS and brought ISRO under DOS.
Sarabhai is the editor-in-chief of the Journal on Education for Sustainable Development (JESD) [9] He has recently written a book 'Observing Nature in an Urban Forest' [10] A visually engaging publication in which Kartikeya V. Sarabhai shared his observations and photographs of nature and the rich birdlife in the verdant urban estate created by his grandfather Ambalal Sarabhai more than a ...