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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.
Her work includes a pioneering series of articles on Mumbai's organised crime, a biography of the father of the Indian space program Vikram Sarabhai, a study of India's emerging politics through an urban framing in a contemporary history of the city of Ahmedabad, and a book on the impact of television in India.
Vikram Sarabhai: Personal details; Born () 30 ... was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme".
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.
Kartikeya Sarabhai was born in Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad, is the grandson of industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai. His father, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, is widely regarded as the father of India's space programme. Both his mother, Mrinalini Sarabhai, and his sister, Mallika Sarabhai, are Bharatanatyam dancers and social activists.
Ambalal Sarabhai – Sarabhai group of Companies [40] Binod Sethi – a businessman who founded the Reliable Products Ltd and social worker, philanthropist [41] Jagat Seth – India's richest man during Mughals and British Rule [42] [43] [44] Sahu Todar – supervisor of the royal mint at Agra during the rule of Akbar [45]
[20] [21] He also served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram and [22] Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. [23] He was associated with the PSLV project and was the project director of GSLV Mk III in 2010. In his tenure in 2023, India successfully launched Chandrayan-3 and successfully ...
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 ]