Major Inventions and Achievements of Scientist Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Sarabhai Inventions: Vikram Sarabhai is considered the father of India's space program. He is popular across the country for establishing the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), which was renamed later as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Let's explore Vikram Sarabhai key achievements and inventions.

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Major Achievements, Innovations and Inventions by Scientist Vikram Sarabhai

• Sarabhai earned his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, England. After moving to India during World War II.

• He did research in cosmic rays under physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

•  In 1945 he returned to Cambridge to pursue a doctorate and wrote a thesis, “Cosmic Ray Investigations in Tropical Latitudes,” in 1947. 

• He founded the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmadabad on his return to India.

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From L to R: Dr. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Dr. Homi J Bhabha, Sir C.V. Raman and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

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• He also established Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association in 1947.

•  Sarabhai is also the man behind setting up the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad in 1962.

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• Vikram Sarabhai established Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in 1962 which was renamed later the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). 

• He should be majorly credited for setting up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in southern India.

• In 1966, Dr Sarabhai took charge as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India after the death of physicist Homi Bhabha. 

• He is the face behind foundations for developing India’s indigenous nuclear technology for defence.

• Vikram Sarabhai worked immensely to launch India's first satellite, Aryabhata.

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