It was Vikram Sarabhai’s efforts that brought television to India. His consistent communication with NASA formed the base for Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in 1975
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- Vikram Sarabhai was considered the Father of Indian Space Programme.
- The INCOSPAR was restructured and renamed as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1969. Sarabhai took over an advisory role in ISRO as well.
- India’s first satellite, Aryabhata was his brainchild.
- Vikram Sarabhai received the Padma Bhushan in 1966 for his contribution to India’s progress. He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1972, posthumously.
It was Vikram Sarabhai’s efforts that brought television to India. His consistent communication with NASA formed the base for Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in 1975.
- On his first death anniversary, the Indian Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp to honour Sarabhai.
- He was one of the founding members for Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, in 1961 along with Kasturbhai Lalbhai. This was the second IIM to be established in the nation.
- He was the man behind the genesis of Operations Research Group (ORG) which was the first market research organization in India.
- He was the vice president for the fourth UN peace conference organised in 1971. The topic of concern in this issue was ‘Peaceful uses of atomic energy.’
- He completed his PhD in ‘Cosmic ray investigations in tropical latitudes’ under the Doctoral Advisory of Sir C. V. Raman.
- He died due to a heart attack on 30 December 1971 at Halcyon Castle, Kovalam, Kerala. It is said that he was visiting Thiruvananthapuram to lay the foundation stone in Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
