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    Vikram Sarabhai was known as the Father of the Indian Space Program and contributed to developing nuclear power and space programs in India, founding research institutes and helping bring television to India. He helped develop India's first satellite and received several honors for his scientific work before his early death while working to establish a rocket launching station.

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    Vikram Sarabhai was known as the Father of the Indian Space Program and contributed to developing nuclear power and space programs in India, founding research institutes and helping bring television to India. He helped develop India's first satellite and received several honors for his scientific work before his early death while working to establish a rocket launching station.

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    Vikram Sarabhai was known as the Father of the Indian Space Program and contributed to developing nuclear power and space programs in India, founding research institutes and helping bring television to India. He helped develop India's first satellite and received several honors for his scientific work before his early death while working to establish a rocket launching station.

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    Vikram Sarabhai was known as the Father of the Indian Space Program and contributed to developing nuclear power and space programs in India, founding research institutes and helping bring television to India. He helped develop India's first satellite and received several honors for his scientific work before his early death while working to establish a rocket launching station.

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    Vikram Sarabhai

     He is known as the Father of the Indian Space Program and


    majorly contributed in the development of nuclear power in India.

    H

    e founded his own research institute, the Physics Research


    Laboratory (PRL), researching on cosmic rays, theoretical physics
    and radio physics.
     He was one of the founding members of IIM-Ahmedabad, one of
    the most successful institutes of education in India.
     The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, an ISRO facility for launch
    vehicle development, was named so to commemorate him.
     His family was known for their social work for the underprivileged
    in society
     He helped bring television to India due to his consistent
    communication with NASA. He, along with NASA’s help, set up the
    Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in 1975.
     India’s first satellite, Aryabhata was mainly developed by him.
     He
    was

    awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1966 and posthumously awarded


    the Padma Vibhushan in 1972.
     Apart from the science field, he contributed to the economic
    sector as well. He founded the Operations Research Group (ORG),
    the first market research organisation in India.
     He was the vice president for the fourth UN peace conference in
    1979, regarding ‘Peaceful uses of atomic energy’
     He died also while contributing to the science field, when he was
    going to Thiruvananthapuram to set up the Thumba Equatorial
    Rocket Launching Station.

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