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Vikram Sarabhai -Father of India's space programme
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who can listen to the music in the midst of noise can achieve great things. – Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai.
Vikram
Ambalal Sarabhai (1919-1971) was an Indian physicist, acclaimed as the father
of India's space programme. He was also called the "Renaissance man".
He established the Physical Research Laboratory in 1947. The Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre, (VSSC), is the Indian Space Research Organization's, facility to
launch vehicle development which is named after him. He was also Chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission. He was decorated with India's two civilian awards
of Padma Bhushan in 1966 and the Padma Vibhushan posthumous (after-death).
Space Science Day is observed in India every year on 12 August. - Wikiquote
