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Vikram Sarabhai, the Glossary

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.^[1]

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. Vikram Sarabhai and a. P. J. Abdul Kalam are Indian Space Research Organisation people and Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering.

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Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad (is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per the 2011 population census) makes it the fifth-most populous city in India, and the encompassing urban agglomeration population estimated at 6,357,693 is the seventh-most populous in India.

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Ahmedabad Education Society

Ahmadabad Education Society is a premier educational trust, which has founded many schools and colleges in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association

The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (commonly known as ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research located in the Navarangpura area of Ahmedabad, India.

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Amar Chitra Katha

Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) is an Indian comic book publisher, based in Mumbai, India.

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Ambalal Sarabhai

Ambalal Sarabhai (23 February 1890 – 13 July 1967) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder, and supporter of Mahatma Gandhi. Vikram Sarabhai and Ambalal Sarabhai are Gujarati people and Sarabhai family.

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Antonín Rükl

Antonín Rükl (September 22, 1932 – July 12, 2016) was a Czech astronomer, cartographer, and author.

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Aryabhata (satellite)

Aryabhata was India's first satellite,"Aryabhata" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Atomic Energy Commission of India

The Atomic Energy Commission of India is the governing body of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Birla Science Museum

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Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay.

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C. V. Raman

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Vikram Sarabhai and C. V. Raman are 20th-century Indian physicists.

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation

The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the statutory head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Vikram Sarabhai and Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation are Indian Space Research Organisation people and space programme of India.

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Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 (from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after Chandrayaan-1.

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Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.

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Darpana Academy of Performing Arts

Darpana Academy of Performing Arts is a school for performing arts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, established by Mrinalini Sarabhai and Vikram Sarabhai in 1949, it has been directed by their daughter Mallika Sarabhai for the last three decades.

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Department of Space

The Department of Space (DoS) is an Indian government department responsible for administration of the Indian space programme. Vikram Sarabhai and department of Space are space programme of India.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Electronics Corporation of India Limited

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL; ईलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कॉर्पोरेशन ऑफ ईन्डिया लिमिटेड (ईसीआईएल)) is a Public Sector Enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy, established on 11 April 1967 by A.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Google Doodle

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and historical figures.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Gujarat College

Gujarat Arts & Science College, popularly and previously known as Gujarat College, is one of the oldest educational institutions of India and the second arts and science college of Gujarat, near Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad.

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Halcyon Castle

Halcyon Castle (now called The Kovalam Palace) was built in 1932 in the princely state of Travancore, in the modern-day state of Kerala, India.

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Homi J. Bhabha

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FNI, FASc, FRS(30 October 1909 to 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme". Vikram Sarabhai and Homi J. Bhabha are 20th-century Indian physicists and Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering.

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Homi Sethna

Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (24 August 1923 – 5 September 2010) was an Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, gaining international fame as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (India) during the time when the first nuclear test, codename Smiling Buddha in Pokhran Test Range in 1974 was conducted. Vikram Sarabhai and Homi Sethna are 20th-century Indian physicists.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.

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Indian National Committee for Space Research

The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was established by India's first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 1962, on the suggestion of the scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, recognising the need in space research. Vikram Sarabhai and Indian National Committee for Space Research are space programme of India.

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Indian Science Congress Association

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

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Ishwak Singh

Ishwak Singh(born 18 November 1989) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi-language television series.

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ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national '''space agency'''. Vikram Sarabhai and ISRO are space programme of India.

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Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India.

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Jim Sarbh

Jim Sarbh (born 27 August 1987) is an Indian actor known for his work in films and stage productions.

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K. R. Ramanathan

Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan (28 February 189331 December 1984) was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. Vikram Sarabhai and K. R. Ramanathan are 20th-century Indian physicists, Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering, Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering and space programme of India.

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Kalpakkam

Kalpakkam is a township in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai.

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Kartikeya Sarabhai

Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai (born 27 November 1947) is one of the world's leading environmental educators and a dedicated community builder. Vikram Sarabhai and Kartikeya Sarabhai are Sarabhai family.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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M. G. K. Menon

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon (28 August 1928 – 22 November 2016) also known as M. G. K. Menon, was a physicist and policy maker from India. Vikram Sarabhai and m. G. K. Menon are 20th-century Indian physicists.

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Mallika Sarabhai

Mallika Sarabhai is an activist and Indian classical dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Vikram Sarabhai and Mallika Sarabhai are Sarabhai family.

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Mare Serenitatis

Mare Serenitatis (Latin serēnitātis, the "Sea of Serenity") is a lunar mare located to the east of Mare Imbrium on the Moon.

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Mrinalini Sarabhai

Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. Vikram Sarabhai and Mrinalini Sarabhai are Sarabhai family.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Nambi Narayanan

Nambi Narayanan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian aerospace scientist who worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Vikram Sarabhai and Nambi Narayanan are Indian Space Research Organisation people and Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nehru Foundation for Development

Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) is a charitable trust dedicated to rural development and environment awareness.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity.

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Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.

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Padma Vibhushan

The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna.

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Physical property

A physical property is any property of a physical system that is measurable.

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Physical Research Laboratory

The Physical Research Laboratory (PRL; Hindi: भौतिक अनुसंधान प्रयोगशाला, IAST: Bhoutik Anusandhan Prayogashala) is a National Research Institute for space and allied sciences, supported mainly by Department of Space, Government of India. Vikram Sarabhai and Physical Research Laboratory are space programme of India.

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Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.

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Radiophysics

Radiophysics (also modern writing radio physics) is a branch of physics focused on the theoretical and experimental study of certain kinds of radiation, its emission, propagation and interaction with matter.

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Rajit Kapur

Rajit Kapur (born 27 August 1960) is an Indian film and theatre actor and director.

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Ravi Raghavendra

Ravichander Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films and television serials.

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Rocket Boys (web series)

Rocket Boys is an Indian Hindi-language biographical streaming television series on SonyLIV based on the lives of Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.

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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is a 2022 Indian biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by R. Madhavan in his directorial debut.

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Sarabhai (crater)

Sarabhai is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon.

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Space Applications Centre

Space Applications Centre (SAC) is an institution of research in Ahmedabad under the aegis of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Vikram Sarabhai and Space Applications Centre are space programme of India.

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Space research

Space research is scientific study carried out in outer space, and by studying outer space.

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Spaceport

A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft.

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Theoretical physics

Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict natural phenomena.

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Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, commonly shortened to TVM or known by its former name Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Tripos

A Tripos (plural 'Triposes') is an academic examination that originated at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Vikram Sarabhai and Udupi Ramachandra Rao are 20th-century Indian physicists, Indian Space Research Organisation people, Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering, Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering and space programme of India.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Upper atmosphere

Upper atmosphere is a collective term that refers to various layers of the atmosphere of the Earth above the troposphere and corresponding regions of the atmospheres of other planets, and includes.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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Vikas (rocket engine)

The Vikas (a portmanteau from initials of '''''VIK'''''ram '''''A'''''mbalal '''''S'''''arabhai) is a family of hypergolic liquid fuelled rocket engines conceptualized and designed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in the 1970s.

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Vikram Joshi

Vikram Joshi (2 February 1977 – 14 April 2018) was an Indian quizzer and quizmaster who won the World Quizzing Championship (WQC) 2014.

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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. Vikram Sarabhai and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre are space programme of India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai

Also known as Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai.

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Experiments in Art and Technology collaborating artists

Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering

Sarabhai family

Scientists from Ahmedabad

References