Today is Jayanti of Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space program, regarded as one of the greatest scientists of modern India. And who also made a signficant contribution to the nuclear program. Founder of IIM Ahmedabad and a whole lot of institutions.

Vikram Sarabhai was born on August 12, 1919, to Ambalal Sarabhai, a well known textile industrialist in Ahmedabad, and Sarala Devi. It was an auspicious day of Garuda Panchami. #VikramSarabhai

Vikram Sarabhai was born on August 12, 1919, to Ambalal Sarabhai, a well known textile industrialist in Ahmedabad, and Sarala Devi. It was an auspicious day of Garuda Panchami.

When the Sarabhais wanted to educate their children, they were not satisfied with the existing schooling system. And so they set up a school at home, hired some of the best teachers for both science and arts.