No great importance is to be given to mere experience. - Vikram Sarabhai

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No great importance is to be given to mere experience.

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About Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (Gujarati: વિક્રમ અંબાલાલ સારાભાઇ) (August 12, 1919 – December 30, 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.

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Native Name: विक्रम साराभाई
Alternative Names: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Jain
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