About the Book: Vikram Sarabhai: A Life
Vikram Sarabhai (1919-71), the renaissance man of Indian science, thought up the
impossible and often made it happen. Founder of Indias space programme (ISRO),
Vikram dreamed of communication satellites that would educate people at a time
when even a modest rocket programme seemed daring; of huge agricultural
complexes serviced by atomic power and desalinated sea water. He envisioned
research technology that would free Indian industry from foreign dependence, and
of a world-class management college that would train managers for the public
sector. Between 1947 and 1971, he built a thriving pharmaceutical business,
conducted research into cosmic rays, headed the Atomic Energy