Amrita Shah
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Vikram Sarabhai: A Life
- IDEA 1
Born into a reforming Ahmedabad family
Shah describes Vikram Sarabhai's childhood in a wealthy family of Ahmedabad mill owners who supported the freedom movement and modern education. Their home was full of visitors, ideas and experiments, which encouraged his curiosity from an early age.
- IDEA 2
Cosmic rays started his science career
Sarabhai studied physics at Cambridge and then researched cosmic rays in India, working at the Indian Institute of Science under C. V. Raman. Shah shows how this work gave him a scientific base and contacts that later helped him build institutions.
- IDEA 3
He built the Physical Research Laboratory
In 1947 Sarabhai founded the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, often called the cradle of India's space science. Shah describes how he used family resources and public support to create a place where young Indian scientists could do serious research.
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