Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
President of the Physics section, Indian Science Congress (1962) President of the General Conference of the I.A.E.A., Vienna (1970) Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India (1966–1971) Vice-President, Fourth UN Conference on 'Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy' (1971) Founder and Chairman (1963–1971), Space Applications Centre
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2. Personal life of Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
Son of Ambalal Sarabhai, he came from the famous Sarabhai family of India who were major industrialists committed to the Indian independence movement. Vikram Sarabhai married the classical dancer Mrinalini in 1942. The couple had two children. His daughter Mallika gained prominence as an actress and activist, and his son Kartikeya too became an active person in science.
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