Dr.Vikram Sarabhai
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| Awards |
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1962) |
| Padma Bhushan (1966) |
| Padma Vibhushan, posthumous (after-death) (1972) |
| Distinguished Positions |
| President of the Physics section, Indian Science Congress (1962) |
| President of the General Conference of the I.A.E.A., Verína (1970) |
| Vice-President, Fourth U.N. Conference on 'Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy' (1971) |
| Honors |
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, (VSSC), a research institute specialising in solid and liquid propellants for rockets located in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), capital of Kerala state, is named in his memory.
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In 1974, the International Astronomical Union at Sydney decided that a Moon Crater BESSEL in the Sea of Serenity will be known as the Dr. Sarabhai Crater.
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