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138. Vikram Sarabhai’s Legacy (with Padmanabh K Joshi and Divya Arora)
The Man Who Taught Us to Dream
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Known as the Father of India’s Space Programme, Vikram Sarabhai’s interests included space and nuclear energy, architecture, industry and business, institution building, management development, art, music, and theatre. He was a scientist and entrepreneur, an educator, and a businessman. When he passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 52, he left behind a legacy few can match, having set up internationally reputed institutions and organisations that have made India proud and put us on the world map.
In this episode of BIC Talks, Dr. Padmanabh K Joshi, who heads the Vikram Sarabhai Archives at the Nehru Foundation for Development, Ahmedabad and author & publisher Divya Arora, discuss the towering personality of Dr.Sarabhai and share various anecdotes, from Dr.Joshi’s personal interaction with him as a young man and information nuggets to piece together a fuller image of the person. They have jointly authored the book, Vikram Sarabhai India’s Space Pioneer– an illustrated biography for Dr. Sarabhai’s birth centenary in 2019, which is testament to their mutual admiration and love for Dr. Sarabhai and his work.
Visitors to Ahmedabad, do note that Dr. Joshi’s doors are always open to anyone curious about the archives and he has extended an open invitation to lead one into the world of Dr. Sarabhai, along with a cup of tea.
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Speakers
Padmanabh K Joshi
Dr. Padmanabh K Joshi heads the Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Archives at the Nehru Foundation for Development in Ahmedabad. He completed his postgraduate and Doctoral studies in Political Science from Gujarat University. His doctoral thesis was also on Dr. Sarabhai. His areas of interest include leadership, institution-building and management of scientific organisations.
Divya Arora
Divya Arora is a publisher and a bookseller. Educated at Welham Girls’ School, Dehra Dun, Lady Shri Ram College For Women, Delhi, Sophia College, Mumbai and the London School of Economics, Divya was nominated in 2009 for the Young Publishers’ Entrepreneur Award. In 2013, she received the prestigious Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Scholarship at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Divya has a keen interest in art and design. She lives in New Delhi with her husband, Dhiraj Nayyar and their dog Dali.
