Who among the following was the founder of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ?
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is regarded as the father of the Indian space programme; he set up the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in 1962 and founded ISRO on 15 August 1969.
He also established the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station near Thiruvananthapuram, and the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is named after him.
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha led India's nuclear programme, Dr. Satish Dhawan was a later ISRO chairman, and Prof. U.R. Rao led the Aryabhata satellite project and also served as ISRO chairman.
Hence, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
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