Famous People with Name Vikram

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai: was an Indian physicist. He is considered to be the Father of the Indian space program.Sarabhai matriculated from the Gujarat College in Ahmedabad after passing the Intermediate Science examination. After that he moved to England and joined the St. John's College, University of Cambridge. He received the Tripos in Natural Sciences from Cambridge in 1940. With the escalation of the Second World War, Sarabhai returned to India and joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and began research in cosmic rays under the guidance of Sir C. V. Raman, a Nobel Prize winner. He returned to Cambridge after the war in 1945 and was awarded a PhD degree in 1947 for his thesis titled Cosmic Ray investigation in Tropical Latitudes.

Vikram Seth            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Seth: is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.Seth is now best known for his novels, though he has characterised himself as a poet first and novelist second. He has published five volumes of poetry. Hi

Vikram Pandit            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Pandit: is the CEO of Citigroup.Pandit completed his schooling at the Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School in Dadar, Mumbai. He moved to the United States when he was sixteen to study at Columbia University. He received B.S. , M.S. in electrical engineering a

Vikram Vishnu Pillay            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Vishnu Pillay: is a field hockey midfielder from India who lives in Mumbai. He made is international debut for the Men's National Team in 2002 during a four nation tournament in Adelaide, South Australia. Pillay represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Vikram Chatwal            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Chatwal: is an American hotelier. In April 1999, at the age of 28, he created Vikram Chatwal Hotels, an independent hotel group of nine luxury hotels in five cities. The flagship hotel in the group is Dream Hotel.Chatwal had a reputation as a wealthy Manhattan socialite and playboy, having dated celebrities such as Kate Moss. He was named as one of the world's most eligible bachelors by the magazine Radar and a BBC TV program. Chatwal was the first Sikh in a leading role, as 'Nishan' in the movie One Dollar Curry.[citation needed]