ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai had brought cable TV to India

Regarded as the Father of Indian space program, Vikram Sarabhai founded ISRO in 1969, while also spearheading the launch of India's first satellite Aryabhata. As a result of Dr Sarabhai's dialogue with NASA in 1966, the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) was launched in 1975, bringing cable television to rural India. The Padma Vibhushan-awardee passed away on December 30, 1971.