Rakesh Sharma
- January 4, 2024
- Astronaut
Quick Facts
Rakesh Sharma Biography
| Name | Rakesh Sharma |
| Birthday | Jan 13 |
| Birth Year | 1949 |
| Place Of Birth | India |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | Madhu Sharma (m. 1982) |
| Children(s) | Kapil Sharma, Mansi Sharma |
Rakesh Sharma is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on January 13, 1949 in India, India. As part of the Intercosmos program, he became the first Indian in space and flew aboard the Soyuz T-11.
He had a conversation with then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi while in space.
After quitting Star in 1997, Rakesh took up large production consultancy and TV channel launch/ relaunch projects. These included the mega Polls’98 results show (72 hours live, DD1 and DD2; last of the ‘manual count’ elections) as the Executive Producer in charge of the show. A joint venture between Prasar Bharti and India Today group. Rakesh moved to Chennai in 1999 to relaunch Vijay TV now known as Star Vijay, a Tamil channel. The 8-month consultancy included finalizing programming strategy, channel re branding, commissioning fresh shows for the entire prime time band, recruitment and training of staff (Programming, in-house production, on-air promos etc). Rakesh finally quit broadcasting altogether in 2000 to return to film-making. It was while working on his first screenplay that he decided to accompany a friend to Kutch for relief work following the Jan 2001 approach, triggering his accidental return to documentary film-making with Aftershocks, initially planned as an advocacy video cum field report to pressurize GMDC and Gujarat government into releasing relief and compensation money. Aftershocks was premiered at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Feb 2002, where it won the Best Documentary award.
Rakesh Sharma returned to documentary film-making after a decade, with the multiple award winning film Aftershocks: The Rough Guide to Democracy, a subaltern re-examination of the Narmada debate (Development at whose cost? For whose benefit?). Set in Kutch’s lignite mining belt, the film probes democracy ‘from below’. The film travelled to over 120 international film festivals, in addition to several universities and academic conferences. 2002-2006: After finishing and releasing Final Solution, Rakesh worked full-time on making other versions (including the Gujarati version), DVD sales and self- distribution of the film to broadcasters, institutions and film festivals etc.
He married and had two children.
Rakesh Sharma Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Astronaut |
| House | Living in own house. |
Rakesh Sharma is one of the richest Astronaut from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rakesh Sharma 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a squadron leader with the Indian Air Force.
He was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union and went on to become a test pilot in India.
Rakesh gave up documentary film-making in 1992, as “projects funded by international broadcasters and agencies always came with strings attached, however benign and I had no interest in making commissioned sarkari films”. In 1992-93, following the Bombay riots in the aftermath of the Demolition of the Babri Masjid, Rakesh took a sabbatical from his career, to run a relief camp in Jogeshwari East (Jhoola Maidan, near Gandhi chawl, where the Bane family had been burnt alive inside their home). As a full-time Nivara Haqq volunteer for several months, Rakesh ran the camp and worked with both the communities on relief, rehab and preliminary legal work, incl filing FIRs and compensation claims etc. Rakesh then move to the corporate side of broadcasting for the next 7-8 years, before returning to self-financed, independent film-making in 2001-2.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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Who is Rakesh Sharma Dating?
According to our records, Rakesh Sharma married to Madhu Sharma (m. 1982). As of December 1, 2023, Rakesh Sharma’s is not dating anyone.
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In 2014 Rakesh released a number of video clips of Indian Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from his election speeches for the 2003 election. In these clips Modi appears to endorse the violence perpetrated against Muslims in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Rakesh stated that he were releasing the clips because Modi’s early speeches had been gradually disappearing from online repositories due to a concerted whitewash campaign to improve Modi’s image that could possibly be tarnished by his endorsements of the riots.
Facts & Trivia
Rakesh Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Rakesh Sharma celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.
Is Rakesh Sharma alive now?
Is Rakesh Sharma alive? Yes, Rakesh Sharma is alive. He celebrated his 73rd birthday on 13 January 2022.
What was the first Indian in space?
Rakesh Sharma , (born Jan. 13, 1949, Patiala, Punjab state, India), Indian military pilot and cosmonaut, the first Indian citizen in space. In 1970 Sharma joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot.
Who went to Moon first from India?
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma AC
Alma mater| National Defence Academy Air Force Academy (India)
Occupation| Fighter pilot at IAF Resarch Cosmonaut at ISRO Test pilot at HAL
Space career
Indian cosmonaut
When did Rakesh Sharma died and how?
Sharma had a close shave with death during his stint with the HAL. One day when he was testing a MIG-21 fighter jet near Ozar in Nashik, he lost control of the plane owing to a technical snag. Fortunately, he ejected out of the jet at the last moment.
Is Indian flag on moon?
It was ejected at 14:30 UTC on 14 November 2008. As planned, the Moon Impact Probe impacted the lunar south pole at 15:01 UTC on 14 November 2008. It carried with it a picture of the Indian flag. India is now the fourth nation to place a flag on the Moon after the Soviet Union, United States and Japan.