Homi Jehangir Bhabha was the principal architect of India's nuclear energy program. Homi Bhabha was born to a rich aristocratic family on October 30 in the year 1909, in Mumbai.
Homi Bhabha was one of the most prominent scientists that India has ever had, Homi Bhabha is an important figure and it is very essential to know about him.
At the age of 18, he was sent abroad and the young Homi joined Cambridge University to study mechanical engineering in accordance with his father's and uncle Dorab Tata's wish.
They had other plans for him in their mind, his father and uncle had planned that he would return to India after studying in England and join the Tata Steel or Tata Steel Mills in Jamshedpur as a metallurgist.
But Homi Bhabha had something else in his mind. His love for Nuclear physics and his strong interest in that subject made him extend his stay at Cambridge to complete another degree in the field
Later on, he went on to receive a doctorate in nuclear physics after his first scientific paper, 'The Absorption of Cosmic Radiation' 'Bhabha scattering', based on another one of his papers that explained electron-positron scattering, was named after him Thereafter Homi Bhabha returned to India
In 1939, he came to India for a brief holiday in India and was unable to go back as World War II had started.
On the request of physicist CV Raman, the then-director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, he joined the institute as a reader in physics.
Today we remember Dr. Homi J Bhabha on his birth anniversary, the father of India's nuclear program and a stalwart of scientific research in India, he laid the foundation of several iconic institutions. We cherish his legacy on October 30, 2019
He was the founding director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 1945 and Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment (later renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in his memory).
Bhabha was also a painter and a classical music and opera enthusiast, besides being an amateur botanist.
Homi Bhabha died in the Air India plane crash on January 24, 1966. Miscommunication between the Geneva Airport and the flight's pilot about the aircraft's position near the Mont Blanc mountain is the official reason for the crash.
Several theories have been proposed for the air crash, including a conspiracy theory claiming that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in order to paralyze India's nuclear program -- but none have been proven.
In 1954, he was conferred with the Padma Bhushan award for outstanding contributions to nuclear science.
In 1955, he was elected as the president of the first international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, which was organized by the United Nations at Geneva.
The famed radio telescope at Ooty, India was his initiative, which became a reality in 1970.
The Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council has been giving the Homi Bhabha Fellowships since 1967.
" />Homi Jehangir Bhabha was the principal architect of India's nuclear energy program. Homi Bhabha was born to a rich aristocratic family on October 30 in the year 1909, in Mumbai.
Homi Bhabha was one of the most prominent scientists that India has ever had, Homi Bhabha is an important figure and it is very essential to know about him.
At the age of 18, he was sent abroad and the young Homi joined Cambridge University to study mechanical engineering in accordance with his father's and uncle Dorab Tata's wish.
They had other plans for him in their mind, his father and uncle had planned that he would return to India after studying in England and join the Tata Steel or Tata Steel Mills in Jamshedpur as a metallurgist.
But Homi Bhabha had something else in his mind. His love for Nuclear physics and his strong interest in that subject made him extend his stay at Cambridge to complete another degree in the field
Later on, he went on to receive a doctorate in nuclear physics after his first scientific paper, 'The Absorption of Cosmic Radiation' 'Bhabha scattering', based on another one of his papers that explained electron-positron scattering, was named after him Thereafter Homi Bhabha returned to India
In 1939, he came to India for a brief holiday in India and was unable to go back as World War II had started.
On the request of physicist CV Raman, the then-director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, he joined the institute as a reader in physics.
Today we remember Dr. Homi J Bhabha on his birth anniversary, the father of India's nuclear program and a stalwart of scientific research in India, he laid the foundation of several iconic institutions. We cherish his legacy on October 30, 2019
He was the founding director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 1945 and Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment (later renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in his memory).
Bhabha was also a painter and a classical music and opera enthusiast, besides being an amateur botanist.
Homi Bhabha died in the Air India plane crash on January 24, 1966. Miscommunication between the Geneva Airport and the flight's pilot about the aircraft's position near the Mont Blanc mountain is the official reason for the crash.
Several theories have been proposed for the air crash, including a conspiracy theory claiming that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in order to paralyze India's nuclear program -- but none have been proven.
In 1954, he was conferred with the Padma Bhushan award for outstanding contributions to nuclear science.
In 1955, he was elected as the president of the first international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, which was organized by the United Nations at Geneva.
The famed radio telescope at Ooty, India was his initiative, which became a reality in 1970.
The Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council has been giving the Homi Bhabha Fellowships since 1967.
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