Homi Jahangir Bhabha

• The death anniversary of pioneering Indian physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was observed on 24th January.

ABOUT HOMI JEHANGIR BHABHA

• He was born on 30^th October 1909.
• He is regarded as the father of India’s nuclear programme.
• He founded and directed two major institutions involved in Nuclear sciences-
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and
  • the Atomic Energy Establishment (later renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in his honour)
• He was also the first person to become Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India.
• India’s three-stage nuclear power programme was formulated by Homi Bhabha in the 1954.
• Bhabha was the first Indian to receive the Adams Prize in 1942, for his “theory of the elementary particles and their interactions”.
  • It is the highest honour given by the University of Cambridge.
• He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan.