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Homi J. Bhabha
- This page is about the physicist, Homi J. Bhabha. For the critical theorist, see Homi K. Bhabha.
Homi Jehangir Bhabha (October 30, 1909- January 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist who had a major role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Paul Dirac greatly influenced Bhabha during his study of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge, to pursue an education in theoretical physics. A research scientist at the Cavendish Laboratories at Cambridge, he was stranded in India as a result of the second World War, and set up the Cosmic Ray Research Unit at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under C. V. Raman in 1939. With the help of J. R. D. Tata, he established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at Mumbai. With the end of the War and Indian Independence , he recived the blessings of Nehru for efforts in India, towards peaceful development of atomic energy. He established the Atomic Energy Commission of India in 1948. He represented India in International Atomic Energy Forums, and as President of the United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, in Geneva in 1955.
He died in an air crash near Mount Blanc in 1966.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is named in his honor.
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