Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Father of Indian Nuclear Programme

He was the founding director and professor of Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research as well as of the Atomic Energy Establishment.

30 October 1909 - Born in Bombay Presidency, British India
1924- Passed his Senior Cambridge Examination with honours."
1928- Joined Gonville and Caius College of Cambridge University."
1930 - Entered the world of Physics.
1933- He was selected for the Isaac Newton Scholarship.
1935- Received a PhD for his thesis on "Cosmic radiation and the creation and annihilation of Positrons and Electrons."
June 1945- Tata Institue of Fundamental Research was established and he was the founding director and professor of Physics.
1948 - Became the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission later renamed as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
1954 -He was awarded Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of Nuclear Physics and Sciences.
1955 - Served as the president of United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
1960-1963 - Served as president of the International Union of pUre and Applied Physics."
24 January 1966- dies at the age of 56 due to Air India Flight 101 crash.

"To be truly cosmopolitan is to embrace the stranger."

--Homi J Bhabha