Homi Jehangir Bhabha (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Colloquially known as “father of the Indian nuclear programme”, Bhabha was also the founding director of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) which is now named the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honor. TIFR and AEET were the cornerstone of Indian development of nuclear weapons which Bhabha also supervised as director.

Known for

  • Indian nuclear programme
  • Cascade process of Cosmic radiations
  • point particles
  • Bhabha Scattering
  • Theoretical prediction of Muon

Awards

  • Adams Prize (1942)
  • Padma Bhushan (1954)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society

Fields

  • Nuclear Physics

Institutions

  • Atomic Energy Commission of India
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • Cavendish Laboratory
  • Indian Institute of Science
  • Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment

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