Last Updated: 14 Oct, 2023 | Views: 1022
Age: 56
Profession: Scientist
Other Profession(s): Physicist
Famous For: Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of India
Higher Education: The Institute of Science, Mumbai
About (Profile/Biography):
Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FRS was born on 30 October 1909 and died on 24 January 1966. TIFR was founded by him and he served as its founding director and professor of physics. Bhabha is considered to be the father of the Indian nuclear program and the founding director of AEET, which was renamed in his honor as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. TIFR and AEET were the cornerstones of Indian nuclear weapon development, which Bhabha also supervised.
Career:
1939: Homi J. Bhabha is appointed the reader at the Indian Institute of Science
1944: Homi J. Bhabha joined the Cosmic Ray Research Unit
1944: Homi J. Bhabha joined the TIFR
1954: Homi J. Bhabha become the chairperson of the Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay (AEET) and its department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
1955: Homi J. Bhabha assumes the presidency of the Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
1958: Homi J. Bhabha was elected as a Foreign Honorary Member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1962: Homi J. Bhabha become a member of the Indian Cabinet’s Scientific Advisory Committee
Awards:
1942: Homi J. Bhabha received The Adams Prize
1954: Homi J. Bhabha received Padma Bhushan
Unknown Facts:
1951, 1953 to 1956: Homi J. Bhabha was nominated for the Physics Nobel Prize.
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