Homi J. Bhabha

Personal Profile

• Birth Name:

  Homi Jehangir Bhabha

• Common Name:

  Father of India's Atomic Energy Programme

• Date of Birth:

  October 30, 1909

• Zodiac Sign:

  Scorpio

• Place of Birth:

  Bombay, India

• Place of Death:

  Mont Blanc, France

• Date of Death:

  January 24, 1966

• Cause of Death:

  Air India Flight 101 air disaster near Mont Blanc

• Sex:

  Male

• Nationality:

  Indian

• Religion:

  Parsi (Guebre)

• Education:

  Bombay's Cathedral Grammar School which became Cathedral and John Connon School in 1922
  Entered Elphinstone College at age 15 after passing his Senior Cambridge Examination with Honours
  Attended the Royal Institute of Science until 1927 before joining Caius College of Cambridge University, the alma mater of his uncle Dorab Tata

Family

• Father:

  Jehangir Hormaji Bhabha

• Mother:

  Meherbai Framji Panday

• Uncle:

  Dorab Tata

• Aunt:

  Meherbai Hormusji

• Relation:

  Maternal Great Grandfather: Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit
  Paternal Grandfather: Hormusji Bhabha

Career

• Profession:

  Indian Nuclear Physicist

• Claim to Fame:

  Bhabha scattering
  Development of the Indian Atomic Energy Program

• Debut:

  Reader in Physics, Indian Institute of Science

Awards

Adam’s Award
Padma Bhushan
An Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States