Homi Jehangir Bhabha was the chief architect of India's atomic energy programme. He was born on 30 October 1909 in a wealthy aristocratic family in Mumbai.
He first envisioned a nuclear powered India and dreamed of making India self-reliant through progress in the field of nuclear energy.
Due to his experiments and tireless efforts, India has emerged as one of the biggest nuclear powers in the world today.
At the age of 18, young Homi went to Cambridge University to study mechanical engineering as per the wishes of his father and uncle Dorab Tata.
It was the idea of his father and uncle that he would return to India after studying in England and work as a metallurgist in Tata Steel or Tata Steel Mills in Jamshedpur.
His keen interest in physics prompted him to stay at Cambridge to complete his degree in physics. He received his doctorate in nuclear physics after his first scientific paper, 'The Abortion of Cosmic Radiation'.
In 1939, he came to India for a holiday but could not return due to the outbreak of World War II at the same time. However, it proved to be a boon for our country and by staying here, he made the country a nuclear power.
Bhabha, the father of India's nuclear program and a stalwart of scientific research in India, laid the foundation of many prestigious institutions.
He was the founder director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 1945 and was the director of the Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment.
Which was later renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Center by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her memory.
Homi Bhabha died in the Air India Flight 101 crash on January 24, 1966.