WITH BRIEFLY DESCRIBE ABOUT THE LIFE AND INVENTIONS OF HOMI J BHABHA

2. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY
 RESEARCH AND WORK
 CAREER
 MAJOR WORKS
 BHABHAS QUOTES
 LEGACY
 DEATH

3. HOMI JEHANGIR BHABHA
BY,
RAKHI E S
FIRST YEAR B Ed
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
MANGALAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

4. INTRODUCTION
 Eminent Indian Nuclear Physicist
 The Architect of Nuclear science in
modern India
 Colloquially known as Father of Indian
nuclear programme
 Founding director of two well known
research institute
 TATA institute of fundamental research
 TROMBAY atomic energy establishment

5. EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY
 Born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai
 Parents : Jehangir Hormusji Bhabha (A well
known lawyer) and Meheren
 Schooling at Bombay’s Cathedral and John
Connon School
 Entered Elphinstone College at age 15 after
passing his senior Cambridge examinations with
honors.
 Obtain a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from
Cambridge.
 Returned to India where he joined the TATA
Steel Mills in Jamshedpur as a Metallurgist

6. BHABHA WITH FAMILY

7. RESEARCH AND WORK
 Indian nuclear programme
 Cascade process of Cosmic Radiations
 Point particles
 Bhabhas scattering
 Theoretical prediction of mvom

8. BHABHA’S QUOTES
•“Life and my emotions are the
only things I am conscious of”
•“I know quite clearly what I want
out my life”
•“I love the consciousness of life
and I want as much of it as I
can get”

9. HOMI JEHANGIR BHABH
(Notable Years)
 Born In Mumbai – 1909
 First demonstration of nuclear reactor in USA-1942
 Adams Prize – 1942
 First chairman of AEC-1948
 3 stage nuclear programme -1950
 PadmaBhushan– 1954
 Died – 1966

10. MAJOR WORKS
(THREE STAGE NUCLEAR PROGRAMME )
Formulated by Bhabha in 1950s
 He envisioned three stage nuclear power programme
which focused on extracting power from thorium
reserves.
 Through the use of uranium and thorium reserves found
in the monasite sands of coastal regions of south India.
 The ultimate focus of the programme is on enabling the
thorium reserves.
 STAGE 1-Pressurised heavy water reactor(PHWR)
 STAGE 2-Fast breeder reactor
 STAGE3-Thorium based reactors

12. CAREER
 Worked at Indian institute of science at Bengaluru.
 In 1945 he established TATA institute of fundamental
research.
 In 1948 he became the first demonstration of atomic energy
commission.
 In 1950 Bhabha represented international atomic energy
agency conference.
 In 1955 he served as the president of the united nations
conference on peaceful use of atomic energy in Geneva .

13. LEGACY
 Atomic energy establishment at Bombay was
renamed as Bhabha atomic research centre in his
honour.
 In addition to being an able scientist an
administrator, he was also a painter and a classical
music and opera enthusiast.
 He also encouraged research in electronics space
science radio astronomy and microbiology.
 He famed radio telescope at Ooty India was his
initiative, and it became a reality in 1970.

14. DEATH
 He died in a plane crash near mount blanc on 24th
January 1966.