GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Colloquially known as father of the Indian nuclear programme, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, was also the founding director of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) which is now named the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honour. Q. Who is considered as a “founding father” of Indian Space Programme ?

Detailed explanation-2: -Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FRS (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).

Detailed explanation-3: -Homi Jenhagir Bhabha (1909-1966) was an Indian physicist who is often considered the father of the Indian nuclear program. Bhabha was born to a wealthy family in Mumbai. In 1927, he went to England at Cambridge University.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homi Bhabha, in full Homi Jehangir Bhabha, (born October 30, 1909, Bombay [now Mumbai], India-died January 24, 1966, Mont Blanc, France), Indian physicist who was the principal architect of that country’s nuclear energy program.

Detailed explanation-5: -India’s three-stage nuclear power programme was formulated by Homi Bhabha and Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1950s to secure the country’s long term energy independence, through the use of uranium and thorium reserves found in the monazite sands of coastal regions of South India.