Niels Bohr
| Number | B141 |
| Type | Billeder |
| Description | Niels Bohr. Drawing by H.J. Bhabha. |
| Remarks | Homi Jenhagir Bhabha (1909-1966) was an Indian physicist who is often considered the father of the Indian nuclear program.
In 1927, he went to England at Cambridge University. He earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1934. Bhabha returned to India before World War II to join the Indian Institute of Science, where he founded the Cosmic Ray Research Institute. In 1945, he founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, where initial research for India’s nuclear program began. In 1954, he founded a nuclear research center at Trombay which was later renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). A strong proponent of nuclear energy, Bhabha organized the first UN Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in 1955. He was the head of India’s nuclear program until his death. Homi Bhabha died in a plane crash on the way to Geneva on January 24, 1966. OLDa144 |
| Year | 1960 |
| Note on the dating | The drawing was presented to Bohr by Bhabha during Bohr's stay in India in 1960. |
| Photographer | Ukendt |
| Archive | Niels Bohr Archive |
