On this day in 1966 at Mont Blanc #Bhabha lost his life in a flight crash. Father of Indian #Nuclear Programme, Bhabha came to #India during WW2, joined IISc. Later established TIFR & BARC. In picture Bhabha with Albert Einstein (relativity), Yukawa, John Wheeler (black hole). 
He joined IISc Bangalore after coming to Cambridge. Time when Vikram Sarabhai was also at IISc, who became father of Space programme. CV Raman was director of institute. Later Bhabha established Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Giants walking the same corridor.
Bhabha conceived India’s three stage nuclear programme, ambitious one.
- Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor
- Fast Breeder Reactor
- Thorium Based Reactors
We haven’t achieved third yet. From L-R: Neils Bohr, Homi Bhabha, JRD Tata and Jamshed Bhabha.
- Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor
- Fast Breeder Reactor
- Thorium Based Reactors
We haven’t achieved third yet. From L-R: Neils Bohr, Homi Bhabha, JRD Tata and Jamshed Bhabha.
Three stage nuclear program in simple words.
India has less stock of uranium, we are importing. But we have huge thorium deposits.
So a strategy which started with uranium but in the end we will be able to use our own thorium deposits for power generation. Self sufficiency.
India has less stock of uranium, we are importing. But we have huge thorium deposits.
So a strategy which started with uranium but in the end we will be able to use our own thorium deposits for power generation. Self sufficiency.
Bhabha was elected as Fellow of Royal Society, London. This certificate from 1941 when he was Reader in Physics at @iiscbangalore. Proposed by none other than CV Raman. Also supported by stalwarts like Dirac & Birbal Sahni. He worked with Bohr, Pauli also. All great physicists.
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