article_title birth_name
homi j. bhabha
 homi jehangir bhabha -rcb- -rcb-
homi j. bhabha

`` not to be confused with homi k. bhabha '' .
homi jehangir bhabha -lrb- ; 30 october 1909 -- 24 january 1966 -rrb- was an indian nuclear physicist , founding director , and professor of physics at the tata institute of fundamental research .
colloquially known as `` father of indian nuclear programme '' , bhabha was the founding director of two well-known research institutions , namely the tata institute of fundamental research -lrb- tifr -rrb- and the trombay atomic energy establishment -lrb- now named after him -rrb- ; both sites were the cornerstone of indian development of nuclear weapons which bhabha also supervised as its director .
