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Born on November 2, 1833 at Paikpara, near Kolkata, Mahendralal Sircar initiated the historic science movement in India in August 1869 by starting a science class at his residence every Sunday where he distributed an 8-page printed pamphlet to the public and the press. It received enthusiastic response from several newspapers. Over eighty thousand rupees were collected as donations which went into the making of the now famous ‘Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science’, at the then Calcutta.For insightful knowledge on national and international science, explore@startoutreach#MahendralalSircar #ScienceMovementInIndia #IndianScience#IACS#InspiringMinds #ScienceHeritage #IndianScientists #CultivationOfScience … See MoreSee Less
Born on October 30, 1909 in Bombay Presidency of British India, Homi Jehangir Bhabha was a renowned theoretical high energy physicist at Cambridge before joining the faculty of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). It was under his leadership that a comprehensive self-reliant infrastructure for atomic energy in India was established. He is best known for enunciating a three-stage nuclear power programme to meet the long-term energy needs of a growing India. Apart from setting up the Atomic Energy Commission, Bhabha also nucleated space activity at the Department of Atomic Energy. The UN nominated Bhabha as the president of the Geneva Conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy in 1955. It was from Bangalore in 1944, that Homi Jehangir Bhabha wrote his historical letter to the Tata Trust for support in setting up a centre for research work in nuclear science, which could play a central role in the development of nuclear energy. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) was founded and large scale research in physics, chemistry, electronics and mathematics commenced. Today it is one of the premier research institutions in the world.For insightful knowledge on national and international science, explore@startoutreach#HomiJehangirBhabha#fatherofindiannuclearprogram#IndianScience#AtomicEnergy#TIFR#NuclearResearch#ScientificLegacy#InspiringMinds#ScienceForIndia#bhabhaatomicresearch#IndiaInnovates#VisionaryScientist#OnThisDay#STEMIndia#ProudmomentIndia… See MoreSee Less
