In 1939 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the President of USA regarding the possibility of developing a nuclear device by Germany. Immediately US venture into research work in nuclear physics. This work culminated in dropping a nuclear bomb in Japan which lead to the surrender of Japan and end of second world war. After the end of World War II the world took serious thought on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. Einstein and such other men collaborated in this effort and a few countries got qualified to be called Nuclear Power.
During the period of intense research works in nuclear physics throughout the world, Homi Jehangir Bhabha carried out outstanding original research related to cosmic radiations in Cambridge. He returned to India in 1939 and joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. While working in Bangalore he wrote a letter to Sir Dorabji Tata Trust proposing a foundation for an Institute devoted to Fundamental Research. This Institute was named as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and it developed into the nursery for 'growing' the Atomic Energy Programme in the early years. In the letter (1944) mentioned earlier Bhabha made the prophetic observation "when nuclear energy has been successfully applied for power production, in say a couple of decades from now, India will not have to look abroad for its experts but will find them ready at home".
