Thus Homi Jehangir Bhabha is the acknowledged founder and prime architect of the Indian Atomic Energy programme. Nehru found the person 'Father of Atomic Energy Programme" in Bhaba.
The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first set up in August 1948 in the then Department of Scientific Research, which was created a few months earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was set up on August 3, 1954 under the direct charge of the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He gave patronage to Bhaba in organizing the programs. Subsequently, in accordance with a Government Resolution dated March 1, 1958, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in the Department of Atomic Energy. Homi J Bhaba was the first Chairman of AEC and Secretary to the Government. Bhaba worked in the Nuclear Energy Programme for 22 years. (1944-66). He died in an air crash -Air India Boeing 707 near Bont Blanc in 1966. (In Alps mountain between Italy and France). Read tinyurldotcom/6xyl33 Conspiracy theories point to a sabotage intended at impeding India's nuclear program, but his death still remains a mystery. It was a heavy blow to India's Nuclear Energy Programmes. But India moved forward with eminent Scientists who are capable to continue the legacy.
