Homi Bhabha chaired 1st ever UN meet on atomic energy
Padma Bhushan-awardee Homi J Bhabha is known for spearheading India's Nuclear Programme under the leadership of the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1955, Bhabha was elected the President of the first international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, organised by the United Nations. Dr Bhabha tragically passed away in an airplane crash in Switzerland on January 24, 1966.