A permanent exhibition mapping his legacy is being installed at TIFR’s Colaba campus.
Rare pictures and instruments sketching Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha’s journey from his childhood to the legacies he has left behind will now become part of the permanent exhibition being set up at the Colaba campus of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
The permanent exhibition, titled ‘The visionary and the vision’, will be inaugurated by Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar on October 30, the 100th birth anniversary of Bhabha, one of the founders of modern science in India and TIFR’s founder-director. This is part of the various initiatives being undertaken by TIFR to mark Bhabha’s birth centenary, spanned over two years from October 30 last year to October 30, 2010.
“We felt it’s a good opportunity to create an in-depth exhibition which gives people an idea about Bhabha’s life, his scientific achievements, his understanding of India’s social condition, his visionary and historic contribution to nation-building in which research, education and technology go together. It is dedicated to the people of India for their constant support to fundamental research,” said SR Wadia, convenor of TIFR’s endowment fund and chairperson of department of theoretical physics.
The exhibition has been conceptualised by TIFR’s endowment fund and is supported by a grant from Jamsetji Tata Trust. The archival material used for display has been culled from TIFR archives. “His vision of science was intertwined with the vision for human progress and this initiative is a celebration of that,” said Uma Mahadevan, secretary of the endowment fund.
Spread over 3,000 sq ft across the foyer of the Homi Bhabha auditorium, the exhibition will be in the form of a storyline starting from Bhabha’s early life and his years at Cambridge University in London. “The timeline shows his coming to India, with the narrative focusing on his legacies, and the institutions he created—TIFR and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),” said Oindrila Raychaudhuri, assistant archivist, TIFR.
The scientific instruments used either by Bhabha or of his time will also be showcased and will include the multiple cloud chamber, triple distillation apparatus, mercury diffusion pump, gas flow helium cryostat, hysteresis loop tracer and humidity recorder, among others.
“The exhibition will also highlight his contribution to arts and his attempt at a synthesis of arts and science, which is reflected in his ideas and the institutions he created,” said Raychaudhuri. Hence, his collection of paintings and sculptures will also be on display.
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