Homi J Bhabha: His Life & Legacy
Homi J Bhabha: His Life & Legacy
Very little is known about the Indian Nuclear industry, particularly by the moden day society in the USA. Often viewed thru the lens of the Cold War (an incorrect perception by the way), over the last decade it has come to be known as a trustworthy nuclear partner and growing customer for western nuclear technology. The genesis of the current state of India's nuclear energy strategy can be easily traced to Homi J Bhabha (HJB) who was a well known contemporary of the famous physicists and scientists of the 1930s - well before the outbreak of WW-II.
Soon after India gained her independance from the British empire in 1947, HJB pioneered a massive movement towards fundamental scientific, mathematical research in India and laid the foundations/ground work for its present day progress. Most current leaders of India's nuclear industry were all hand picked by HJB and bought into his vision. To understand this more intimately, this talk will reflect on his life and contributions as well as briefly touch upon his vision. It is hoped that this presentation, will help spark a future series of talks where we can learn better, how nuclear energy can potentially become a basis for the world's energy needs. This lecture also commenorates the anniversary of his demise (January 24, 1960),
Some feedback from attendees of this event:
"Thank you so for enlightening us this evening about the life and contributions of Dr. Homi Bhabha. I enjoyed the presentation very much. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." -- Satish Udpa, University Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Michigan State University.
"Thanks. The presentation today was excellent." -- R. Uthurusamy (Samy), Retired, Past Director & Staff Research Scientist, General Motors.
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- Date: 24 Jan 2024
- Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM
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- Starts 03 August 2023 07:41 PM
- Ends 24 January 2024 01:41 PM
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Sharan Kalwani of IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section
Sharan Kalwani
The genesis of the current state of India's nuclear energy strategy can be easily traced to Homi J Bhabha (HJB) who was a well known contemporary of the famous physicists and scientists of the 1930s - well before the outbreak of WW-II.
Soon after India gained her independance from the British empire in 1947, HJB pioneered a massive movement towards fundamental scientific, mathematical research in India and laid the foundations/ground work for its present day progress. Most current leaders of India's nuclear industry were all hand picked by HJB and bought into his vision. To understand this more intimately, this talk will reflect on his life and contributions as well as briefly touch upon his vision. It is hoped that this presentation, will be help spark a future series of talks where we can learn better, how nuclear energy can potentially become a basis for the world's energy needs.
Biography:
Sharan Kalwani is an industry technology specialist with 25+ years of experience. Sharan has degrees in both Engineering and Computer Science. He has worked in many diverse areas and is a sought after speaker at many conferences and seminars, such as Supercomputing, HPC Advisory Council, SIAM, Infiniband Trade Association, etc. Sharan is a senior member of IEEE, an Emeritus member of Michigan!UNIX/user group (mug.org), member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and also leads the SIG-Linux section of SEMCO. He enjoys teaching, holds an Adjunct Faculty position at local educational sites. He has published one book "Linux and Internet Security" and is now working on his second text, about a new computer programming language. He is a recipient of the 2018 IEEE MGA Achievement award, 2021 IEEE Region 4 Jack Sherman award and 2022 Robert Neff Section award, Region 4 Outstanding Service award for his many contributions to IEEE activities.
He has been the Chair of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section since December 2021 and has held various officer roles for several of the Southeastern Michigan Geo Units over the years. He keeps his creative side busy as one of the writers/editors of the Sections monthly newsletter - Wavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 2022, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences. Recently he helped out with 2023 Online Forum on Climate Change Technologies as their online media chair.
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7:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; break
7:05 PM - Technical Talk/Presentation
7:55 PM - Q & A; group Discussion
8:00 PM - Wrap Up
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| Homi J Bhabha - flyer | Homi J Bhabha - Life & Legacy Lecture | 342.84 KiB |
| Presentation Slides | Updated Slides (2024-01-24), included event streaming video recording link | 4.89 MiB |