Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Overview

\\\\"It is the duty of people like us to stay in our own country and build up outstanding schools of research such as some other countries are fortunate to possess.\\\\" This was the vision that guided the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research which Homi Bhabha founded. The Institute was founded on 1st June1945 with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. The Institute first began functioning within the Cosmic Ray Research Unit on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and moved to Bombay in October that year.