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        1. Homi sethna information in hindi
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        3. Sethna is credited with setting up the country's first plutonium plant at Trombay over 50 years ago.
        4. Dr Homi Sethna laid the foundations of the first nuclear experiment much before it was performed in
        5. Homi Sethna

          Indian nuclear scientist and chemical engineer

          Homi Sethna

          In office
          1972-1983
          Preceded byVikram Sarabhai
          Succeeded byRaja Ramanna
          In office
          1991-1992
          Preceded bySaad Alim Bagban
          Succeeded byBakul Rajani Patel

          Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (24 August 1923 – 5 September 2010) was an Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, gaining international fame as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (India) during the time when the first nuclear test, codename Smiling Buddha in Pokhran Test Range in 1974 was conducted.[1][2] He was the primary and central figure in India's civilian nuclear program as well as the construction of nuclear power plants.

          In 1991, he was appointed as Sheriff of Mumbai.

          He was awarded the second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan in 1975, by Government of India.

          Earlier in his career, he had full technical responsibility for setting up of the Thorium extrac