21-01-2012, 12:00 PM
Genesis
PM Nehru appreciated the connection between the Great Power status & Modern Military wherewithal as well as the fact that the Atomic Bomb was the new standard of International power.
Greatly influenced by Auchinleck, Tuker and Blackett.
Personal relationship with H.J.Bhabha.
Bhabha was made the Chairman of the Atomic energy Commission which was formed in 1948.
Also he was appointed as the Secretary to the Department of Atomic Energy(DEA) formed in 1954, which was headed by PM Nehru.