The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, known as TIFR, is a research institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university at Navy Nagar in Colaba, Mumbai, with further centres in Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. Homi J. Bhabha, known for his role in the Indian atomic energy programme, asked the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust for help, and with the support of J. R. D. Tata the institute was founded on 1 June 1945 with Bhabha as its first director. Its Colaba campus was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962. TIFR conducts research mainly in the natural sciences, the biological sciences and theoretical computer science.
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located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai
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It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai
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He was the founding director and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
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