The Beginning
The Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) was established in 2005 under section 3
of the UGC Act. The role of HBNI is to nurture in-depth capabilities in nuclear science and engineering and to serve as a catalyst to accelerate the pace of basic research and facilitate
its translation into technology development and applications through academic programs, viz., Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering, Physical, Chemical, Mathematical, Life and Medical
& Health Sciences while encouraging inter-disciplinary research. Additionally, academic programs in the domain of Applied Systems Analysis have also been identified to ensure the availability
of adequate qualified human resources to address issues pertaining to nuclear law, the economics of nuclear power, nuclear security, nuclear proliferation, intellectual property rights etc.
HBNI has been accredited by NAAC with a score of 3.4, as a category 'A+' University in 2021. In the MHRD's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) exercise for the academic year the 2024,
HBNI was placed at 6th position in the Research Institution category, 16th rank in the University category, and 27th position among 2781 institutions in the overall category. HBNI has the following
centers as its Constituent Institution (CI)/ Off-Campus Centre (OCC):
1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai
2. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam
3. Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore
4. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata
5. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata
6. Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar
7. Institute of Physics (IoP), Bhubaneswar
8. Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Prayagraj (Allahabad)
9. Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai
10. Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai
11. National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar (OCC)