Homi Bhabha served as the President of the UN conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy in 1955 and later as President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics from 1960 to 63. Bhabha joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1940 as a reader in physics. He then established, with funds from JRD Tata, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay in 1945. Son of a barrister, Homi Bhabha studied engineering at Cambridge. He died in a plane crash on Mont Blanc on January 24, 1966.

One of the world's greatest conductors, Zubin Mehta has been the conductor of the Israel Philharmonic since 1981; he led the New York Philharmonic (1978-91) , the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1962-78) and the Montreal Symphony (1961-67) - the first conductor to head two major North American orchestras at the same time.

Zubin's teacher, the late Hans Swarowsky at the Music Academy in Vienna, Austria, had predicted in 1963 that his former pupil would be "a great figure in the history of music."

His father, violinist and conductor Mehli Mehta, formed Bombay’s first orchestra ‘The Bombay Symphony’, and also served as associate concertmaster of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England, from 1955 to 1959. He is currently Music Director of the American Youth Symphony in Los Angeles.

Zubin has conducted over 1,600 performances on five continents. During his thirteen years in New York, he conducted over 1,000 concerts, thus holding the position longer than any Music Director in the Orchestra's modern history.

In 1967 the Indian government awarded him its highest cultural honor, Padma Bhushan, and in 1976 the Italian government awarded him the honorary title of Commendatore.

writers

Firdaus Kanga ,Rohinton Mistry

Media

Russy and Burjor Karanjia, N.J. Nanporia, Dina Vakil, Frene Talyarkhan, the Kangas of Calcutta, husband and wife who started Navroze, Shehnaz Treasurywala, Cyrus Oshidar Vice president MTV

in films

Sohrab Mody and H.B. Wadia, Kaizad Gustad

Meher Mistry and Persis Khambatta.

Nuclear science

Homi Bhabha and Homi Sethna,

police 

Khushru Rustamji,

art 

Jehangir Sabavala, the professional art impresarios, Keiku Gandhy and Kali Pundole, the builders with Shapoorji Pallonji.

Institutions

the Taj chain of hotels, J.J. and Tata Cancer Hospitals, Sir J.J. School Of Arts, the Institute Of Social Sciences and the Institute Of Fundamental Research.